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Crock Pot Applesauce

10.29.2012 · Posted in Recipes

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Sometimes it’s best not to mess with a good thing. A square of dark chocolate. A bubble bath. A handwritten letter. A sweet, crisp apple — especially when it’s being gobbled up by a shirtless baby in blue jeans. And other times you can’t help but enhance the simplicity of those good things. Strawberries covered [...]

Cheddar Bacon Jalapeno Cornbread

10.25.2012 · Posted in Recipes

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This is Nick. (Since my wonderful wife writes 99% of our blog posts, I felt the need to state that up front.) This recipe is a special request from my classmate, Vanessa, who is looking for a non-traditional cornbread to make with her boyfriend for Thanksgiving this year. I made this cornbread last week to [...]

Lentil Soup with Chicken Apple Sausage

09.18.2012 · Posted in Recipes

Fall weather is here. And we enjoyed every moment of its arrival last weekend. Crunchy leaves, clear skies, crisp air. Market stands selling squash and pumpkin whoopie pies and hot apple cider. Football. Blue jeans and hoodies. And soup. This soup was inspired by the lentil and sausage soup I make every fall. I didn’t [...]

Grilled Fig Toast

08.21.2012 · Posted in Recipes

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We love when Auntie visits! She snuggles Sam and chases him around the house. They swim and swing and stack blocks. And did I mention she’s a talented artist? You may recall the canvases she painted for Sam’s nursery. Well, her most recent project is hanging in his bathroom. As if that weren’t enough, she [...]

The Culinary Kid: Smoothies

08.09.2012 · Posted in Recipes

Sam loves fruits and veggies. Apples, pears, plums, bananas, cherries, grapes, blueberries, mango, watermelon. Broccoli, squash, sweet potatoes, corn, tomatoes, spinach, eggplant. (Though he recently developed a dislike for cucumbers. I don’t know what that is all about.) We’ve never had to “hide” nutritious ingredients in his meals. But if your kiddo pushes the green [...]

Peach Pie

08.06.2012 · Posted in Recipes

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When I was nine years old, I spent an afternoon with my Aunt Jane learning to bake pies. I was rewarded with bites of warm apples and buttery crust, as well as a badge for my Girl Scouts sash. I haven’t baked a pie since. Until last week. I had a bag of ripe white [...]

Cocoa Pumpernickel Waffles with Cherries

08.04.2012 · Posted in Recipes

Saturday mornings are for multiple cups of coffee and leisurely breakfasts: fluffy pancakes or a frittata, or — most often — a batch of waffles. During the fall, we prefer our waffles with pumpkin puree, pecans, and a variety of aromatic spices. And during the summer, they’re topped simply with local berries, maple syrup, and [...]

Chipotle-Mango BBQ Chicken Salad

08.01.2012 · Posted in Recipes

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This salad combines some of our favorite things about summer: crisp mixed greens, sweet corn, juicy tomatoes from the garden, and homemade BBQ sauce. The sauce includes mangoes, apples, brown sugar, paprika, a chipotle pepper, ketchup, lemon juice, and a few other likely suspects. After it simmers on the stovetop and takes a spin in [...]