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French Breakfast Radish and Avocado on Toast

French Breakfast Radishes with Avocado on Toast from InspiredRD.com

One of the first things we planted in our community garden was a variety of radishes.  Not something I buy from the store very often, but surprisingly exciting to pull out of the ground and nibble on.  Our first few radishes were small, pulled up by tiny hands, beautifully pink and purple.  Joe and Leila were anxious to taste what had grown from the seeds they had planted a month…

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Don’t be intimidated, making a frittata is easy!

I’m not sure why it took me so long to learn how to make a frittata. Maybe I was intimidated by the word “frittata”. It sounds kind of fancy. Or maybe it was because for a long time I didn’t have an oven proof pan. As a newlywed, I learned to cook on a nonstick starter set. As we traveled around the country from baseball town to baseball town…read the…

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Coconut Almond Granola

The other day, I went searching for a granola recipe with no added sugar.  I found one on Pinterest labeled “sugar-free granola”, clicked through to the recipe and found honey in the ingredients.  Hmm…not quite sugar-free.  I started playing around with the ingredients I had on hand and came up with this mix.  Oats, almonds, coconut, and seeds tossed with coconut oil and cinnamon.  With no sugar, this granola doesn’t…

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Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Pancake – a new twist on an old favorite

Last month, the California Raisin Marketing Board flew me out to Fresno to learn more about raisins.  Not only did I learn about how incredible this little fruit is, but I got to meet the farmers who grow them, walk in their fields, taste test different varieties, and see how they go from dusty fruit to shiny boxed raisins. I learned that raisins are mostly grown by family farmers, and…

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Sweet & Savory Breakfast Waffle

Do you like sweet or savory foods for breakfast?  How about both? Head over to Van’s Natural Foods Blog to read about how I’m attempting (and so far failing) at being as good as my dad in the kitchen when it comes to cooking breakfast before school.  I definitely have some work to do in that department… There is also a recipe for this amazingly delicious (and quick) sweet &…

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