I don’t cook often like Martha Stewart. Basically, my mission in cooking is to feed my family in a healthy, affordable…and at times fun method. There are moments when I haven’t been to the grocery store in a week and stare into my chest freezer trying to figure out what meat I can pull out and invent a fast meal…
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4 F’s of Why I Blog
Filed Under: America's Farm Table, Family Values, Recipes Tagged With: agriculture, cooking with kids, family, family farm 7 Comments
Blogging takes time away things I should be doing late at night or early in the morning. I could be sleeping or folding laundry. But instead, I blog…and then sleep and put off folding laundry. I was thinking about why I blog yesterday and shared with my colleague that it really comes down to 4 core reasons. They are 4…
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Wordless Wednesday: Miss E’s Molten Chocolate Cake
Filed Under: Dessert Tagged With: molten chocolate cake, wordless Wednesday 6 Comments
At age three, Miss E has a sweet tooth and nothing brings a smile to her face quite like dessert. For a special treat, we made Almost-Famous Molten Chocolate Cake from a Food Network recipe delivered to my email inbox. The best part of making the individual cakes oozing with hot fudge was definitely the pay off of eating our creations. What’s…
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Every Married Couple Needs…
Filed Under: Family Values Tagged With: family 15 Comments
There’s a business to manage and run for my husband and a career with crazy travel to toil and plod through for me. Together we parent and hold together the best home for our three children. But about twice a year, we pause for each other and for our marriage. Because every married couple needs a vacation. Our vacations tend…
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Marshall Field’s Chicken Wild Rice Soup Recipe
Filed Under: Lunch, Proteins, Recipes Tagged With: chicken wild rice soup, cooking, hunk of meat Monday, protein, soup 6 Comments
Get ready to make the best, most tasty Creamy Chicken Wild Rice soup. It will become a family favorite and you’ll be making it again and again. I first made a similar version of this recipe when I received the Marshall Field’s cook book as a gift from my mom years ago. The soup was served in the Walnut Room…
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