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  • Not yo' Momma's meatloaf! Cheddar-bacon BBQ meatloaves! Organic and GMO-Free. #Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    60 Minutes or Less,  Freezer Meals

    Cheddar Bacon BBQ Meatloaves

    Today I have a fun twist on your everyday meatloaf.  The Stud Muffin and I like meatloaf.  Don’t believe me?  Just look (Here) and (Here) and you’ll see just how much.  I once landed a free-lance writing assignment where I would assist 2 other free-lance writers in coming  up with 100 meatloaf recipes for the Client’s cookbook.  I wasn’t keen on the fact that I would lose rights to any recipe(s) that I submitted.  I could never claim these recipes as my own, blog about them, talk about them or share them.  That didn’t seem groovy to me at all, so I graciously backed out and decided that free-lance food writing was not…

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    Creamy Mushroom & Beef Stroganoff from Real Food Girl: Unmodified. It's organic and it's spectacular!

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    February 9, 2013
    Skillet Chicken with Mushroom and Onion Cream Sauce by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. You gotta see this!

    Skillet Chicken with Mushroom and Onion Cream Sauce

    January 6, 2014
    Cheesy and packed with flavor, this baked omelet makes a perfect breakfast for supper dish! Add some hashbrowns and you're ready to go! #Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Italian Sausage and Gruyere Baked Omelet

    December 14, 2012
  • Faux-reo Cheesecake Bars. Because even REAL food foodies need a treat once in a while! Happy Valentine's Day from Real Food Girl: Unmodified!
    Desserts,  Miscellaneous

    Faux-reo Cheesecake Bars

    Happy Valentine’s Day fellow Food Hippies!   I have a lovely treat for you guys.  It’s two of my most favoritest food things in the whole wide world combined together.  Cheese and cake.  Ha!  Kidding.  Make that cheesecake and Oreos.  “Whaaa?  I thought you were REAL Food Girl??”  Don’t worry, I am.  And I did not use real Oreos in this recipe.  Hence the name of the recipe:  Faux-reo Cheesecake Bars.  It rhymes with Oreo, but not with GMO soy, HFCS and other nasty ingredients.  You guys should be VERY happy that the original recipe that I had planned to share with you today had major flaws that could not be fixed even though…

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    Roasted Cherry Pistachio Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream. Real Food Girl:Unmodified

    Roasted Cherry & Pistachio Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream

    June 12, 2013
    Old-Fashioned Coconut Icebox Cookies by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. Soft, and chewy and loaded with coconut!

    Old Fashioned Coconut Icebox Cookies

    May 19, 2014
    Real Food Girl: Unmodified| Cranberry-Coconut Oatmeal Cookies. Chewy cookies with dried cranberries, sweet coconut, tasty organic oats, cinnamon and nutmeg! Yes Please!

    Cranberry-Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

    March 28, 2014
  • Garden Fresh Organic Veggies make this salsa flavorful and addictive! Pass the chips please! #Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Appetizers,  Vegetarian

    Fresh Garden Salsa -Organic

    This Real Food Girl loves her salsa.  My secret salsa love affair started when I had some at a local Mexican restaurant called Chi-Chi’s. I have no idea if Chi-Chi’s made authentic Mexican salsa or not, I just know I loved their salsa, and by the time my fajitas came sizzling down through the restaurant, I was full after eating 2 baskets of chips and 4 little containers of salsa all by myself.   

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    Delicious roasted red pepper hummus with homemade pita chips. Easy and affordable. You'll never buy store bought again! @Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Roasted Red Pepper Hummus & Parmesan Herb Pita Chips

    March 4, 2013
    Jalapeno Bacon Deviled Eggs. Oh YES I did! Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Jalapeno Bacon Deviled Eggs

    December 18, 2013
    Holy Guacamole. Organic, Fresh, and a secret ingredient makes it extra creamy! Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Holy Guacamole!

    February 26, 2013
  • No Fail Organic Pizza Dough by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. BEST dough I've tried. Pin Now!
    Doughs

    Fail-Proof Organic Pizza Dough

    Here it is folks.  Here it is!  What exactly is here you ask?  Let me tell you.  Pizza dough.  Yup.  Homemade, fresh, tasty, free of funky, fake ingredients, pizza dough.  Can you smell it?  Mmm, is there anything better than the smell of fresh dough?   Actually there is.  That would be fresh dough baking in the oven.  Now *that* is as good as it gets right there. I have tried several different pizza dough recipes over the years and I’ve run into the same problem with all of them.  They suck.  Too blunt for you? Sorry ’bout that.  You go right ahead and get over that and we can move on.   It seems…

