Tag: clean eating
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Chocolate and Peanut Butter Candy: Dessert with clean ingredients
If you ask me, peanut butter and chocolate is one of the greatest dessert combos ever created. As a child, I dreamed of a halloween bucket full of peanut butter cups and would trade with my brother for every piece of sour candy to eat that peanut buttery goodness. In my adult life, my commitment…
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Brussels Sprouts and shallots with mustard glaze and bacon crumbles
With Thanksgiving coming up I have family recipes on my mind. Our gathering is an odd bunch of people who started out as best friends and married in to become the greatest fusion of family. What a joy it is to love and like your family. In this odd mix of people we represent a…
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Butternut Squash Noodles with Roasted Sweet Pepper Sauce
My fellow Columbus, Ohioans know how lucky we are to have access to exceptional restaurants. It’s a city booming with homegrown chefs who care about ingredients and originality in food. Cameron Mitchell restaurants have grown in Columbus and are now spreading around the country. Growing up my family would frequent Cap City Diner. My absolute…
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Ratatouille
This summer has been filled with beautiful vegetables. I’ve been searching for ways to use the abundance of squash, peppers, and herbs. Ratatouille came to mind this week so now I am delivering it to my Green Gurney friends. Ratatouille can be as complicated or as simple as you like. I cut the veggies in…
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Pickled Purple Onions
Onion Regret: [Verb] An emotional state after a person has consumed raw onions because onions are delicious, only to realize hours and sometimes days later that the onions linger in taste and smell. I know I am not the only one who has experienced onion regret! Can I get a witness? Salads are a huge…
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Italian Zucchini Boats
Friends I love how fresh herbs connect to the senses and make food come alive. Basil especially excites me. Since my food is free of preservatives, dairy or sugar, I have to rely on herbs and spices to wake up my taste buds. This was my first time trying purple basil and now I’m officially…
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Fridge Pickles
My brother-in-law is the kind of guy who is generous without being flashy. He loves to take care of our family without making a big deal of it. Each time I visit their home, he hands me bags full of veggies from their suburban garden. I always walk away with yummy tomatoes, but recently he…
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Lettuce Wrap Chicken Tacos with Green Apple Slaw
The Gurneys celebrated Jonathan’s birthday yesterday with this fresh but filling version of a taco. Over the years, we have learned the difference between a food cravings, and the signals from our body, telling us what it needs. For his birthday, Jonathan requested something that would taste fresh and make him feel powerful. We both…