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  • 60 Minutes or Less
  • ABOUT
  • 60 Minutes or Less

  • Soups, Stews, Chowders

    Hearty Potato Soup with Bacon

    I have a long list of personal quirks.  I like to put an odd number of ice cubes in my drink unless it’s a small glass, then 2 ice cubes will do.  I sometimes zig-zag the part in my hair, and will do either 5, 7 or 9 zigs and zags. I prefer to keep the volume on my car radio set to even numbers, and although I like a good homemade French fry, I don’t love potatoes.  Don’t tell my Irish grandmother.  It’ll break her heart.  She’s already a bit bummed that she doesn’t have one full red-headed grandchild or great grandchild among all 18 of us.  My less than enthusiastic attitude…

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    Kristine Cocchiarella

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    December 12, 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
    SImple and delicious one pot beef stew! Organic and GMO-Free. Perfect comfort food from #Real Food Gril: Unmodified

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

    January 11, 2013
  • Not yo' Momma's meatloaf! Cheddar-bacon BBQ meatloaves! Organic and GMO-Free. #Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    60 Minutes or Less,  Freezer Meals

    Cheddar Bacon BBQ Meatloaves

    Today I have a fun twist on your everyday meatloaf.  The Stud Muffin and I like meatloaf.  Don’t believe me?  Just look (Here) and (Here) and you’ll see just how much.  I once landed a free-lance writing assignment where I would assist 2 other free-lance writers in coming  up with 100 meatloaf recipes for the Client’s cookbook.  I wasn’t keen on the fact that I would lose rights to any recipe(s) that I submitted.  I could never claim these recipes as my own, blog about them, talk about them or share them.  That didn’t seem groovy to me at all, so I graciously backed out and decided that free-lance food writing was not…

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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

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    December 14, 2012
    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
    Chicken Pasta Primavera by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. Yes please!!

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    March 26, 2014
  • 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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    February 15, 2013
    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
  • 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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Hi! I'm Kristine!

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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