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Erika

Playing With Crockpot Cookery

Things are constantly changing in  our household!  Andy has finally returned back to work after a long winter lay-off, and when he works- he works!  A work day usually finds him returning...

Loaded Waffles

Over the next week or so, I’m going to go through some random photos I’ve taken over the last month and just say a thing or two about that picture.  It’s been...

Organic Musings

This time of year, it takes very little to make me happy in the produce department.  It’s at this time, that the first spring asparagus and strawberries pop up in the stores,...

Music To My Ears

“Mommy, I wish I could have more of that chicken sauce stuff.” Huh? Did my son just ask for seconds?  Of real food?  Of dinner?  Of something that I cooked? Why yes,...

Dinner In Fifteen

I swear to you, this dinner took me just fifteen minutes start-to-finish, and was delicious to boot. This last week, while at the library, I was wandering up and down the cookbook...

The Sweet Taste of Summer

The other day I sat down to do some menu planning, and was trying to figure out a good sandwich that we could have for dinner, that would travel well with Abigail...

An Old Friend

Every once in a while, as of late, it seems that I find myself wistfully thinking of recipes from days gone by.  I can easily rattle off dozens of recipes that I...

Real Food Convenience Products

When I was asked if I could do some blogging on Real Food, one of the suggestions was to blog about what convenience foods I find acceptable, or good.  I’ve been mulling...

Make It And Freeze It

After posting the recipe for homemade Taco Seasoning yesterday, it occurred to me that I really ought to say something as a reminder that when you make taco meat, you should really...

Make It Yourself: Taco Seasoning

Who doesn’t like tacos?  Very few people I’ve come across, that’s for sure!  So when we had a family get-together this past weekend that included kids of all ages, I decided that...

Easy, Easy Baked Pasta

Delicious to boot, THIS is the type of food I’m talking about when I’m talking about Real Food.   Today I have a recipe to share for Baked Rigatoni With Ham, Tomatoes and...

By Request: Real Food

I’ve been talking a lot lately in many avenues about the idea of “Real Food”.  Real Food is just a way of life that we have decided to live, and do our...