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    Better than Cinnabons by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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    February 6, 2014
    Homemade Italian Stromboli. Fresh organic cheeses, Italian meats, and homemade sauce and dough! The best! Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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    March 7, 2013
  • Creamy Mushroom & Beef Stroganoff from Real Food Girl: Unmodified. It's organic and it's spectacular!
    60 Minutes or Less,  Grains, Rice, Pasta

    Creamy Mushroom & Beef Stroganoff

    Shazam America!  This dish is FAB.YOO.LUSS!  Hand to God, Scouts Honor, swear on someone’s Grandmammy’s grave FABULOUS!  And I don’t like stroganoff, so that is saying something!  Beef Stroganoff is one of TSM’s most favorite meals.  The man has a serious thing for sour cream.  He only eats Mexican food because he’s convinced sour cream exists solely to be a delivery system for the Mexican food.  I on the other hand could live quite happily without having sour cream so I’ve always been torn when it comes to making Stroganoff for The Stud Muffin because he loves it and I can’t stand it.  That is, until tonight. I’ve changed my mind and this…

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    A nice departure from a ground beef meatloaf. These are juicy and packed with flavor! Mini Italian Meat Loaves! From #Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Mini Italian Meatloaves (GMO-Free)

    December 12, 2012
    One Pot Jalapeno Chicken Corn Chowder|Real Food Girl Unmodified. So going to make this tonight! Pin Now!

    One Pot Jalapeno Chicken Corn Chowder

    November 24, 2012
    Real Food Tex-Mex Pasta Bake by Real Food Girl. This is must try, easy, comfort food. Pin me!

    Real Food Tex-Mex Pasta Bake

    December 23, 2013
  • Better than Hershey's Chocolate Syrup. Use this on ice cream, cheese cake, brownies- or make hot chocolate or chocolate milkshakes! 5 ingredients, super easy! GMO-Free
    Beverages,  Desserts

    Rich and Tasty Chocolate Syrup GMO-Free

    Have you ever had a friend suggest that you make something, and you kind of hem and haw and scrunch your nose up at them?  Yeah, so have I.  And I openly admit I’m not going to do that again!  I might miss out on something superchocolicious! Take this (beyond) easy chocolate syrup.  It’s got 5 ingredients and one of them is water!  I mean, *who* doesn’t have water on hand?   My sincerest condolences if you don’t have any water on hand because this syrup is that good and you’re going to want to eat the whole jar.   Hershey’s probably won’t want you to make this, but you should make it anyway.  Live…

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    Cconquering Milk Kefir with Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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    May 22, 2013
    123 Strawberry Lemonade by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. And not one drop of HFCS!

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    May 17, 2013
    Liquid Lullaby Slep Tonic by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Liquid Lullaby Sleep Tonic

    September 18, 2013
  • A little crispy around the edges and soft and chewy in the middle. It's not fancy, but this little peanut butter cookie will hit the spot when you're craving some PB! #Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Desserts,  Snacks

    (Not Half Bad) Peanut Butter Cookies (Organic-GMO-Free)

    Do you like peanut butter?  I do.  TSM also has a fondness for peanut butter.  I don’t think he’s ever tried anything with PB that he hasn’t liked except a smoothie.  He doesn’t care for PB in a smoothie. For some reason when it comes to peanut butter cookies, there is no love lost on me.  I find this peculiar since I really do like peanut butter.  I’ll eat a peanut butter cookie if I make a batch, but for the most part I make these because it is TSM’s favorite cookie and I enjoy spoiling him.  I probably spoil him too much but he’s cute and stud muffinly, so I don’t see…

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    Real Food Girl: Unmodified| Cranberry-Coconut Oatmeal Cookies. Chewy cookies with dried cranberries, sweet coconut, tasty organic oats, cinnamon and nutmeg! Yes Please!

    Cranberry-Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

    March 28, 2014
    Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. GMO-Free--By Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

    August 3, 2013
    Seriously! A sugared chocolate cookie with oozie caramel in the center and a pinch of sea salt on the very top of the cookie- Ya'll *this* is gonna blow your mind! #Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Sea Salted Chocolate Caramel Cookies

    January 9, 2013
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I'm a classically trained chef, who thinks that every aspect of health and wellness starts with food, but I also believe that you need to make room for a slice of cake every once in a while! Join me as I show you how to navigate a realistic and achievable 80/20 Real Food lifestyle, without breaking the bank, losing your sanity, or feeling shame because you can't live up to the "perfection" preached on other Real Food Blogs. Yeah, I went there.

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