July 2008

Always on the lookout for quick easy tasty recipes I was intrigued when I discovered this cinnamon rolls recipe that called for frozen bread dough, instead of homemade.
Last winter while living in northern Wisconsin I did a side-by-side comparison of homemade cinnamon rolls. Since skiing, snow-shoeing, and ice fishing aren’t my thing, I spent a [...]

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This is a tasty pasta salad recipe perfect for hot summer evenings or toting to picnics and potlucks. It makes a big batch of pasta salad that keeps well in the refrigerator for several days.
I love it because it is full of tasty, colorful vegetables - red and green bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, [...]

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I made this luscious quick and easy crumb coffee cake for breakfast. I’m usually not so industrious first thing in the morning, but I wanted something special since we have house guests.
It’s easy to make, quick to bake, and so satisfying served warm with coffee, fresh berries, and yogurt. One friend commented that [...]

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Are you looking for healthy dessert recipes you can serve your family without guilt?
These carrot zucchini bars are a great way to entice your family into eating their veggies. They are packed with nutritional goodness from carrots, zucchini, raisins, walnuts and whole wheat pastry flour, and low in fat - using only 1/4 cup [...]

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I love potato salad and always seem to be experimenting with variations.
Growing up Mom only ever made potato salad one way - with lots of mayonnaise.
We liked it.
While I still love creamy potato salads, these days I prefer French style potato salads dressed with vinaigrette instead of mayonnaise.
The first potato salad sans mayo I ever [...]

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We’ve been trying to eat more salmon these days since all of its healthy omega 3 fats are so good for us. To prevent boredom from sneaking in I’m always on the lookout for new ways to season or sauce our salmon.
Recently this quick and easy mango salsa recipe caught my eye so I decided [...]

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The three over-ripe bananas on the counter needed to be tossed into the freezer for future use or turned into banana bread or banana muffins.
This morning I opted for banana nut muffins since they bake in about a third of the time of banana bread.
This is one of the best basic banana nut muffin recipes [...]

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This is a favorite recipe from my childhood. Quick lunch box cake routinely showed up in our lunch boxes growing up.
It’s one of those easy cake recipes that can be assembled in less time than it takes to stir up a cake mix or run to the store for something commercially prepared but not [...]

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Trying to come up with an idea for dinner that wouldn’t require a trip to the market, tuna casserole suddenly popped into my head.
With a quick check of the fridge and pantry, I realized, that I did indeed have the ingredients for tuna casserole - tuna, small pasta shells, an onion, broccoli, peas, cream of [...]

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