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Tofu Salad
I love cooking with tofu. It’s incredibly versatile and is packed with protein, iron, calcium and fatty acids. People all over the world have been eating it for centuries, due in part to its healthful...
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Baby Bullet Banana Ice Cream
Summer is in full swing and so is my appetite for ice cream! Soft, hard, store-bought or homemade, I friggin’ love the stuff and I am not even picky about flavors or toppings. Calories aside, the one...
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Fruit and Nut Bars
These quick and easy to make fruit and nut bars are an excellent homemade treat you can take on hikes or enjoy as a mid-morning snack before lunch. They’re excellent as a snack in your kids’...
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Cures for a Lame Lunch
After selling our house and moving farther away from work, we have found ourselves with what amounts to about 30 minutes less down time after school each day. While this might not seem like much, in...
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Halibut with Summer Vegetables
I love making this puree in the summer when all the beautiful vegetables are popping up at the farmers market, but now that it’s a little later in the season, making it can still be a breeze! Use...
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Baked Cinnamon Apple
Nothing says Thanksgiving like the sinfully delicious and simple flavors of apple and cinnamon. I am currently in the throes of putting all those freshly picked apples to good use before the snow...
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Marshmallow Apple Popcorn Balls
Popcorn balls are a bit of a weakness for me, but they are not exactly on any nutritionist’s list of healthful snacks and marshmallows usually contain corn syrup, a culinary enemy. Since I am into...
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Creamy Tofu Sauce
This recipe has been passed down from friend to friend via numerous photocopies and, supposedly, the original version came from a vegetarian restaurant based in redondo beach. It goes great on almost...
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Chicken Tagine with Apricots
One of my favorite flavor combinations is found in the Moroccan dish known as tagine. It’s also a cooking vessel in which you put meat, vegetables, spices, and then cover and roast for an hour or so....
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Simple, Warm Winter Salad
With all this heavy holiday eating, I’ve been feeling like I need to find some new vegetarian recipes to round out our diets. My goal in the coming weeks is to try one new vegetarian recipe each week....
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Kiwi Smoothie
Mothers teach us SO many things — some would argue everything. For me, childhood trips to the grocery and learning about the general nutritional and health benefits of fruits, vegetables and other...
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Banana Pear Peach Puree
One of my favorite things about baby food is that it’s just pure, wholesome and delicious. When these fruits are at their ripest, it’s so heavenly tasting, you don’t need to add anything to this Banana...
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Quick and Easy Pea Pesto
This quick and easy pea pesto is my go-to meal when I have leftover pureed peas. My son Jake is 8-months old and he’s still very picky about solid foods – he acts like I’m trying to kill him whenever I...
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Your little one will remember this puree, for sure! Made out of simple ingredients in just minutes, this MAC puree is sure to be the new family favorite! Mango Apple Carrot Puree Ingredients 1/2 mango,...
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Easy Banana Bread
My husband and I always have a ton of bananas on hand for his daily smoothies, but he uses them when they’re still green, so, inevitably, they get too ripe. Luckily, in our house, that means it’s time...
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Asian-Baked Tofu and Eggplant Recipe
A healthy, simple and filling protein-packed recipe for baked tofu that the whole family can enjoy! After a couple of adjustments, this simple and quick recipe was gobbled up by my toddler, a perfect...
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Homemade Glass and Window Cleaner
Stop staring out of a smudgy window! Use this easy-to-make and natural DIY cleaner for a better, clearer view! And yes, it is easy to make. You probably already have all these ingredients in your...
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Broccoli Kiwi Puree
Babies love purees – mine did! We created so many different varieties and I loved experimenting with veggies, fruits and grains. The day we discovered apricots together was interesting, to say the...
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All Natural and Easy-to-Make Tick Repellant
Just when we were basking in the sunny, warm days of spring after a long, snowy winter, I picked up my daughter to bring her inside to wash up for dinner and spotted the one thing that can stop my love...
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My 1-Year-Old’s New Favorite Meal
My one-year-old Jake just got his first teeth in the last month and a half (4 at once!) Prior to this, he wanted little to do with any baby food and lived solely off milk, oatmeal with applesauce and...
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