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Butternut Squash Puree

Butternut Squash Puree via Green Plate Rule

One of my favorite fall foods is butternut squash.  There are so many delightful ways to use this naturally sweet and healthy squash.  If you can find winter squashes on sale, go ahead and stock up, because they will stay fresh in a cool, dry place for a few months.  Over the weekend, I picked up several butternut squash at the store.  I decided to bake two of them to [...]

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Tagged as: gluten-free, holiday, kids, side, vegan

Stars and Berries Ice Cream

Stars and Berries Ice Cream

With the 4th of July celebration just around the corner, I was thinking of new ideas for a red, white, and blue treat.  We’re lucky to have right strawberries and blueberries in season during this holiday, they make it easy to come up with new tasty ideas.  Ice cream is one of my favorite indulgences, especially when it’s hot out, and So Delicious Coconut Milk Vanilla Bean Ice Cream is one of [...]

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Tagged as: dessert, gluten-free, holiday, kids, quick, vegan

Beets and Sweets

Beets and Sweets

This is a favorite recipe of my family as well as my clients.  I had a requests this week to add this to the blog – so Melissa here you go! Sweet potatoes and sweet onions help give this recipe it’s name as well as add amazing flavor.  Even if you never thought of combining these veggies I think you will be surprised as to how well they all complement [...]

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Shallots

Brussels Sprouts finished

Oh, how I love brussels sprouts.  It hasn’t always been that way though.  I can clearly remember as a child refusing to eat them.  The name alone used to bother me.  Thank goodness those days are over!  Today, my mouth waters from the thought of serving them.  My girls’ will tolerate them a thousand times better than I would at their age but I wouldn’t say they go crazy for [...]

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Peppermint Patty Eggs

Peppermint Patty Eggs via Green Plate Rule

A friend from college sent me this recipe a few weeks ago.  It’s an easy recipe, and would be a great treat on Easter weekend.  You will not find store bought candy in my girls’ Easter basket.  Why do we feel it’s necessary to stuff our kids with chocolate bunnies, and artificially dyed candy for Easter?  Here kids, have some chemicals, and a sugar high.  Um, no thanks!  Instead, we [...]

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Peppermint Patty Green Smoothie

peppermint patty smoothie via green plate rule

St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, so it seems fitting to have a peppermint patty green smoothie for Smoothie Saturday!  This smoothie has all the same flavors of a peppermint patty you would buy in the store, but without all the artificial ingredients and tons more nutrition.  I used fresh mint over peppermint extract when making this smoothie.  You might think mint is just an herb to add [...]

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Tagged as: gluten-free, holiday, kids, smoothie, vegan

Mardi Gras Mask Craft

1 Mardi gras mask

Mardi Gras masks are fun to wear and fun to make, all you need is a little imagination! My 10 year old daughter Katelyn and I had a great time finding supplies that we had at home as well as coming up with creative ideas to decorate the masks. You don’t have to rush out and buy supplies, just look around at what you might already have on hand. You [...]

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Tagged as: crafts, holiday

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