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Gourmet chicken fingers, anyone?

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Ok, so I couldn’t help it. I had to show you this picture of my cute little niece and nephew making brownies with me last week. These weren’t just your regular out-of-the-box Sara Lee brownies, by the way. These were filled with high quality stuff and they tasted heavenly. (If these two picky eaters loved [...]

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Why eat beans? The compelling story.

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You can tell me that they give you gas, and that they take forever to cook, and that there isn’t enough protein in them, and that meat tastes better. I’ve heard all the excuses, and believe me, there was a time when I gave those same excuses myself. But here are the hard facts: Beans [...]

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6 things you can do to stay on track during the holidays

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It’s a well-known fact: it can be tough to ‘be good’ during the holiday season. No matter how hard we try to choose fruit over pie. I believe the holidays are here to celebrate and hey, even indulge at times! The trick, in my opinion, is to know how to be smart about it. I [...]

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Welcome to the Cook, Eat & Be Blessed!

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The idea behind this newsletter came out of very real circumstances that many of us are facing today: an unpleasant economic pinch. When my husband got laid off, one of the first things that ended up on the chopping board was our grocery budget. So here I was, scratching my head to find practical ways [...]

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