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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
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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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
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