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At My Table

Slow Cooker Pulled Chicken

Obviously I couldn’t share a homemade BBQ sauce recipe without a delicious meat dish to slowly simmer that goodness all day in. Hence crock pot pulled chicken. Specifically pineapple pulled chicken, with smokey BBQ sauce. Why the pineapple? Honestly, I had pineapple that had to be eaten and I took a guess that the combo would taste good. I was right. Downright dirty good. [click to continue…]

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Homemade BBQ Sauce

In my quest to please the BBQ sauce loving person in our home (because saying I wanted to please ‘my man’ with homemade BBQ sauce made my brain slightly implode and ideas of feminist revolt started to trickle in. But it’s true, so. Lawd BBQ sauce is complicated), and satisfy my desire to make my own condiments from scratch; I came up with this smokey, sexy sauce business.

It may boast a quick due date, because it’s missing the bucket loads of sodium and preservatives that make the shelf life of the condiments we can’t seem to live without last forever. (Think about that for a sec.) But it’s dang tasty and passed the, Mr. Picky-give-me-name-brand-cull-of-preservatives-ONLY, taste test.  It’s easy to make (with or without the smoke), freezes well and can be eaten with a multitude of spring and summer dishes. Or everything, if you’re the he who I won’t admit I really made this for. [click to continue…]

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Pizza From Scratch: Spelt Crust & Toddler Approved

April 16, 2013

I finally did it. Are we going to never order take-out pizza again? Not likely. Although now that I’ve finally avoided fighting with the spreading of dough, or burning crusts with the use of improper cooking tools/methods…I can safely say that it will be hard to eat anything less tasty than what we sunk our [...]

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Baking With Toddlers: Gluten & Refined Sugar-Free Easter Cookies

March 26, 2013

This recipe is all about the toddlers and all about the coconut. It was messy yes, I mean obviously. Honestly? We had a ton of fun doing it and tossed the youngest in the tub afterward (you’ll soon see why). Toddlers + Messes Everywhere All The Time = normal. These are the type of cut-out cookies [...]

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DIY: All Natural Food Dye

March 24, 2013

Made from…you guessed it, FOOD! Will wonders never cease! Did it take just under a couple of hours? Yes. Do I have enough to freeze and use for a very long time? Yes. Is natural food colouring better for us than the fake stuff? Obviously…

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3 Healthy Easter Snack & Treat Ideas: How-To Guide

March 21, 2013

Spring Solstice and Easter are right around the corner and if you know me – you know I love making themed food for my kids. When it’s this easy (really) and fun for all involved, why wouldn’t I? We had a blast last night with this 3-course meal  parade of edible vegetable and fruit animals. [...]

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Giant, Chewy, Dark Chocolate Chunk Ginger Cookies

December 19, 2012

The time has come. We are here. You know all those sugar free or gluten and sugar free baked goods that I make throughout the year? Wherein, I often state that I’m not hardcore about it and that holiday baking is the one time that I don’t mess? We’re at that time…

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What You’ve Been Asking For (Sugar Free, Spelt Pumpkin Muffins)

October 23, 2012

I’m always experimenting with baking. To create treats with less or no sugar, (the high fructose variations at least) healthier flours and fresh ingredients – it’s all become an addiction. I love making delectable goodies, that won’t have my kids bouncing off of the walls or taking a researched and proven toll on their health. All of [...]

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Weekend Reading

October 20, 2012

Things have been pretty crazy this week, as in more than usual. I’ve been stretching out of my comfort zone in covering some of the films and events for the imagineNATIVE blog. I have stacks of notes and pictures and video to edit for 2 different articles, this is to be a working weekend indeed. [...]

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On The Quest For The Perfect Pie Crust & Making My First Pumpkin Pie

October 9, 2012

As you may have gathered by now, I’m a bit of a freak. That chili recipe is going to have to wait till next week because PIES. My much awaited new website design is giving me a hard time. As in I’ve been too busy making pies of various sorts and then eating them, to get things [...]

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