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  • Holidays,  Miscellaneous

    Holiday Update

    We are now officially less than two weeks away from Christmas day!  2012 has flown by and supposedly even though the Bible states that no man will know the time or day, many believe the Mayans have it all figured out and the 21st of this month is the end of time as we know it.  I’m pretty sure we’ll still be here on the 22nd. 😉 For the next couple of weeks I won’t be posting 5+ times per week.  TSM and I are putting our house on the market the first week of January and are preparing to move down to South Carolina.  I’ll share a little back story as to…

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    Kristine Cocchiarella

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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!

    Real Food Molasses Ginger-Doodle Cookies

    December 3, 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
    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
  • Miscellaneous

    A Moment of Silence…

    My regular posts will resume tomorrow here on KaceyCooks, but today, I am observing a moment of silence…

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    Kristine Cocchiarella

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    Real Food Girl takes a trip to Trader Joe's!!

    A Trip to Trader Joe’s

    November 16, 2013
    Dirty Dozen & Clean 15. Helping you on your Real Food journey one step at a time! Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    The Dirty Dozen & The Clean 15

    March 18, 2013

    Holiday Update

    December 18, 2012
  • 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
    60 Minutes or Less,  Breakfast,  Eggs,  Gluten Free

    Italian Sausage and Gruyere Baked Omelet

    Today is the perfect day to make breakfast for dinner.  Do you love breakfast for dinner as much as we do?   Back when I used to watch copious amounts of Food Network TV, I saw Giada make this dish and I knew it would be something that TSM would enjoy.  I made very few changes to her recipe because for once the amounts on the recipe were accurate and the dish turned out. I don’t know about you, but sometimes when I look at recipes that celebrity chefs post online I have to scratch my head in wonderment when it comes to their ingredient amounts.  It’s like- Seriously?  You wrote half a cup,…

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    Kristine Cocchiarella

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

    Creamy Mushroom & Beef Stroganoff

    February 9, 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

    Mini Italian Meatloaves (GMO-Free)

    December 12, 2012
  • Who doesn't love a tuna melt? You know you do! Try my tuna- it's anything but boring! #Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Lunches,  Sandwiches

    Tuna Salad and a Tuna Melt

    I like tuna fish.  My mom used to make tuna fish for my sister and I for supper sometimes.  I don’t remember if she used mayo or Miracle Whip (which I now despise) but I do know that my sister and I would spread the tuna out on our plates, make it nice and flat and then “cut” squares with the sides of our forks and eat the tuna square by square.  Yup- we were totally ahead of our time, my sister and I. 

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    Real Food Girl: Unmodified--Citrus Kale Couscous Salad

    Citrus Kale Couscous Salad

    July 29, 2013
    30-Minute Mondays-- Onion Bacon Jam Grilled Cheese by Real Food Girl

    30-Minute Mondays–Onion Bacon Jam Grilled Cheese

    April 14, 2014
    Asian Chicken Pasta Salad with Crispy Wontons by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Asian Chicken Pasta Salad with Crispy Wontons

    May 9, 2014
  • A nice departure from a ground beef meatloaf. These are juicy and packed with flavor! Mini Italian Meat Loaves! From #Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    60 Minutes or Less,  Freezer Meals,  Pork

    Mini Italian Meatloaves (GMO-Free)

    I married a meat lover. The Stud Muffin (TSM) not only just loves meat, he lurves it.  He lurves meat like Tammy Faye loves mascara. He lurves meat like Kristen Stewart loves to remain expressionless no matter what’s going on around her.  TSM also loves a good meat and potatoes dinner and all but cries if he’s asked to eat a vegetable other than peas or carrots. He probably won’t like that I’ve shared that with you, and since this is my blog there may have been a little creative licensing  exaggerating about the crying when made to eat veggies. Early on in our marriage I was at a loss for creative meal…

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

    Cheddar Bacon BBQ Meatloaves

    February 15, 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
    Breads,  Breakfast,  Fruit,  Holidays

    Carrot Pineapple Bread

    I like quick breads.  I’m sure since I’ve already posted a muffin recipe and a banana bread recipe that you already knew that.  I like them because they’re easy, quick (hellooo Capt’n Obvious), tasty, they make a good snack, and they make a good (Christmas) gift.  This bread has a lot of flavor and you’ll wish you’d heard of this years ago because you’re going to love it that much.  This bread is simply magnificent.  I thought with Christmas right around the corner you might be looking for something new/different to bake for a Christmas gift exchange, or for a Holiday gathering.  I love receiving home-baked gifts, don’t you? This recipe is super…

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    Kristine Cocchiarella

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    Skillet Honey Cornbread by Real Food Girl Unmodified

    Skillet Honey Cornbread

    February 20, 2014
    Spectacular Blueberry Scones by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Spectacular Blueberry Scones

    September 16, 2013
    Lemon Blueberry Loaf Cakes by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Lemon Blueberry Loaf Cake

    June 2, 2014
  • Double Blueberry Muffins by Real Food Girl. Tastes like a fancy bakery muffin! Gotta make these!
    Breads,  Breakfast,  Fruit

    Double Blueberry Muffins

    I’m trying to steer TSM away from his normal breakfast of a cup of coffee and cereal bars claiming to have all sorts of nutritious grains, but they’re really just High Fructose Corn Syrup, preservative, artificial colors, flavors and GMO delivery systems.  Thankfully, he likes scones, which we’ve made plenty of lately so I thought I’d try my hand at making homemade muffins.  Turns out, these homemade muffins are easy and fabulous!   Yes, I *do* have a from scratch recipe for muffins from culinary school, but it’s one of those overly heavy, super dense, almost gummy types of mammoth muffins, and that’s not happy food in my opinion.  I like my muffins…

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    February 6, 2014
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    Lemon Blueberry Loaf Cake

    June 2, 2014
    Skillet Honey Cornbread by Real Food Girl Unmodified

    Skillet Honey Cornbread

    February 20, 2014
  • Cheddar Jalapeno BIscuits. Easy to make! #Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Breads,  Side Dishes

    Jalapeno Cheddar Biscuits

    I love biscuits.  I’ve yet to meet a biscuit that I didn’t like.  I like biscuits SO much, that I was willing to spend twice as long as it normally takes to make them so that I could convert this recipe from grams to the  U.S. way of measuring ingredients. I have a plethora of baking recipes in which one needs a kitchen scale and a large collection of plastic containers.  Everything gets weighed so everything needs its own container.  I happen to have a container addiction so that’s not a problem. The problem is that only a modicum of you lovely peoples owns a digital scale and I’d sort of like this…

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    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
    Better than Cinnabons by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Better than Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls

    February 6, 2014
    Lemon Blueberry Loaf Cakes by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Lemon Blueberry Loaf Cake

    June 2, 2014
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