Peanut butter isn’t only for sandwiches and apple slices! In this article we share tips on how to cook with peanut butter and some recipes to get you started. Peanut butter has kind of a bad reputation – many people see it as a high-fat, kid food (crustless PB&Js, anyone?). In my opinion, though, that’s not a fair assessment. There are a lot of nutritional, financial, and practical benefits to peanut butter that shouldn’t be…
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This is a paid post by California Figs. All opinions expressed in this post are based on my personal view and I only agreed to the partnership because I was already a big fan of their figs. The first year I attended a family Thanksgiving with my boyfriend (now husband) my future sister-in-law prepared baklava as one of the dessert options. For years it was a tradition that I looked forward to as I always…
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I gotta be honest, the last two weeks of summer vacation were a bit tough as I tried to balance kids at home with trying to get work done. By the end, I was pretty short-tempered, tired, and ready to send my kids back to school so that I could get back to a more regular schedule. Now that they are back and launched, I am turning my attention to work but also to self-care….
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The other day, my son came home from a birthday party and was starving and cranky. I was taken aback because this was a celebration that he had been really looking forward to. When I asked why he hadn’t eaten he said, “I didn’t think you would want me to eat too much junk food.” Given what I do for a living, you might think that this was a moment of pride for me—that he…
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I think I might have a problem. I pretty sure that I am addicted to apple picking. Every late Summer I am overjoyed when my farm share enters into apple season. But even with the 6 (!) pounds of apples that I get from the farm share each week, I am still powerfully drawn to apple picking. It feels like a seasonal right of passage. It is a family outing that I refuse to pass…
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