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What's for Dinner

Rainbow Trout baked in Parchment

Rainbow Trout baked in Parchment

I guess I could have gone all fancy and said Rainbow Trout En Papillote, but I didn't want to scare anyone away. This is honestly an easy, relatively foolproof, dish that has a great presentation! It would be an excellent idea for a small dinner party, as fish can be prepped and wrapped ahead of t

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Mains & Sides

Easy Veggie Sides that Kids will like..

Easy Veggie Sides that Kids will like..

Cheesy Cauliflower Brains & Cumin / Brown Sugar Sweet Potato Rounds For me, sometimes the dilemma with dinner is not what to fix for a main dish, but what do have as a side dish, that's healthy, tasty, and not boring -- and that my 5 year old won't automatically reject out of hand. Last night,

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Sweet Treats

Mocha Brownie Cake

Mocha Brownie Cake

Foodwhirl reader (and all around cool chick and busy mom) Karen Ronfeldt sends us this fabulously easy cake! Mocha Brownie Cake 1 (21 ounce) package fudge brownie mix.  I used Chocolate Chunk Brownie Mix. 1/3 cup water 1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 1/2Â

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Spotlight

Carrot Cake with Glazed Baby Carrots

Carrot Cake with Glazed Baby Carrots

Aldy at Al Dente Gourmet sends us this lovely carrot cake... I totally love the decoration of the candied carrots, what a clever idea!  And her recipe sounds tasty too... Go read the whole thing, and get the Carrot Cake recipe! I am particular about my carrot cake; I prefer the mixture for this ca

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Techniques

How to (effectively) freeze ground beef

How to (effectively) freeze ground beef

Dot's Note: I had to add the word 'effectively' to the title of this post because the nosy husband was reading over my shoulder, mocking me that freezing ground beef should just require putting it in the freezer. Sigh. Men. We're all looking for ways to stretch our food dollar these days, and a

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Shopping & Planning

Ideas for packing a healthy Kids Lunch

Ideas for packing a healthy Kids Lunch

This month were going to be talking about feeding the kids, especially for Back To School.  Our school starts very early (it started this week!) and we have a new kindergartner, so this is a topic that I've been thinking about a great deal... So first off, here are some collected ideas that may

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Entertaining

Great appetizer ideas using Fried Green Tomatoes

Great appetizer ideas using Fried Green Tomatoes

Another yummy food find from Perry's Plate... Fried green tomatoes presented in two different ways... both of which would make fabulous appetizers for your next dinner party!  Fried Green Tomatoes on Polenta Rounds with Bacon, Peppers, and Onions &  Fried Green Tomatoes with Caramelized Onion.

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Holiday!

School Lunch Box Tips | 7 GoodNCrazy Ideas

School Lunch Box Tips | 7 GoodNCrazy Ideas

Cafeteria lunches seem to be increasing in cost while decreasing in nutrition and flavor. As a mom of 3 GoodNCrazy kids I've had to come up with creative ideas to get the kids out the door in a realistic time-frame while keeping their tummies happy! We tend to pack lunches about 50% of school da

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Dirty Mojitos

Dirty Mojitos

Over at Crumpets and Cakes, we're loving their latest cocktail experiment... Dirty Mojitos! "And finally we've started growing mint to support our ongoing taste-testing of summery mojitos. We've tri

Easy Thai Pork Noodle

Easy Thai Pork Noodle

There's been a lot of talk lately about cutting  our meat consumption, (either for your health, or money savings, or for the planet) but if your family is anything like mine, they tend to expect

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