(No Ratings Yet)Here in the summer, it can be extremely hot during the days. Today it’s up to nearly 101! For us, that means that we get outside early to be active, riding bikes and gardening before 11 and then it’s time to hit the pool. With our schedules being as busy as they are these days,…
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(No Ratings Yet)Happy Fathers’ Day to all of you incredible, loving, modern dads out there! I’m very lucky to be married to an incredible man who not only does all the ‘manly’ things around our house and for our family – like getting rid of mice and dealing with clogged sinks and toilets – but is also…
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(No Ratings Yet)In the past few years, since Derek’s diabetes diagnosis, I’ve been on the lookout for foods that are naturally beneficial for anyone with sugar intolerances. A number of herbs and spices have been shown to be effective and are certainly beneficial to Derek, but so are a few foods. One of the best that we have…
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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Now that it’s summer, we are in full swim team mode. That means that everyday during the week we spend at least a couple hours at the pool and on the weekend we get up at the crack of dawn, load up the car and head to a full day of swim meets. The kids…
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(No Ratings Yet)Spring is officially in full bloom! This weekend we got our first crop out of our garden. This year, we planted some tried and true zucchini, a couple of different types of peppers, including cayenne, bell and jalepenos, strawberries, tomatoes and tomatillos. And, we took a risk this year and also put in 2 different…
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(No Ratings Yet)This weekend marks the end of the flag football season and so we are organizing our Season send Off party for nearly 90 people at our house! That is crazy, I know, but we are lucky in that first, we have great friends who will do most of the cooking, shopping and organizing and two,…
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(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Today I’m working on the second sauce that I’d like my friends to try when they’re here on Thursday night. I’ve decided to do my Black Olive and Caper Tomato sauce because it uses similar base ingredients to the Roasted Sweet Pepper sauce, but tastes really different because it’s so much more savory. I think…
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(No Ratings Yet)This week, I’m getting ready to share some of my sauces with some friends for the first time. I’m very excited but also a bit nervous about it all. On the one hand, it’s great to feel the progress of this project! But, on the other hand, it’s a little bit scary – what if…
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(No Ratings Yet)I love comfort foods. Things that you roast, saute and grill particularly hold a dear place in my heart, and stomach. By combining really fresh and in season ingredients with a variety of interesting spices you can create so many complex flavors. For me, the combination of a delectable roasted sweet pepper combined with fresh…
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