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A Second Life for Dead Bread- Bread Salad

A Second Life for Dead Bread- Bread Salad

In the world of food, it doesn’t get more basic or humble than bread.  You want to go even a notch further on the humbler spectrum – stale bread. Besides making bread crumbs or feeding the birds, there’s not a lot of roles for stale bread, and given that its likely the least expensive food [...]

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Time to Get Back to the Basics

Time to Get Back to the Basics

When I first started Weight Watchers back on March 3, 2009, I was so excited to dive headfirst into a new program that I just knew would work. Because it was new-to-me, every single part of it was exciting. Looking through my cupboards to find out how many PointsPlus everything I had already was (and [...]

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Peanut Butter Buckwheat Hemp Cookies

Peanut Butter Buckwheat Hemp Cookies

Who doesn’t love peanut butter cookies? You don’t need to tell anyone that this is a simple, healthy recipe, made with super grains and sweetened with low-glycemic coconut palm sugar. These cookies are so good no one will notice. Joe looked at me the morning after I made these and said, “Honey, they’re so good [...]

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Chocolate Rice Crispy Treats and The Allergen-Free Baker’s Handbook Cookbook Giveaway

Chocolate Rice Crispy Treats and The Allergen-Free Baker’s Handbook Cookbook Giveaway

Cybele Pascal and I met at a food blogging conference over a year ago. Her reputation preceded the opportunity to hear her speak on a panel addressing food allergies. Her story is one that many moms can relate to and involves learning to cook with her son’s food allergies in mind. She is an outspoken [...]

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5 Ways to Keep Healthy Food in School Lunches

5 Ways to Keep Healthy Food in School Lunches

My son’s school sent home some new “strict” nutritional guidelines from the government for healthy food that they’re going to follow this year for school lunches. The list included some elements that excited me, like larger portions of fruits and veggies, especially dark greens and other colors. Very cool. It was of course way off [...]

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