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Emma’s Savory Cheddar Waffles

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Emma, mama of two daughters ages 6 & 8, from Hyde Park, Vermont, and blog manager at Butternut Farm Mountain, has taken on the Breezy Mama challenge to cook something both parents AND kids will love! Get her recipe for Savory Cheddar Waffles!

Emma developed this recipe when trying to come up with healthy breakfast for dinner options that BOTH she and her kids would like. She also wanted to develop a recipe that they could have fun making together that wasn’t super sweet. Everyone in her household LOVES waffles and cheese so she decided to [Read more…] about Emma’s Savory Cheddar Waffles

Sarah’s Slow Cooker Meatloaf

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Sarah, mama of a 4 year old daughter, from Willamette Valley of Oregon, who runs her blog The Magical Slow Cooker, has taken on the Breezy Mama challenge to cook something both parents AND kids will love! Get her recipe for Slow Cooker Meatloaf!

From Sarah:
This recipe for Slow Cooker Meatloaf is based my moms recipe that she
made for me growing up. The slow cooker produces a tender and juicy
meatloaf.

I love creating and testing slow cooker recipes. I work full-time, so having my slow cooker loaded up before I head out in the morning helps [Read more…] about Sarah’s Slow Cooker Meatloaf

Delish Dish: Strawberry Surprise

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jordgubbarI thought I’d mix it up a bit today and do a dessert–I’m sure you’ve been bringing your appetizers and salads to all of your summer BBQ’s and want to try something new. Here it is. I got this recipe from an old co-worker, Michele, years and years ago. I needed to figure out a dessert–fast–for a dinner that I was going to straight from the office. Strawberry Surprise (what I call it) was it. Fast, easy, and inexpensive [Read more…] about Delish Dish: Strawberry Surprise

Delish Dish: Summer Tomatoes

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tomatoVineFourThis is one of my favorite ways to use up the abundance of tomatoes that I have growing during the summer months. I don’t know who came up with it first–Cama or Breezy Mama Jen (who are sisters-in-law) so I will give them both equal credit. Even if you swore off tomatoes when you were a kid, you still HAVE to try this recipe. My husband, who can’t stand tomatoes, absolutely loves it. What’s so great about it is it’s versatility. As Cama wrote me in an email, “This can be used as a salad dressing, on toast, meats, pasta or bruschetta. You can’t really mess this recipe up…just don’t use too much balsamic!”  Enjoy! –Alex

Ingredients:

1 cup olive oil

1/4- 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar (I usually stick closer to the 1/4 cup amount)

2 tablespoons fresh basil

8 vine ripened tomatoes roughly chopped

2-3 cloves of garlic put through press (or chopped garlic from the jar)

3 shallots (diced) OR finely chopped red onions

salt and pepper (to taste)

Directions:

Put all ingredients in a large glass jar (a Mason or cleaned out pickle jar, for example) and cover tightly. Set in the sun for 4-5 hours. (I normally make it in the morning, and set it in the sun for the day.)

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Delish Dish: Chicken and Broccoli Stir-fry

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bw2c12_chicken_broccoli2_eThe stir-fry is one of the easiest dishes to make–you basically throw in whatever kind of meat you have on hand, along with vegies you have in the fridge and Bam! you got yourself a meal. This recipe is especially easy because it uses pantry staples, so you don’t have to run to the store for special ingredients. (Hint: If you don’t have things like sherry, sesame seed oil or hoisin sauce on hand, you should–you’ll be able to cook a wide variety of meals from recipes much easier if you have these type of things in the cupboard.)

Recipe courtesy of Food2

Ingredients
1 pound chicken breast (about 2 breasts), cubed
3 scallions, whites only, thinly sliced on an angle [Read more…] about Delish Dish: Chicken and Broccoli Stir-fry