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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 the countdown is on. Thanksgiving is next week, already, after all. If you’re wrestling with how to naturalize, …
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
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
Homemade Blanched Almond Flour Recipe
Wild Salmon Burgers Recipe
After my month without wheat, I crave it much less. I eat some again, but now go for days without and eat a lot less. If
Walnut Crusted Eggplant “Cannelloni” Recipe
Rain has a very calming effect on me. Since it rains almost every day in Seattle, I'm pretty subdued here. The coolest coastal days also leave me searching for comfort foods.
Heidi Swanson’s Green Split Pea Soup
This soup landed on our dinner table last week. After finishing my fourth leftovers bowl, I knew it was a Heidi recipe I wanted to share. After cooking
Skinny Omelette = An Egg-ceptional Wrap
This could just be the easiest, most nutrient-packed, delicious home lunch ever. It's perhaps the perfect lunch. Best part is, my two year old and I both love it. The credit for this
Twice Baked Gnocchi
I first fell in love with Italy when I studied briefly in Florence as an undergraduate. I had the fortune to return in my early twenties and fell in love
Maple Glazed Shrimp, Salmon with Rice Pilaf
This dinner is delicious, gourmet and EASY PEASY. Dinner started out the way many home dinners do, with the initial “What do I want for dinner?”











In this time when Big Food and Pharma are making mega profits, I'm acknowledging a broken system with options a parent can count on. While the information super highway puts infinite resources at our fingertips, navigating that maze leaves my head spinning. I created Spilled Ingredients as a sieve for all of us busy, real folks and parents.












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