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I want to write, really I do. I am just so tired. I don’t know why? Addie Jayne’s due date was moved up to May 23rd. I think I am due the same time as my friend in Hawaii, which is kind of cool. I will probably be induced a week early because of my [...]

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Ready for summer? We pulled out  some frozen raspberries and decided to make some lovely raspberry lemonade. This recipe is adapted from Everyday Raw by Matthew Kenney (and it’s only “everyday” if you are single, independently wealthy, and live in New York City, but I love the book anyway). 1 c lemon juice 3 1/4 [...]

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we love pavlova

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Many years ago, we lived in Dural, New South Wales on a flower farm. We feel particularly tied to Australia, because one of our children was born there–and Aussie somehow got in his blood.  We also felt it particularly fitting that our daughter’s birthday happened to land on Australia Day.  How excited she was when [...]

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I served these to a family friend who hadn’t eaten a vegetable in over 20 years.  He ate three of them.  I think it was the grill flavor.  He didn’t even miss the meat! Grilled Vegetable Sandwiches ¼ c Vegenaise 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 T lemon juice Sriracha sauce, if desired 1/8 c olive [...]

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I am participating in Women in the Scriptures Five Things For Friday Blog Hop! -1- I know all of you who read this blog are waiting in breathless anticipation for a report on how my roaster oven is working out as a crockpot, so I will tell you: I love it! It has been so [...]

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power lunch

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Last Friday, I went to the other side of the mountains to see my friend. We’ve been friends since we met in Texas, and both ended up in Utah. We had lunch. She made it. It was amazing. It was like going on vacation just visiting her, because her lunch was better than a restaurant [...]

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My kids like this cake because it’s easy. I like this cake because it’s my great-grandmother’s recipe.  Also, I feel very homemaker-ish when I make it, because it smells like heaven’s kitchen when it’s baking.   I like to have it in the oven when someone from Relief Society is coming over, so their sense of [...]

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I usually don’t go shopping.  I don’t go get groceries because I subscribe to the idea that in ancient times, men hunted the food, so…you know–I am a traditionalist–and I don’t want to take away the thrill of the hunt from my husband. (Actually, part of it has to do with pregnancy complications, but I [...]

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Post image for real food deconstructed part 2: five more steps to fabulous food!

When we first went on our healthy eating kick, I went cold turkey.  We removed everything processed and unhealthy from our kitchen.  We were left with a bottle of salad dressing and a can of butternut squash.  Everyone cried.  Me, especially. Not surprisingly, after a dinner of “Chickun Fingers” and “Avocado Fries” my husband seemed [...]

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Toona Salad. Rawvioli. And something even more traumatic: Celebration Nutloaf. I am writing this post to save you (and especially your children and husband), from  going down that road.  Eating real food doesn’t have to be like that. Actually, eating real food is so very much more simple than I wanted to make it.  For [...]

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