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Book Reviews
Sparkle Stories: A Review and Giveaway
Normally on our blog we discuss things related to food and meal planning and such. Today’s review is admittedly not directly related to these...
October 7, 2012
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Food Issues
Recovering Our Lost Food Wisdom
We have been reading the Little House on the Prairie series to our girls at bed time. It is a wonderful series that I never read...
May 2, 2011
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Book Reviews
A Change in Direction
Congratulations to Lisa. She is the winner of the final giveaway in our Jamie Oliver cook-along. We have really enjoyed cooking through much of Jamie’s...
April 27, 2011
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Recipes
Good Old Chili Con Carne
Good Old Chili Con Carne, pg. 172 Jamie’s Food Revolution Much like the fajitas in Jamie Oliver’s cookbook, we thought this recipe was very eatable...
April 18, 2011
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Recipes
Chicken Chow Mein
Chicken Chow Mein, pg. 60 Jamie’s Food RevolutionChicken Chow Mein on Jamie Oliver’s web site As I flip through Jamie’s cookbook, there are some recipes...
April 14, 2011
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Recipes
Moroccan Lamb with Couscous
Moroccan Lamb with Couscous, pg. 246 I begin some of the recipes in Jamie’s book with a certain amount of trepidation. I have never cooked...
April 13, 2011
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Book Reviews
Come on, Let’s Cook!
And we are back! We hope you have all had a lovely spring break. We enjoyed some good family time and I enjoyed a little...
April 11, 2011
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Book Reviews
Spring Break and a Giveaway Winner
Congratulations to Susan F! She is this weeks giveaway winner! She has won a 1 year subscription to Plan to Eat. We are going to...
March 28, 2011
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Recipes
Butterflied Steak Sarnie
Our dinner tonight is the first recipe in Jamie Oliver’s cookbook: This was yummy! I have never cooked with portobello mushrooms or with watercress. It...
March 25, 2011
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Recipes
Chicken Fajitas
With a bit of skepticism, tonight we had: We began this journey as a way to get out of our cooking rut and try some...
March 24, 2011
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Recipes
Pork Kabobs
We really enjoyed tonight’s meal from our cook-along through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook, Jamie’s Food Revolution: As I started this recipe I realized that I did...
March 23, 2011
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Recipes
Parmesan Chicken and French Beans
We are continuing our cooking adventure through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook, Jamie’s Food Revolution. Tonight we tried: These were both excellent, quick and easy. My kids...
March 22, 2011
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Meal Planning
Week 4 Meal Plan and Giveaway Winner
We are on week 4 of our cooking adventure and we are inviting you to join us. We are cooking through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook Jamie’s...
March 21, 2011
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Recipes
Fried Eggs and a Fresh Fruit Platter
For the beginning of our 4th week cooking through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook Jamie’s Food Revolution I chose recipes that I thought would be a little...
March 21, 2011
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Recipes
Granola
I really like granola. Jamie Oliver’s recipe for Granola, pg. 316, from his cookbook Jamie’s Food Revolution is really good. It has very good proportions...
March 20, 2011
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Recipes
Ground Beef Wellington…or Pizza
So, we had a cheat night. We had some friends over and I needed a break from cooking, so we ordered some yummy pizza. I...
March 19, 2011
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Recipes
Ground Beef Wellington
Tonight we prepared Ground Beef Wellington (pg. 156) as we cook through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook called Jamie’s Food Revolution. We have never had this very British...
March 19, 2011
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Recipes
Baked Cod Wrapped in Bacon with Rosemary
For our meal tonight on our cooking journey we had: This was amazing! And so easy to prepare. I used mahi-mahi instead of cod so...
March 17, 2011
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Recipes
Chicken Tikka Masala
We are cooking through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook, Jamie’s Food Revolution. Tonight we had: I have been avoiding the curry section of this cookbook because I...
March 16, 2011
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Recipes
Classic Tomato Spaghetti
Tonight for our cook-along, our family tried: What an improvement from last night! This was very good, very simple and very fast. I really love...
March 15, 2011
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Recipes
Hardly-Any-Prep Shrimp Stir Fry?
Our recipes for tonight in our cook-along through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook, Jamie’s Food Revolution were: Tonight was a total failure! I don’t know if this...
March 14, 2011
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Meal Planning
Week 3 Meal Plan
We are enjoying our Jamie’s Food Revolution cook-along. This is the third week. My cooking skills are being stretched and we are trying new things....
March 13, 2011
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Recipes
Get Into Oatmeal
This final recipe from this weeks meal plan was a stretch for me. We are cooking through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook, Jamie’s Food Revolution and today...
March 13, 2011
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Recipes
Basic Stew Recipe
We have been cooking through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook, Jamie’s food revolution and I am off by one night for this recipe. We have been installing...
March 12, 2011