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Hot Spiced Tea and Chocolate Chip Cookies
I don’t know about you, but by the time the afternoon rolls around I need a break. Those 20 or 30 minutes all to myself are the only thing that stands between “happy mommy” and “cranky monster mommy”...
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Homemade Starbucks Gingerbread Latte
Every winter there are two drinks I look forward to at Starbucks: the Gingerbread Latte and the Caramel Brûlée Latte. Back in our Brooklyn days I could grab these without even going out of my way and...
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Homemade Starbucks Caramel Brulée Latte
I wish I could say something terribly exciting brought on an unplanned hiatus – but, alas, it was the simple fact that munchkin stopped sleeping. 2 weeks ago, to be exact. He wouldn’t nap, he wouldn’t...
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Farro with Shiitake Mushrooms and Baby Spinach
Farro is one of those foods that my husband and I have agreed to disagree on. I happen to love it and like to use farro in place of pasta when cooking lunch for myself in the afternoon. But my husband...
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Easy Buttermilk (Or Yogurt) Coffeecake
You know a recipe is good when you make it three times and only manage to snag one slice for yourself. That’s what happened with this coffeecake: I made it a few times while testing the recipe and it...
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Hulk Out with Green Juice
This may sound crazy, but have you ever given your preschooler spinach and ginger in a drink? What about carrots and celery? Until recently I was convinced that the munchkin would not drink something...
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Easy Waffles for Snow Day
When I woke up this morning big, fluffy flakes of snow were falling from the sky and the backyard was covered in at least 3 inches of snow. There was something about all that wintery beauty that make...
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Our Favorite Homemade Brownies
Baking is one of those activities that is almost universally loved by kids. I mean, what’s better than all that measuring, mixing and pouring? Then, best of all, tasting the fruit of your labor after...
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Butternut Squash Stew for Winter Nights
Our fridge broke a month ago and it’s times like this I start to wonder how I made it through my college years. I say this because we have been using my tiny fridge from college for four weeks now. 4...
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Busy Morning Berry Almond Oatmeal Smoothies
The munchkin goes to preschool a few mornings a week and it seems like no matter how early we set our alarms we’re always in a rush. It drives me crazy. So lately we’ve been experimenting with a...
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Zucchini Cornbread & Foggy Day Chili
I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait for Spring to arrive. Like for reals, not just on the calendar. We’ve had a couple 40 degree days, but for the most part Vermont is hovering in the mid-30′s....
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Chocolate Dipped Coconut Macaroons
Tomorrow is the last night of Passover so before we missed our chance the munchkin and I decided to make coconut macaroons. :) These simple cookies are made of coconut flakes, vanilla extract, egg...
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Silent Sunday: Alton Brown’s Instant Pancakes
On lazy Sunday mornings (like today) one of our favorite breakfasts is Alton Brown’s “Instant” Pancakes. If you haven’t tried this recipe yet, you must. By making the dry mix ahead of time you get all...
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Butternut Squash “Mac and Cheese” (with Tofu!)
Last night I made “mac and cheese” for dinner. Nothing unusual as far as preschooler-friendly meals go… except it wasn’t just mac and cheese. Most of that “cheesy” color came from butternut squash and...
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Double Chocolate Millet Muffins
Millet is a seed that has lots of good-for-you nutrients. It's good for your heart. It's also high in things like fiber and magnesium. But that's not why we started eating it. No, we started eating...
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Spaghetti with Spinach, Zucchini and Toasted Breadcrumbs
In Vermont you know summer has officially begun when you start bringing home loads of spinach and zucchini from your farm share. You also know it's summer when you find yourself staring and piles of...
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Mini Whole Wheat Zucchini Bread
I realize I've been sharing a lot of zucchini recipes lately but there are two very good reasons: firstly, I love zucchini. And secondly, it's everywhere!
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Irresistible Zucchini Brownies
In my continuing quest to find new ways to use zucchini, I bring you: zucchini brownies! They're easy to make, packed with zucchini and so tasty our neighbors texted things like 'These are SO good!'...
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Banana Chocolate Swirl Ice Cream
It seems no matter how many bananas we eat there are always a couple that get too ripe for snacking. Usually I turn them into banana bread, but in the hot summer months banana ice cream is better....
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Summer Squash & Cheddar Biscuits
Yesterday we had what I would consider the perfect summer meal: pasta with sun gold tomatoes, roasted summer squash and summer squash biscuits. Nothing fancy, but certainly something special since so...
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