Category archives: Uncategorized
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Mesa Verde National Park
It's a place of history, legends, and possibly more wide open spaces than anywhere in the Western hemisphere. A place made magical and mystical by its first inhabitants, the Native Americans, who respected and worked with the land. A place so incredible, it was chosen [...]
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With the heat rising, I am longing for cool, fresh dishes that are light and quick to prepare. This July 4th weekend, I've whipped up a simple summer slaw that takes just a few minutes to throw together. It's light and tasty and pretty healthy too! The perfect side dish for your summer BBQ!
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I'm usually not a big smoothie fan most of the year, but once summer hits, I long for a quick and cool start to my day. This smoothie is super easy and healthy, with some flax and spirulina. I buy frozen mango and peel and freeze bananas so the ingredients are ready to go in the blender. In just [...]
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Shepherds Pie with a Twist!
With Spring waxing and waning up here in the mountains, yesterday's cooler weather made me long for some comfort food. Peering into the refridgerator, I remembered I had some ground bison, and eyed some sweet potatoes on the counter, so I decided to make Shepherds Pi [...]
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I don't think I can adequately express how important Chocolate is in our house. I have to hide it in a secret cabinet so that no one eats my stash. If I make a Chocolate dessert, I am crowned Goddess for the night. A few weeks ago, I was digging around to see what kind of dessert I could th [...]
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Here's another super simple recipe that you really just throw together with a few ingredients.
1 package of button or mushroom type you prefer, rinsed or wiped clean, stems trimmed, and mushrooms all sliced thin
1 teaspoon olive oil
2 - 3 Tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
1 Tablespoo [...]
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All the Fixin's for an easy taco bar!
Here's a very easy and quick veggie dinner! For my friends across the pond, I did the metric conversions for you!
Black Bean Tacos
1 can black beans (about 475mL)
10 mL Garlic Powder 1teaspoon)
15mL Chili Powder (1 Tablespoon)
8 Taco Shells
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cilantro pesto with fettuccini
Cooking may become a major challenge now that we are living as a society with the Corona Virus lurking just about everywhere. Some of use are stuck in, on either self, or mandatory quarantine. Others have lost their income, making it paramount to stretch [...]
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- With Thanksgiving, (my all time favorite holiday), just around the corner, it's time to pull out my turkey recipes and decide which to use this year. Over the years, most turkey chefs have experimented with various ways to make the all important turkey, a meal that must impress, in the pressure fil [...]
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I could have titled this post anything from "Panacea" to Jewish Penicillin" but really, it's just Grandma Annie's Chicken Soup made in my own adapted style, so now it's Jill's Chicken Soup. First of all, my Grandma Annie made THE BEST chicken soup. Every time we came to her apartment in Bright [...]
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- With the holidays almost upon us, it's time to get packing for your trip out of town. Over the years and miles I have traveled with everything from a just a small backpack to several suitcases with strollers, car seats and portable cribs in tow. Now that my kids are older, it's so much easier to tra [...]
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It was divine intervention. I had pulled out my most obscure cookbook to find an oatmeal cookie recipe. (My eleven year old daughter had negotiated the cookies in exchange for eating her oatmeal for breakfast...future politician?) The cookbook was sent to me by a publishing company as a sample f [...]
