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Whole Grain Buckwheat Crepes with Yogurt Whipped Cream

Welcome to my new website! This project has been many months in the works, to create a website with a new look, feel and navigation that matches my goals for […]

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Healthyish Carrot Cake Smash Cake

When I received my February edition of Bon Appétit Magazine, I cheered. I love that a food magazine is promoting a healthyish way of eating, not as a diet or deprivation, but as […]

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Whole Grain Pumpkin Gingerbread

There haven't been a lot of recipes appearing in this space lately, have there? It's not because I'm not cooking. I am. But how do blogging mamas find adequate time […]

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Granola Breakfast Cookies

As I mentioned in my last post, I've decided not to go back to work, at least for now. Before Theo was born, I wasn't sure if I would want […]

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Pecan Roca

When Elie and I first started dating, we had an agreement: I would cook and he would play guitar while I cooked. It's been a successful arrangement, one that makes […]

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Butter-Toasted Whole Grain Pumpkin Bread

I've been fighting it, but I have finally accepted that one of the only ways I’m going to eat my vegetables during (at least this phase of) my pregnancy is […]

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Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Oatmeal Coconut Cookies

I've been trying my best not to eat too many sweets during my pregnancy, but I think this baby definitely has his or her father's tastebuds! We've been putting Elie's […]

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Butter-Toasted Zucchini Bread

Elie knows me so well.  Not long ago, he came home with a gift, the Cookbook Book, a beautiful book about cookbooks and how they shape our lives.  A cookbook […]

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Tahini Cookies from Shalumit Yard

I don’t have much of a sweet tooth. Actually, I have a recovering sweet tooth, being a formal SnackWell cookie binger.  Back in the mid-90s, I drank the fat-free KoolAid, […]

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