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  • Real Food Molasses Ginger-Doodle Holiday Cookies by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. Santa's favorite cookie- you have to try these!
    Holidays,  Snacks

    Real Food Molasses Ginger-Doodle Cookies

    Holy Cow!! I’ve been super busy lately and my to-do list is growing!  Is it just me or is every December like that?  This week I have a yummy casserole recipe I still want to share with you, I’ll be announcing a Giveaway and I plan on having a Christmas Cookie/Treats Recipe Roundup post published by Saturday.  Also, I’m knee deep in stringing lights on our Christmas tree, but I ran out of blue lights.  I’ve been to three stores so far and each store has been out of stock, so tomorrow I have 3 more stores to try before I go online and find some.  I can’t believe I moved to an…

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    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
    Merry & Bright Holiday Potpourri from Real Food Girl: Unmodified. Gotta Pin this!

    Merry & Bright Holiday Potpourri

    December 21, 2013
    One of my favorite quickbread recipes. I love carrot cake, and this comes close but doesn't contain raisins! You must try my Carrot Pineapple Bread! #Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Carrot Pineapple Bread

    December 11, 2012
  • Real Food Hot Cocoa Mix by Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Beverages

    Real Food Hot Cocoa Mix

    For the past 20 or so years, I’ve tried in vain to like coffee.  I’ve used every trick in the book and out of the book. It ain’t happenin’.  Because I find coffee unpalatable, The Stud muffin is convinced that we can never ‘go out for coffee’ unless we’re both drinking coffee.  It wouldn’t matter that I would be there with him, sipping a hot tea, or a hot chocolate.  Nope. It’s not coffee, so therefore we can’t go out for coffee unless we’re both drinking coffee and if we both not drinking coffee and we happen to be out, we are officially not ‘out drinking coffee’, we’re just ‘out’.  Yeah. TSM is…

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    Spiced Pumpkin Latte by Real Food Girl-- Real Food version of the not-so-real-food PSL

    Real Food Spiced Pumpkin Latte

    December 1, 2014
    Real Food Hot Chocolate Truffle Balls by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. These make the most fantastic hot chocolate.

    Hot Chocolate Truffle Balls

    September 28, 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

    Rich and Tasty Chocolate Syrup GMO-Free

    February 6, 2013
  • Real Food Pork Fried Rice by Real Food Girl: Unmodified Quick and Easy, Gotta try!!
    Miscellaneous

    Real Food Pork Fried Rice

    I had a strange day today schedule wise.  Because of that, I had dinner at 2:00 in the afternoon, so at about 9:00 pm tonight, I heard my tummy growl a bit.  I made a huge pork roast on Tuesday night and The Stud Muffin and I have been eating that for the last 4 nights.  You can get several meals per roast which makes large roasts one of my more favorite things to buy, despite the initial sticker shock.  I live about 4 miles from a quaint little red farmhouse that serves as the retail store for a local pig farm.  So when I have a hankering for a nice roast, I…

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    Help Me! Series, "I'm Stressed" By Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    The “Help Me!” Series, Chapter 2: I’m Stressed

    June 11, 2013
    Real Food Enchilada Sauce by Real Food Girl: Unmodified- Homemade Pantry Staples. Yum!

    Real Food Enchilada Sauce

    April 6, 2014
    5-steps to Real Food guest post by The Aliso Kitchen for Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Real Food Girl Presents: The Aliso Kitchen

    May 20, 2013
  • Real Food Girl takes a trip to Trader Joe's!!
    Miscellaneous

    A Trip to Trader Joe’s

    We shop at Trader Joe’s.  I almost feel like I need to duck and take cover from the barrage of rotten fruit that will no doubt be thrown at me for admitting that.  Why?  Well, Trader Joe’s has been getting some rough press amongst some of the Real Food Blogging Elite recently.  I have to say I’m a little tired of all the bashing.  There isn’t ONE perfect grocery store out there, yet because a grocer carries a wide selection of organic and Non-GMO foods, suddenly they’re expected to be perfect.  Who came up with that rule?  Don’t get me wrong, I’d love a *perfect* grocery store, but until then, I’ll make due…

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    Homemade Organic Brown Sugar by Real Food GIrl: Unmodified

    Homemade Organic Brown Sugar

    July 8, 2013
    Real Food Girl Unmodified visits We Know Stuff for an ongoing series on Real Food Education

    Real Food Girl Takes a Field Trip to We Know Stuff

    March 21, 2014
    Real Food Pork Fried Rice by Real Food Girl: Unmodified Quick and Easy, Gotta try!!

