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Recipe Connection: Potato Vegetable Pancakes (Latkes)

August 12th, 2011 · 12 Comments · Recipes

This Latke recipe (also called potato pancakes) is written in my own hand from 1988, when I would have been in third grade. Food has always been a part of my history, and this traditional dish from my Polish heritage is a perennial favorite. When I first served them to my husband, he was incredibly [...]

Sneak Preview of “The Everything Beans Book” (Free Download: Pasta with White (Bean) Sauce)

January 21st, 2011 · 23 Comments · Recipes

Pasta may be a compromise meal for dyed in wool traditional foods eaters, but for many families it’s a stock dinner every week. This recipe takes spaghetti night and upgrades it a level to include nutrient-dense legumes and offers a fabulous homemade sauce –option for those who make their own pasta. The Everything Beans Book [...]

Real Food Kids and Other Weekend Reading for You

April 23rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

Hello dear readers! Today I just felt like taking a minute to check in on my bloggy friends by reading instead of writing. Here are my four favorite links from my reader feeds this week. You’ll also find me over at Kate’s, in a neat post called What Do You Feed Your Real Food Kid? [...]

The “Meals that Hamburger Helper was TRYING to Imitate” Carnival!

January 28th, 2010 · 13 Comments · Recipes, Upgraded Nutrition

I’ve been promoting this round-up as a chance to share your one-dish, one-pot or skillet meals that are pseudo-hamburger-helper-esque, but I realized tonight when I was trying to think of a real title for the carnival that it’s the box that is trying to be like our kitchens, not the other way around. So there, [...]

Recipe Connection: Wanna-be Lasagna Skillet Pasta

January 28th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Recipes

Lasagna is one of my husband’s top three favorite meals, the one I made for him when I was trying to impress him in college and again for a 3-month wedding anniversary dinner in our apartment. It can be time-consuming and dishes heavy, though…and you know how I feel about dishes! (Should I patent that [...]

Kitchen Tip: Eat Plain Yogurt with Little or No Sweetener

January 12th, 2010 · 22 Comments · Upgraded Nutrition

It’s my constant goal to consume as little sweetener as possible, because I think that white sugar is going to wreak havoc on my health, and alternative sweeteners are very expensive and not always that much better for your health. I can’t exactly trick myself, but here are FOUR ways to reduce the sweetener with [...]

Recipe Connection: How to Make Meatloaf/Meatballs

November 10th, 2009 · 28 Comments · Do It Yourself, Recipes

Meatloaf is more of a “choose your own adventure” than a recipe, I’m afraid. If you’re a by-the-book kind of cook, you may want to skip this post. If you can handle a little flexibility, let’s talk meat. Loaf. And balls. My mom’s meatloaf growing up contained all the basics: ground beef, oatmeal, eggs, and [...]