Real Food Forever

Real Food Forever

Category: Recipes

Cute bean bundles on serving plate

Bean Bundles

I made these last Thanksgiving and was really surprised they were a hit. I kept hearing, “Please pass the bean packages,” so I was really glad I made them. I

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Serving jambalaya and avacado garnish with fruit.

Vegetable Jambalaya

I’m still thinking about carving our pumpkin and making something with it, at least pumpkin seeds – but it has not moved up high enough on the priority list yet.

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Serving parsley-garnished omelet with apple slices and toast.

Omelets

The funny thing about having a B&B and making breakfast for others on the weekends, is that you can’t really eat breakfast in a restaurant anymore because you’ve made everything

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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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Salmon pasta in a bowl with basil

Salmon Pasta

The first time I was invited to dinner at my husband’s parents’, his mom made salmon and pasta. She said she was experimenting on us with something new, which struck

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Banana bread on serving tray.

Caramelized Banana Bread

There was a fun article in the Post today about a local high school cooking class.[1] There are 160 kids taking the class at this one school. Only two of

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Inverted block of sticky buns on platter.

Sticky Buns?

Aren’t I full of surprises – making sticky buns? There must be a story behind it. The B&B guests this weekend got the usual strawberry yogurt parfait before breakfast Saturday

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Huge bowl of meatballs and gravy on vintage tablecloth.

Family Meatballs and Drones

A couple of days ago I mentioned a woman I met at the airport who was complaining about the price of (factory) ground beef. By now I imagine just about

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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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