As per usual in Southern California, the weather is pleasantly warm, but not seethingly hot, by any stretch of the imagination. Yet it is popsicle season, and my kids have popsicle fever. Every day, multiple times per day, I am asked, “WHEN are we going to make more popsicles???” Then when the popsicles have just been
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How to Make Zoodles – Your Summer Solution to Grain-free Noodles
I’d like to introduce you to my new favorite food: zoodles. Perhaps you’re already hip to this grain-free pasta substitute, but I have only recently discovered my true love for this noodle-y dish. All winter long we love to drench our rich meaty and/or creamy sauces all over spaghetti squash, but let’s face it –
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Almond Boy: Bid Your Sugar Cravings Buh-Bye
My friend Molly from OrganicSpark.com recently released her new book, Back to Butter. It is a treat to flip through the pages rich with beautiful images and mouth-watering recipes. When I got to the dessert section, this one really caught my eye: almond boy. A play on words, almond boy is reminiscent of the sticky sweet
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Homemade Sunscreen – Water Resistant & Super Easy to Make
I’ve spent the last eight years in search of the perfect sunscreen. The problem is, that even my favorite, all-natural brands contain ingredients that I don’t love, so I’ve finally given in and decided to make some myself. This homemade sunscreen is water resistant, made of all healthy ingredients, goes on like a dream, and really works.
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Salmon Sushi Bowl
If we’re gonna be technical about it, these salmon sushi bowls are not really sushi. True sushi has rice in little balls topped with raw fish. Whatevs. I’ve got a deep love for sushi. Beautiful fish that’s so fresh it tastes like it’s just been plucked from the ocean and sliced onto my plate. I could
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Bacon Wrapped Spinach Stuffed Meatloaf
We are a bunch of busy bees at our house right now. We are getting so very, very close to launching our new meal planning site Real Plans, which is basically going to give our already-awesome meal planning service super powers. You can see a sneak peek of our new logo over on Instagram. I
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Strawberry Cream Gummies Recipe
In the little town where I grew up, we had an old-school corner store called Krex’s (“Krex-zies”) that sold all of the typical stuff – magazines, cigarettes, and lots and lots of candy. I have a visceral memory of that little shop, especially when I think of the glass counter filled with Swedish fish, pop
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Fiery Egg Salad With Homemade Sriracha
I have fond memories of Easter as a kid. My mom would clip branches of a bright yellow blooming forsythia bush for our Easter tree that was adorned with springtime decorations. We dyed eggs, hunted them down, and ate chocolate bunnies and Cadbury mini eggs until we never wanted to eat again. And of course
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Spaghetti Squash Alfredo with Yogurt Cream Cheese
Today I’m sharing one of my favorite simple dinner recipes: spaghetti squash Alfredo. This is not your typical Alfredo sauce made with parmesan and butter (and sometimes cream). My version also includes homemade yogurt cream cheese, which adds a delightful tang that makes this dish positively addictive. So much so, that I’ve been known to
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Poutine: The Best French Fries With Gravy You’ll Ever Meet
If you have ever spent any extended amount of time ‘back east’, you know that diners are omnipresent eating institutions. While California knock-offs do their best with burgers, fries, and shakes, East Coast diners – be they in old train cars or the random building on the corner – have a special something. Ever since a
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Grandma’s Blueberry Muffins
Whenever I think of grandma’s blueberry muffins, I get the warm and fuzzies. During the hot and humid Pennsylvania summers we used to spend a day picking blueberries, filling huge buckets with tiny berries while eating probably just as many. We’d come home happy with inky fingers, and my mom would freeze bags and bags of
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All-Purpose Citrus Splash Spray For DIY Cleaning
When I was a pre-teen, my best friend, Jes, and I figured out the way to my mom’s heart (and how to get her to agree to just about anything). We would go gang-busters cleaning the house. We’d start with the kitchen, and dumped Soft-Scrub with bleach on every surface, wiping until they came up
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