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Lighten Up  and Skip the Canned Soup: Green Bean Casserole

Lighten Up and Skip the Canned Soup: Green Bean Casserole

February 8, 2018 By Mary 12 Comments

When I was in 7th grade we were required to take Home Economics and the first thing we made was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Church Cookbook, Foodies, Health, homesteading, Recipe, Side Dish Tagged With: 10 Week Wellness Challange, Baby Bella Mushrooms, Béchamel sauce, butter, Casserole, church ladies, family, FOODIES, Green Bean Casserole, Green Beans, healthy, Iowa Food and Family Project, Mushrooms, Recipe, Roux, White Sauce

Winter Blahs?  6 Ideas To Get Your Spring Mojo…

Winter Blahs? 6 Ideas To Get Your Spring Mojo…

January 9, 2018 By Mary 11 Comments

The end of winter can really bring me down...the snow is often dirty and the days grey, this year … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizer, Ethnic Foods, Humor, Party, Recipe, Wellness, Winter Party Tagged With: crafts, DIY, family, farm, FOODIES, friends, Fruit, healthy, home, iowa, light, Luau, Mental Health, party, Paul Hollywood, pineapple, salads, Tiki Party, winter blaas

Fall In Love With Korean Honey BBQ Skewers

Fall In Love With Korean Honey BBQ Skewers

August 16, 2017 By Mary 5 Comments

I love food; cooking it, grilling it, baking it and especially eating it.  But just like most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizer, Beef, Chocolate, Cocoa, Main Dish, Recipe Tagged With: Asian Cuisine, Barbecue, BBQ, Chocolate, Cocoa, easy, Grilling, healthy, Healthy recipes, Korean BBQ, Money-Saving Recipes, Quick, Sirloin Tip Steak, steak, The Cocoa Exchange

Blackberry Balsamic Vinegar Chicken Salad Recipe

Blackberry Balsamic Vinegar Chicken Salad Recipe

February 5, 2017 By Mary 13 Comments

Hot Damn Sam!!!  I lost weight this week and it feels great.  Granted it was only a pound  and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, exercise, Foodies, Fruit, Garden, Health, Midlife, Recipe, Vegtables, Wellness Tagged With: balsamic vinegar, blackberry, diabetes, easy, Exercise, farm, FOODIES, Fruit, garden, grilled, Health, healthy, herbs, iowa, Iowa Food and Family Project, lettuce, light, low-cal, Recipe, romaine, rotisserie chicken, salads, skinny, SOUP, spinach, VEGTABLES, weight-loss, Wellness

Week #1 Iowa Food & Family Project and  Iowa 10-Week Wellness Challenge

Week #1 Iowa Food & Family Project and Iowa 10-Week Wellness Challenge

January 30, 2017 By Mary 13 Comments

Last Wednesday I received my emails to let me know we are kicking off  first day of our Iowa Food … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foodies, Garden, Health, Herbs, Recipe, Soup, Vegtables, Wellness Tagged With: cabbage, carrots, diabetes, Exercise, Health, healthy, iowa, Iowa Food and Family Project, light, low-cal, skinny, weight-loss, Wellness

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