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  • Real Food Girl: Unmodified The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie
    Desserts,  Snacks

    The Quest for the Best Chocolate Chip Cookie

    You know that episode of FRIENDS where Phoebe misplaces her grandmother’s chocolate chip cookie recipe (which happens to be the famous Nestle Tollhouse recipe) and Monica spends an entire day in the kitchen making like 23 different chocolate chip cookie recipes so she can try and duplicate the taste and texture of that one amazing chocolate chip cookie that Phoebe gave her?  Well, that’s me. I’m in search for a chocolate chip cookie that doesn’t make me grumpy.  I’m looking for the best chocolate chip cookie. A cookie that has some depth of flavor to it, subtle nuances, something more than just sugar, butter, flour and chocolate.  I want a cookie that makes…

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    Kristine Cocchiarella

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    Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. GMO-Free--By Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

    August 3, 2013
    Chocolate Depression Cake in a Mug-- by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Chocolate Depression Cake in a Mug

    June 4, 2013
    Real Food Girl: Unmodified- Decadent Chocolate Pudding with Peanut Butter Whipped Cream

    Decadent Chocolate Pudding with Peanut Butter Whipped Cream

    June 9, 2013
  • Real Food Girl: Unmodified| Not Yo Mama's Potato Salad
    Barbeque,  Gluten Free,  Side Dishes

    Not Yo Mama’s Potato Salad

      I have a sensitive palate.  It’s easily assaulted, intensely opinionated and it rarely fails me when trying to predict all the ingredients in a dish from a restaurant that I wish to duplicate at home.   Because of this, I sheepishly admit that my homemade potato salad was rather simple and unassuming.  I am a firm believer that simple food is good food.  Taking a basic potato and using a few simple ingredients to enhance the flavor of the potato and make it shine is the mark of a good chef. While in culinary school I learned about a Student Culinary Competition Team that competed on a national level for the American Culinary…

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    Sweet & Zesty BBQ Sauce from Real Food Girl. It's sauce for a fingers only meat buffet folks!

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    May 28, 2013
    BBQ Spice rub for ribs Real Food Girl

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    August 24, 2014
    Real Food Girl BBQ St. Louise Style Ribs on the grill. Juicy, tender, and saucy! www.realfoodgirl.com

    St. Louis Style BBQ Ribs on the Grill

    August 26, 2014
  • Organic roasted veggies. Look at the color! Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Gluten Free,  Side Dishes,  Vegetables,  Vegetarian

    Real Food Roasted Vegetables

    TSM (The Stud Muffin) doesn’t care much for veggies.  In fact, it would be easier to get a 3 year old to eat their veggies than it is to get TSM to eat them.   So I roast them.  If they’re roasted he’ll eat them and the skies part and the angels sing and the birdies tweet and the sun shines and every little girl that wished for a pony gets one and my man gets some healthy veggies in his body.  I’d roast veggies more often, but sometimes a girl just wants some steamed green beans, ya know? These veggies could NOT be easier to prepare. They are so easy, TSM made a…

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    Truly tasty spaghetti squash #Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Spaghetti Squash- (A Recipe Request from a reader)

    March 12, 2013
    How to cook the perfect wild rice by Real Food Girl Unmodified

    How to Make the Perfect Wild Rice

    May 26, 2014
    Real & Easy Shrimp-n-Grits. Cheesy grits topped with shrimp, bacon and a spicy cream sauce. Southern Comfort Food. So good!!

    Real & Easy Shrimp-n-Grits

    March 8, 2013
  • 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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    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 Girl Presents: Juggling Real Food and Real Life. Apple Cinnamon Slow Cooker Oatmeal

    Real Food Girl Presents: Juggling Real Food and Real Life

    May 8, 2013
    Double Blueberry Muffins by Real Food Girl. Tastes like a fancy bakery muffin! Gotta make these!

    Double Blueberry Muffins

    December 4, 2012
  • Chicken Pot Pies with Herbes de Provence. Soul food made without GMOs! A fun, French twist on a comfort classic!
    Chicken

    Chicken Potpies with Herbes de Provence

    Today seemed like a good day to get my French on, and share my chicken pot pie recipe with you!  Everyone needs a solid chicken potpie recipe in his or her arsenal and this is one such recipe.  What makes it special and a little out of the ordinary, (and a little French) is the addition of Herebs de Provence in the Velouté.

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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.

    Chicken Salsa Verde with Cornbread Dumplings

    February 21, 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

    Clucker-Noodle Soup (GMO-Free)

    January 7, 2013
    Organic Homemade Chicken Stock. Easy, healthy, affordable! From Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Homemade Organic Chicken Stock

    February 22, 2013
  • Cream of Mushroom soup by Real Food Girl
    Gluten Free

    Mmmm Better Cream of Mushroom Soup (Non-GMO and GF)

     I first published this post back in March of 2013.  I’ve since made this recipe 3 times (I make large batches and freeze it) in hopes of getting much better photos, or at least photos that make the soup look appetizing and no matter how I tried, the photos still didn’t do the soup justice.  It’s not pretty soup. It’s prettier than the condensed cream of crud soups from the grocery store, but it doesn’t photograph well at all. So, I did what any decent blogger would do.  I called a good friend in New Zealand who has oodles more photography experience than I do and bribed her to make this recipe and…

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    Real Food Girl: Unmodified| Not Yo Mama's Potato Salad

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    May 30, 2013
    Split Pea Soup with Ham- The creamiest, most satisfying pea soup on the web.

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    February 7, 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
  • Real & Easy Shrimp-n-Grits. Cheesy grits topped with shrimp, bacon and a spicy cream sauce. Southern Comfort Food. So good!!
    Gluten Free,  Seafood

    Real & Easy Shrimp-n-Grits

    We vacation at Folly Beach once every 2-4 years because it is very close to family and because Folly has  4 of the 5 things I require during a vacation.  1) The ocean and a sandy beach where I can set my beach chair and bronze my spectacular body in the sun.  2) A quaint little town with fun shops, good food, and friendly people. 

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    Mayo The Force Be With You| Real Food Mayo by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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    May 25, 2013
    Real Food Yankee Breakfast Hash by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Yankee Breakfast Hash

    September 13, 2013
    Jalapeno Bacon Deviled Eggs. Oh YES I did! Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Jalapeno Bacon Deviled Eggs

    December 18, 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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    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
    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
    One pot wondererful! Chicken Salsa Verde with Cornbread Dumplings. This is GMO-Free/Organic comfort food done right. Real Food Girl: Unmodified.

    Chicken Salsa Verde with Cornbread Dumplings

    February 21, 2013
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