Welcome to one of the sweetest weekly virtual potluck get-together ever! Yes indeed — it is Sugar Free Sunday! We host it every Sunday to exchange incredible sugar free recipes. Inspiration to start the week right? You bet! A mother shows her love in many ways.. and in many forms. Often it’s as obvious as
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The best thing about Indian spices is that a little bit really packs in a big punch. I find tofu, much like paneer (Indian cottage cheese), makes a great base for really showcasing spices. That’s really what this dish was for me. A way to really highlight the spices that are used on a daily
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Welcome to one of the sweetest weekly virtual potluck get-together ever! Yes indeed — it is Sugar Free Sunday! We host it every Sunday to exchange incredible sugar free recipes. Inspiration to start the week right? You bet! I went refined sugar free a couple of weeks back and, ever since, we’ve been reading the
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I called this recipe Simple Yellow Rice but frankly, it’s not really simple. Simple and quick to make, yes, but the aroma and flavors that you achieve are so flavorful and comforting… and that is why I called it simple! Some of the simple joys of life are so very comforting now, aren’t they? I
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It’s May and every May since I was a child I celebrated Mother’s Day. This always happens on the 2nd Sunday of May. I remember looking forward to the day when I get to lavish on my mom the care and love that normally I relish in. One of the big things I liked to
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Welcome to one of the sweetest weekly virtual potluck get-together ever! Yes indeed — it is Sugar Free Sunday! We host it every Sunday to exchange incredible sugar free recipes. Inspiration to start the week right? You bet! After doing a series of posts on honey labeling, I thought this week we could have a
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For this month’s ‘Go Ahead Honey, It’s Gluten Free’, Zoe from Z’s Cup of Tea set the theme to be ‘Fictional Food – Treats and Dishes from Children’s Stories’. When I read the story, I really thought I would end up making ‘Curds and Whey’ from the children’s poetry ‘Little Miss Muffet’. But as I
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Welcome to one of the sweetest weekly virtual potluck get-together ever! Yes indeed — it is Sugar Free Sunday! We host it every Sunday to exchange incredible sugar free recipes. Inspiration to start the week right? You bet! Huffinton Post: Sugar In Food: 8 Eats With More Than A Twinkie It seems like Twinkies have
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Day dreaming about food is such a pain. I know, I should probably be saying that it’s the most joyous thing about being so integrally involved with a food blog. But it’s not. It’s really not. Here’s how food blogging often works for me. I get this serious craving to eat a particular thing. Oh
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We’ve talked about USDA certification and what it really means if a honey bottle is marked “organic”. Today I’d like to talk about the grading that is often placed on honey bottles. The USDA defines 4 categories of grades deemed out of a total score of 100. (50 points for flavor and aroma; 40 for
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Welcome to one of the sweetest weekly virtual potluck get-together ever! Yes indeed — it is Sugar Free Sunday! We host it every Sunday to exchange incredible sugar free recipes. Inspiration to start the week right? You bet! Some of you might know that I’ve been dealing with back pain and spasms for almost 2
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In part 1 of honey labeling, we discovered that any honey sold in the US could have the “USDA” grade label on it even though it has not been officially inspected or certified by the USDA. So then the question naturally comes up – what do those USDA labels on honey bottles mean?? Is it
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