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  • Tastes just like the Hostess snack cake- it's Ho-Ho cake. My version is organic and GMO-Free! Chocolate cake with a creamy white filling and a yummy chcolate icing tops off the best midnight snack you'll ever have! #Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Desserts,  Snacks

    Chocolate Ho-Ho Cake- (Organic/GMO-Free)

    On Christmas Eve my family gets together and everyone brings a dish to share.  Each year I generally bring a dessert.  Last year I went all out and made a 6 layer chocolate mousse cake with hazelnut japonaise drenched in a layer of ganache and chocolate shavings.  It was decadence on a plate.  This year I desired to do something much simpler, yet still really yummy.  Enter the humble Ho-Ho.  (That would be the snack cake Ho-Ho, not the street walking ho-ho.)

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    Soft & Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies. Organic and featured on Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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    Triple Citrus Bars by Real Food Girl Unmodified- Not your normal boring lemon bars!

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    January 31, 2014
    Lemon Curd Mousse- look out folks, berries have a new best friend. So does your dessert spoon!

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  • Pan Seared Pork Chops with Mustard Cream Sauce- Thing of beauty from Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    60 Minutes or Less,  Pork

    Pan Seared Pork Chops with Mustard Cream Sauce- (Organic/GMO-Free)

    Isn’t that a beautiful thing?  I must say that a properly seared pork chop brings tears of happiness to my eyes. If you’re a child of the 60s or 70s you probably ate your fair share of pork chops that were dry as saw dust because back then our folks were told to cook pork until bone dry and then cook it some more.  That way, when you cut into it, you’ll start a small fire and you’ll know it’s safe to eat.   Thankfully times have changed and we don’t have to torture ourselves with dried-up pork chops that resemble a leather flip flop. If you have a meat loving male in…

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    December 23, 2013
    Skillet Chicken with Mushroom and Onion Cream Sauce by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. You gotta see this!

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    January 6, 2014
    Rich and Creamy Garlic-Parmesan Linguine by Real Food Girl. Must Try This Tonight! Pin & Share!

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    January 8, 2014
  • Cheesy, meaty, saucy bundles of lasagna! Easy to sub any ingredient you want. This recipe features Italian sausage, spinach and ricotta cheese. Must try this easy dish that can also be frozen for a future meal! Also, organic and GMO-Free. #Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Freezer Meals,  Grains, Rice, Pasta

    Italian Sausage & Spinach Lasagna Roll-ups (Organic/GMO-Free)

    Cheeses, Italian sausage, spinach and pasta- It’s love on a plate!!  This is one of my favorite go-to recipes when I’m not in the mood to bake up a huge pan of lasagna, yet I’m in the mood for some saucy, cheesy, noodley, meaty goodness.

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    November 27, 2012
    Homemade Non-GMO Beef Stock. Easy to make and tastes so much better than canned, or boxed stocks. Much healthier, too! Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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    March 21, 2013
    Not yo' Momma's meatloaf! Cheddar-bacon BBQ meatloaves! Organic and GMO-Free. #Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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    February 15, 2013
  • This burger is to die for. Grated Gruyere cheese, onion bacon jam, and organic grass-fed ground beef. If you like burgers, make these! #Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    60 Minutes or Less,  Barbeque,  Beef,  Condiments

    Cheeseburgers with Onion Bacon Jam (Organic/GMO-Free)

    Accept my sincerest apologies for going on and on about my Onion Bacon Jam.  I honestly can’t help it.  It’s that good.  I was just telling TSM that I am going to enter it into some type of bacon recipe contest because I nailed it with this recipe.

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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

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    December 12, 2012
    Not yo' Momma's meatloaf! Cheddar-bacon BBQ meatloaves! Organic and GMO-Free. #Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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    February 15, 2013
    Rich and Creamy Garlic-Parmesan Linguine by Real Food Girl. Must Try This Tonight! Pin & Share!

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    January 8, 2014
  • SImple and delicious one pot beef stew! Organic and GMO-Free. Perfect comfort food from #Real Food Gril: Unmodified
    Beef,  One Pot Meals,  Soups, Stews, Chowders,  Vegetables

    One Pot Hearty Beef Stew (Organic/GMO-Free)

    I don’t know about you, but nothing warms me up like a bowl of beef stew.  Rich gravy-like sauce, tender veggies, chunks of beef that melt in your mouth.  It’s soul food if ever there was.  This stew is comforting, hearty and it’ll warm you up.  It’s like getting a hug from the inside out.  Eating this stew even makes me happy.  How’s that for emotional eating?

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    April 22, 2013
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    January 14, 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
    Desserts,  Holidays,  Snacks

    Sea Salted Chocolate Caramel Cookies

    Don’t throw tomatoes at me, but this recipe isn’t 100% free of GMOs.  I haven’t  been able to locate a GMO free version of Rolo’s candy.  I look at it this way.  On rare occasion, I might eat a Rolo.  Eventually I will no longer enjoy the taste of them, but for now, while I do on rare occasion AND while I have family members who have asked for this recipe, I’ve decided to share this recipe because the cookies are too good to not share with the masses.  Ya know, after thinking about it, you could EASILY use some organic caramels in this recipe.  Just cut them into Rolo sized pieces and…

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    July 31, 2013
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    February 25, 2013
  • Clucker Noodle Soup (chicken)- perfect for cold weather. Warms you too your toes! Organic chicken and veggies combined with homemade stock. Yum! #Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Chicken,  Lunches,  Soups, Stews, Chowders

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    I’m not normal- And because I’m not normal, I like to call foods by other names.  For instance, the humble chicken.  Since we eat chicken about 3 times a week I get tired of saying chicken and feel that maybe if I spruced up what I call it, it won’t seem like it’s the THIRD chicken dish I’ve made this week.  Enter: Clucker.  Chickens cluck, which makes them cluckers so I call chickens cluckers.  Are you glad I’ve shared this little bizarre corner of my world with you?  Hopefully so, because yer all in for a groovy ride if you stick around with me for the next several years.  Whooey! Let’s talk about…

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    June 25, 2014
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    January 4, 2013
    Crazy Chicken- Super fast, easy, ridiculously tasty chicken dish by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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    November 22, 2014
  • Fresh, light, bright and super flavorful. This Chicken Pomodoro is my favorite chicken dish. Simple to make, organic/gmo-free. #Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    60 Minutes or Less,  Chicken

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    January 14, 2013
    A nice departure from a ground beef meatloaf. These are juicy and packed with flavor! Mini Italian Meat Loaves! From #Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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