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Surf’s Up Dude! — The Perfect Summer Party for the Surfing Enthusiast
That moment when you overhear one of the party guests tell his mom “Can I stay longer, I’m having the time of my life!!” Three hours into the party, I was feeling pretty tired and just as I was starting to lose steam, his comment was just the thing I needed to hear to let me know it was all worth it! This Surfing Party was a fun theme for my son who just discovered surfing during our spring break trip to the North Shore of Oahu, HI. What a fun adventure! I couldn’t believe my eyes when my little nine-year-old boy got up on his first try. It was…
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Pulled Chicken Tacos
I think we could easily eat Mexican food every day of the week, but sometimes it’s nice to throw in a new variation into the mix. Instead of the usual crunchy shell beef tacos, I fixed pulled chicken tacos and my family couldn’t keep their hands off! At just 3 1/2 ” these mini tacos are a fun size and could easily serve as an appetizer to a bigger meal…they’re like the sliders of the taco world! This recipe could and probably should be doubled! The best part of making tacos is what you dress them up with. I served these up with some favorite sides including: sliced avocado diced…
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From Scratch Marinara Sauce
Tomatoes are being harvested faster than I can use them up. My refrigerator was stocked with my homemade salsa and I needed another way to make use of the abundance of tomatoes coming my way, so I went looking for an easy marinara sauce. While I pride myself on cooking from scratch, the one thing I never really tried to make from scratch was pasta sauce. The stuff you buy at the store tastes fine enough and if you read your labels, you can find pre-made organic sauce without sugar or or other unwanted ingredients. It worked for me, but last year I tried making my first ever attempt at…
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My favorite Grain-Free Banana Bread
This recipe came about when I needed to use up some ripe bananas and searched online for Paleo banana bread recipes. I finally found a recipe that used only 2 eggs (which was all I had on hand) and so I began dumping ingredients into my mixer…then I realized that instead of the required 3 cups of almond flour, I was down to ONE! So I improvised by adding other alternate flours and balancing out wet ingredients and the results were AMAZING!!! Note: This banana bread will taste even more fabulous when you use homemade vanilla using the recipe I shared here.
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Gluten Free Eggplant Parmesan
Every year for his birthday Dan requests that I make Eggplant Parmesan, but now that I have am no longer eating gluten, I had to find a good substitute for the bread crumbs that I used to coat the eggplant. Almond meal (which is more course than almond flour) worked like a charm and with the added herbs and cheese makes for a delicious alternative that is just as good or better than bread crumbs. Last night I made this dish to celebrate some exciting news in our household. Dan was invited to present at the MHCC board meeting on behalf of the Advocate, the college newspaper he advises for.…
