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Real Food Forever

Category: Gluten or Dairy Free

Dussehra Golu stair arrangement of dolls.

Indian Curry Recipes

A friend from India had the Dussehra festival at the beginning of October and invited my son and I to stop by on the way home and see her decorations

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plate divided in quarters: fruits, vegetabes, grains, protein, with a side of dairy

Starchy Vegetables

I feel really blessed to work at a company (Westat) that has a fitness center and a good cafeteria. You can make some unhealthy choices in the cafeteria, of course,

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Serving tray with lamb chops on leaf placemat.

Spiced Lamb Chops

I finally moved my range back into the kitchen last night – hurray! Although, my back is paying the price today. Since it gets dark so early now I decided

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Colorful arrangement of relishes, dips, fruits, vegetables, bread, and dips.

Appetizer Dinner

This is an easy dinner when it’s too hot to use the stove or oven, or if you don’t have an oven. My range is out on the back porch

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A traditional jack-o-lantern and a carved kitty pumpkin

Green Beans

Happy Halloween! I’m not much into Halloween – big surprise. One time a dentist told me that the best thing for kids is to let them gorge themselves on Halloween

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Guacamole in a marble bowl with margarita in background

Guac Two Ways

The first time I had an avocado I was in my 30s and a friend in Ann Arbor put chopped avocado on a grilled chicken salad. It was amazing. After

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Serving dish full of roasted acorn squash

Roasted Acorn Squash

Usually I cut acorn squash in half and use the halves as cooking bowls, which I’ll do some other time. I got this recipe idea in my email from Real

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Spaghetti squash maple-honey bread on serving plate

Spaghetti Squash

It’s really fun to make spaghetti squash because it’s so amazing how spaghetti-ish it is inside the squash! It’s really a fun ingredient to cook with and the easiest thing

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Caramelized Brussels sprouts in serving bowl.

Caramelized Brussels Sprouts

One time I had some great Brussels sprouts at a restaurant, I don’t remember the name of it but it was a tapas place — where you order over-priced, appetizer-size

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Serving plate of quinoia and broccoli raab with garden bouquet

Broccoli Raab

Walking through the backyard the other day I suddenly realized the broccoli raab (rob) my daughter planted a few weeks ago is starting to go to seed/flower. I looked back

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