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Organic Sparkling Cider Recipe for a New Year

As I reflect on the difference a year makes, I conclude that it’s huge. I lived in Seattle for every day of 2011. The first time I stepped foot in Seattle was July, 2010. Had you asked me then if …

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Holiday Menu Ideas and Thank You

It's all for something. Right?? The committment to keeping only organic corn and peas in the freezer. The lack of a microwave in the house.

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Maple Pecan Sweet Potato Patty-Cakes Recipe

This recipe makes a nice addition to a holiday meal, adding some vegetarian (and vegan) protein to the table. These maple pecan sweet potato patty-cakes are

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All Natural Thanksgiving Menu: Free of BPA, MSG, HFCS and microwaving

Our Thanksgiving dinner will be free of BPA, MSG, HFCS, artificial dyes and nuking. We'll be making tried and tested dishes and

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Mushroom and Leek Stuffing (No Broth or MSG) Recipe

Three dishes make Thanksgiving dinner one of my husband's favorite meals of all time: turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes. He saves no room for anything else, so

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Butternut Squash Risotto (no broth or MSG) Recipe

My three year old daughter dressed up on four different occasions for Halloween this year. She sported her three-toed sloth costume to two Fall Pumpkin Bashes at

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Easy Pumpkin Puree Recipe

Our home has never smelled better this week, with all of the funds of fall baking, roasting and pampering the olfactory nerve. What is it about pumpkin

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7 Small Steps to Change Your (Family’s) Food Health

It wasn't always this way.


I used to eat microwaved meals for lunch and dinner.  When I shared a fridge/freezer with four other busy roommates in college, I remember stockpiling

Spinach Three Cheese Dip Recipe

Spinach Three Cheese Dip

This dip is the sublime solution to your cheese fix.  And contains an entire box of frozen spinach.  You get your greens while charming your cheesy urge.  Think of this as

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A Case For Wheat-Free and Against the Grain

Wheat.  Seems so innocent, a base for comfort food, a staple in a lot of homes.  What argument could sway one to avoid eating a principal ingredient dating back

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