    Real Food Pork Fried Rice

    November 22, 2013
  • Real Food on a Real Budget--by Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Miscellaneous

    Real Food Realities

    Hello Food Hippies! Today I want to share with you, two posts written by two different bloggers.  The first post is titled Dear Mom Who Can’t Afford Organic Food.  This article was written by Erin over at The Humbled Homemaker.  If you read this post and still manage to walk away with your Judgey McJudgey pants on, then you don’t ‘get it’.  You simply don’t ‘get it’. The second post, authored by blogger Beth over at Red and Honey is titled Dear Middle Class America: I Have a Bone to Pick With You.  This post hit me harder than the first only because after reflecting on some of the things I have shared…

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    Real Food Girl: Unmodified's Favorite Kitchen Things

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    March 21, 2013
    Homemade Organic Brown Sugar by Real Food GIrl: Unmodified

    Homemade Organic Brown Sugar

    July 8, 2013
    Real Food Girl: Unmodified's Weekly Link Love. Stop on by!

    It’s Time For a Real Food Link Love

    April 26, 2013
  • Caramel Apple Nighttime Sleepy Snack by Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Gluten Free,  Snacks

    Caramel Apple Nighttime Snack

    I’ve been working on snacks and drinks that help induce sleep for the past couple of weeks.  I’ve mentioned before I suffer from insomnia.  I used to take Ambien.  After about 2 years on that medication I was having trouble sleeping.  Huh, imagine that.  So I hoped online and asked the Great and Powerful Wizard of Google if Ambien could cause insomnia.  Whoa- talk about opening a Pandora’s Box!  I was flooded with information and online Ambien forums and I spent the next 6 hours reading page after page, website after website and testimonial after testimonial of what that medication had done to people, could do to people, and was possibly doing to…

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    GMO-Free Side Dishes. Apricot Glazed Haricot Verts with Bacon. Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Apricot Glazed Haricots Verts with Bacon (Organic)

    March 30, 2013
    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
    Real Food Yankee Breakfast Hash by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Yankee Breakfast Hash

    September 13, 2013
  • Real Food Hot Chocolate Truffle Balls by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. These make the most fantastic hot chocolate.
    Beverages

    Hot Chocolate Truffle Balls

    I LOVE hot chocolate. My infatuation with high end sipping/drinking chocolate started with a gift from my hubby when he bought me some chocolate shavings and homemade marshmallows from Williams Sonoma. Did you know that there is a difference between hot cocoa and hot chocolate?  True to my love of  dropping a knowledge bomb on you, I’m here to tell you there is and they are two very different beverages.  Hot cocoa comes from a powder, while hot chocolate, also known as  “drinking chocolate” or “sipping chocolate” is made from small shavings or chopped bits of chocolate or tiny chocolate “chips” that are melted (slowly and lovingly) and then blended with milk or…

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    Real Food Electrolyte Drink by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Real Food Electrolyte Drink

    May 13, 2013
    Cconquering Milk Kefir with Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Conquering Milk Kefir

    May 22, 2013
    Pineapple Coconut Chia-colada, Healthy, organic, rich, creamy and yumtastic, healthy recipe, healthy drink recipe, real Food GIrl: Unmodified

    Pineapple Coconut Chia-Colada

    March 29, 2013
  • Fresh Balsamic Strawberries by Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Desserts,  Fruit,  Gluten Free

    Balsamic Strawberries

    One of my favorite things about summer is that berries are everywhere.  Before I switched to Real Food, I suffered a raw fruit and raw veggie allergy.  Almost all fruits and veggies, if consumed raw, gave me hives in my mouth, and tongue and down my throat.  My throat would start to feel tight and I’d have to run for the Benadryl.  Not an enjoyable way to live.  I learned that most of my problem was from the pesticides because I can consume organic varieties of those fruits without problems…except watermelon.  That one still remains a mystery. I love almost every berry out there.  My favorite is a tie between strawberries and raspberries. …

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    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

    Rich and Tasty Chocolate Syrup GMO-Free

    February 6, 2013
    Chocolate Depression Cake in a Mug-- by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Chocolate Depression Cake in a Mug

    June 4, 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

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

    February 5, 2013
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