• Introducing….Baby Fern!

  • Oh Baby!

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    Homemade Peanut Butter Cup

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    Family Support

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    Thank You Shel Silverstein

  • Doesn't matter how good it smells, it's still garbage.

    Beware Exclamation Points!!!!

  • Cupcakes

    Sweet, sweet sugar

  • Sounds great!

    Don’t Diet – Live Healthy!

  • Long shot of the table. In summary - 2 turkeys, 1 ham, 2 taters, 3 veggies, 2 salads and a partridge in a pear tree.

    Thanksgiving Hangover

  • Look at my little hippy, already flashing the peace sign.

    The Day I Knew My Baby Was Special

Food & Life Philosophy

I love food.Real food. The things we eat should be things people are supposed to eat. Humans have been eating since, well, forever. Packaged foods made with ingredients from a laboratory have been around for 2-3 generations. Our bodies have NOT evolved to keep up with fake food science. So when I use fat, I use real fat, but less of it. Fat adds flavor and helps us feel full. When I use sweet, I use real sweet. The brain ...

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Introducing….Baby Fern!

This won’t be long, as the baby is about to wake up from a nap (in which case she’ll be hungry – she’s always hungry!). On March 14, 2013 (I have a Pi Baby!!!), Fern Alexandra joined our family and changed our lives. The last month has been amazing, exhausting and the best time of my life. As my life at home changes, so will change my business and blog. Stay tuned for more information – and more recipes, I’m ...

Oh Baby!

I know, somewhere along the line this blog got hijacked by my as-of-yet-unborn baby. Food is just nowhere near as  interesting as it was before. I’m still careful to get lots of fresh, whole foods into my body to nourish this (ever-increasing-in-size) baby. And I still have to eat foods that I enjoy, but getting pregnant makes you think about your priorities! So, I wanted to let you know what to expect in the near future: A really cool, totally ...

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Homemade Peanut Butter Cup

I’ll keep this short and to the point. I love Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. And I HATE their ingredients (have you read that list?!). Then one day, I stumbled upon THIS RECIPE. I’m a lazy chef and I love peanut butter. The recipe hung out in my browser for at least a month before I finally stepped up and made some magic.

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