Monthly Archives: March 2012

Oatmeal Banana Bread Pancakes

I want this not this I miss my kitchen! I’m reminiscing about the birthday pancakes I made for my husband a few weeks back. We had a busy morning that day. How I wish I could turn back the clock

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Pomegranate Glazed Salmon Salad and a new kitchen!

Pacific Grove, CA where I live is little town filled with a mix of cute historic cottage homes, and older homes, like mine (est. 1964), which means we are in perpetual update mode! Over the years we’ve added carpet, bamboo

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Posted in Main Dish, Salads

Snicker Salad

I’m not sure where I got this recipe or why it’s called a salad because it’s definitely a dessert. I do know it’s a crowd-pleaser, and just the type of salad kids love! It’s also super easy to whip up.

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Posted in Dessert, Potluck, Side Dish

Empty-Nester Recipe

There is no food recipe in this post. You can skip this page and go right here for a scrumptious dessert salad. This post is a personal reflection of some recent feelings that I debated on sharing, which has to

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Banana Oatmeal Cups and a Long Run

My first introduction to running was through a physical education class in college. We ran around a track slowly gaining endurance by increasing our laps week after week. I can’t say that I loved it or even liked it, but

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Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Dessert

Sweet Potato Veggie Burger, Meatless Monday

This past week I was concocting a plan to unveil Meatless Mondays in my house, but my family’s inquisitive nature blindsided my plot. I don’t know how the “hmm, what’s going on here, where’s the meat?” alarm went off, but

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Movie Night!

After watching the Oscars last weekend we realized our box office movie mojo is sorely lacking! We saw a few of the popular movies up for awards like The Descendants and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, so we did know

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Shepherds Pie

This hearty one dish-meal can be whipped up in less than an hour. Lamb or beef is often used as the main protein for this dish, but I used turkey for this recipe. I also cut my preparation time down

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