Real Food for Rookies – A Book Review

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Real Food for Rookies is a revised and updated version of Kelly the Kitchen Kop’s first successful book: The Real Food Ingredient Guide. Kelly dedicated this book to her mother, who lovingly created happy memories of cooking real food together.  This book is easy to read with tons of helpful information, inspirational quotes, and humorous images that made me laugh out loud! Five Key Things I Learned from Reading Real Food For Rookies: What real food actually…

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The Complete Guide to Packing Healthy School Lunches

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It’s that time of year again! We know how hectic back-to-school season can be. The days are getting shorter. Your schedule is forced to change completely. You suddenly have to find time to make quick breakfasts before dropping the kids off. At night you have to balance extra curricular activities with homework and cooking a nutritious dinner for your family. When on earth are you going to have time to…

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Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

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I recently moved into a summer beach house with 3 of my friends from college. To celebrate the new house, I was browsing Pinterest for crowd pleasing dinner ideas, and I stumbled across Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes on this blog. I absolutely loved the idea –minimal ingredients, minimal prep work, gluten-free, and creative- but it contained ingredients that I wasn’t a huge fan of (non-fat yogurt and conventional buffalo…

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Life, Love, and Real Food: 10 Julia Child Quotes

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“If you’re afraid of butter, use cream.” “Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” “Life itself is the proper binge.” “Everything in moderation… including moderation.” “The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.” “Fat gives things flavor.” “No one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.” “You are the butter to my bread, and the breath…

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