When I buy an avocado at the grocery store, I make sure that it is a little firm prior to buying it (especially if I know that I might not eat it right away)! However, I have arrived home and […]
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Touchdown Goodies for ALL
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What are your top 10 Game Day Snack Recipes!?! Of course, game day means a variety of cheesy dips, flocks of saucy wings and heaping plates of nachos!?! If you don’t want to feel heavy with bloat and/or regrets, you […]
Read the full article →Butter Vs. Margarine Debate
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One of the biggest kitchen debates is butter versus margarine. Butter a natural product versus margarine a man made product. An animal based fat versus a plant based fat. Margarine Facts Margarine is a vegetable-oil-based, butter-flavored spread that contains 80% […]
Read the full article →Eat Your Greens: Baby Kale
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I (Litsa) was browsing through Kroger‘s produce section and came across Organic Baby Kale packaged to bring home with a Manager’s Sticker for only $1.49—a deal! I’ve enjoy greens and although my freezer is full of greens from my mother-in-law’s […]
Read the full article →Green Goddess Smoothie with Monk Fruit In the Raw #MC
This post may contain affiliate links. See my disclosure policy for more details.December 30, 2013
I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting (#MC) for Monk Fruit In The Raw. I received a promotional item and product sample as a thank you for participating. Have you ever heard of the zero-calorie sweetener […]
Read the full article →Butter for Baking: Unsalted or Salted?
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There are two types of real butter that you can buy; salted and unsalted. Salted butter has a longer refrigerator life since the salt acts as a preservative. However, unsalted butter still has a pretty long life of about 3 […]
Read the full article →Inventory Baking Supplies & Spices
This post may contain affiliate links. See my disclosure policy for more details.November 11, 2013
Since we are headed into prime baking and cooking season, I wanted to remind you to take inventory of your supplies! Just yesterday I was baking some muffins and realized my baking soda was out of date. That prompted me […]
Read the full article →Using Juice Pulp in Recipes
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One of the drawbacks to juicing is that there is a ton of vegetable pulp leftover. There is nothing wrong with the pulp; the juice has just been extracted from the produce. The pulp is the fibrous part of the […]
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