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  • 30-Minue Monday's with Real Food Girl- Skillet Mac-n-Cheese. Best comfort food at its best!
    Grains, Rice, Pasta

    30-Minute Monday- Skillet Mac-n-Cheese

    I love melted, gooey cheese sauce.  I love melted cheese sauce as much as I love bacon, and because I love both, I am not only going to share a quick and simple truly comforting Macaroni and Cheese recipe, but also my secret mac-n-cheese bacon topping recipe with you.  I’ve thought long and hard and felt the world needed to be privileged with the knowledge of this amazing topping. You’ll never do boring, buttered breadcrumb topping again, nor will you ever make naked mac-n-cheese ever again.  I’m taking Mac-n-Cheese to a WHOLE new level y’all.  This recipe is so good, you’ll name your next child after me as a tribute. I’m somewhat ashamed…

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    Kristine Cocchiarella

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  • Rich and Creamy Garlic-Parmesan Linguine by Real Food Girl. Must Try This Tonight! Pin & Share!
    60 Minutes or Less,  Grains, Rice, Pasta

    Creamy Parmesan Garlic Linguine

    Pasta. We love our pasta here Casa de Stud Muffin y Real Food Girl.  I’m sure it has everything to do with the fact that The Stud Muffin is Italian.  He’s also someone who does well on carbs.  Me, not so much, so I load up with fat and protein in this dish with copious amounts of aged Parmesan and organic cream.  Typically, I’ll make this pasta as a side dish with a Ribeye steak or some grilled shrimp.  Holy sadness, Batman!! I just realized I don’t have a grilled shrimp recipe or a steak recipe on this blog.  Geesh-and I call myself a Chef. I’d better get on that before they take…

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    One pot wondererful! Chicken Salsa Verde with Cornbread Dumplings. This is GMO-Free/Organic comfort food done right. Real Food Girl: Unmodified.

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    February 21, 2013
    Simply & Homemade Pizza by Real Food Girl Unmodified. Links to pizza dough recipe, too. Pinning this now for later.

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    March 7, 2014
    Real Food Tex-Mex Pasta Bake by Real Food Girl. This is must try, easy, comfort food. Pin me!

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    December 23, 2013
  • Organic Chicken Pasta Salad--Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Grains, Rice, Pasta,  Lunches

    Organic Chicken Pasta Salad

    Can you believe that the end of summer is fast approaching?  I can’t.  We had our last measurable snow storm in mid-May here in Minnesota, so to know that cooler temps are on the way kinda makes me a wee bit happier that we’re moving to South Carolina in 11 days.  I realized I had to get the rest of my pasta salad recipes posted before Labor Day.  I don’t want y’all to go hungry.  This recipe is a favorite of The Stud Muffin’s.  This man has never met a cold pasta salad that he didn’t like.  Throw some organic peas and chicken in there and the man is happier than a tick…

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    May 7, 2014
    Real Food Girl Presents: Juggling Real Food and Real Life. Apple Cinnamon Slow Cooker Oatmeal

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    May 8, 2013
  • Real Food Girl Presents: Juggling Real Food and Real Life. Apple Cinnamon Slow Cooker Oatmeal
    Breakfast,  Grains, Rice, Pasta,  Slow-Cooker

    Real Food Girl Presents: Juggling Real Food and Real Life

      Good Morning Food Hippies!!  You’ve asked for quick, easy meal ideas because y’all are busy, busy, on-the-go people with munchkins, jobs, and well, a life!  Today’s Guest Post is from Christina at Juggling Real Food and Real Life.  You are not only going to love her easy, almost effortless breakfast recipe, but you’re going to love her blog.  I hope you stop by and pay her a visit after reading her recipe.  She has some great resources over there and you won’t be sorry that you’ve taken the time to trek over there.  I mean really- it’s just a few clicks of your mouse and you can count it as your morning…

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  • Organic, pastured chicken baked with rice and homemade, GF Cream of Chicken soup! GMO-Free easy chicken dinners!
    Chicken,  Grains, Rice, Pasta

    Lazy Baked Chicken and Rice

      Yesterday I shared my “Mmmm Better” Cream of Chicken Soup recipe.  I explained that I had zero motivation to make dinner and that chicken and rice baked together sounded quick and yummy.  I just wanted to throw a few ingredients into a casserole dish, place it in the oven, and within 45 minutes have a hot, tasty, filling meal emerge.  Regrettably my dreams of that meal were dashed when I realized I didn’t have any “Mmm” substitutes on hand on account of the fact I don’t use  cream of rubbish soups from a can.  Nope. I don’t.  And I am pretty sure I explained that ad nauseam in yesterday’s post and in…

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    Paprika Chicken with Smashed Po-Taters and Gravy. Truly, Awesome, Soul-food!

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    March 15, 2013
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    November 22, 2014
  • Breakfast,  Grains, Rice, Pasta

    Food Hippie Granola

      I love granola.  My mom used to buy the Heartland brand of granola (cereal) when we were kids.  I remember it had very plump raisins and the trick was to hurry up and eat it as quickly as you could before it sucked up all your milk.  It’s been a long time since I’ve had a bowl of that granola.  I actually thought the company went out of business years ago because boxes of Quaker, Sunbelt and Kellogg’s granola monopolized every cereal shelf in every grocery store where I shopped.   Then one day, whilst perusing the ‘take out a second mortgage to shop here’ aisles, I noticed that Heartland was still making granola…

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    February 6, 2014
    Cheese and Sausage Egg Bake by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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    May 14, 2014
  • Out of the Box Hamburger Helper! No more processed boxed food for dinner! #Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    60 Minutes or Less,  Grains, Rice, Pasta

    Out of the Box Hamburger Helper (GMO-Free)

    Today I wanted to bring back one of my earlier recipes where I felt if it just got a little more face time that you guys would fall in love with it and want to make it.  Unfortunately, I only have not-so-decent pictures of the dish.  Although the picture doesn’t do this recipe justice,  trust me when I tell you that this dish is SO yummy.  I even have a friend from back in high school that has made this for her young children a couple of times and they love it!  So if they can eat it and love it and not let the pictures scare them, than so can you!

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

    Creamy Mushroom & Beef Stroganoff

    February 9, 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

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    January 14, 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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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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