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  • Split Pea Soup with Ham- The creamiest, most satisfying pea soup on the web.
    Gluten Free,  Soups, Stews, Chowders

    Real Food Split Pea and Ham Soup

    Out of all the veggies in the world I strongly dislike peas. Naturally, I’m betrothed to a man who LOVES peas.  I mean all out, get you in mah belly, I could eat three bowls each day LOVES peas.  God has a sense of humor all right.  Because I love my dear Stud Muffin, I make him Split Pea Soup, but I add ham because I love ham.  Throw pork into a soup and I’m a happy girl.  Throw peas into a soup and The Stud Muffin is a happy Man.  Combine them, and you have two happy people eating a rather tasty bowl of soup, even though it does contain a pound…

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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
    Lemon Curd Mousse- look out folks, berries have a new best friend. So does your dessert spoon!

    Lemon Curd Mousse

    September 15, 2014
    Classic Tapioca Pudding. Old-fashioned goodness made GMO-Free. This pudding is so good, I ate the entire first batch ALL by myself. No lie, hand to God, it was that good and I snarfed it all down!! Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Classic Tapioca Pudding

    March 6, 2013
  • Better than Cinnabons by Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Breads,  Breakfast,  Doughs

    Better than Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls

    Today is my 1 year Blogiversary and I’m quite excited. It’s a big deal to make it through the first year of blogging and I’m seriously excited about what the next 12 months will bring to Real Food Girl: Unmodified. To thank all of you for putting up with me for an entire 365 days, I asked you over on my Facebook page if you’d rather have this recipe OR my split pea soup with ham recipe.  Hands down this recipe won.  But for those of you who asked for the soup, don’t worry. It will be on the blog later this week. I also have some fun surprises for the rest of…

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

    Double Blueberry Muffins

    December 4, 2012
    Skillet Honey Cornbread by Real Food Girl Unmodified

    Skillet Honey Cornbread

    February 20, 2014
    Bacon and Whipped Cream Guest Post for Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Real Food Girl Presents: Bacon and Whipped Cream

    April 24, 2013
  • Triple Citrus Bars by Real Food Girl Unmodified- Not your normal boring lemon bars!
    Desserts

    Real Food Triple Citrus Bars

    Nothing brightens your house like the smell of citrus and I’d had lemon bars on my mind for a few days and felt it was time to break out Old Blue and make something citrus-y.  It had been a while since I’d made any type of dessert since the kitchen in the house we’re renting- A) depresses me, and, B) it has virtually no counter or storage space which makes the normally joyful, fun, therapeutic and exciting task of cooking, baking and recipe creating about as fun as having one of the Dementors from Harry Potter suck out your soul.  I think I’m going to call my kitchen the Horcrux,   as that…

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    Real Food Girl: Unmodified The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie

    The Quest for the Best Chocolate Chip Cookie

    June 6, 2013
    Ridiculously easy lemon curd by real food girl: unmodified|| tart, creamy, amazing!

    Ridiculously Easy Lemon Curd

    September 11, 2014
    Roasted Cherry Pistachio Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream. Real Food Girl:Unmodified

    Roasted Cherry & Pistachio Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream

    June 12, 2013
  • Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes| Real Food Girl: Unmodified. I have to try these!!
    Condiments,  Vegetables

    Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes

    Pure beauty. That’s what these tomatoes are. Pure-brilliant-beauty.  I’m not a fan of raw tomatoes. Shocked?  Yeah, most people are. It’s a textural thing. Goes right up there with mushrooms and peas.  Put a dish in front of me with a few of these roasted, deep-red beauties and it’s another story all-together.  I’ve been promising this recipe for close to a year now, and I’m truly sorry it has taken me so long to getting around to photographing these.  My excuse is that we eat them after I make them and only after we’re rubbing our bellies and dabbing the corners of our mouths with our high-falutin’ paper napkins, would I realized I’d…

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    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

    Cheeseburgers with Onion Bacon Jam (Organic/GMO-Free)

    January 14, 2013
    Savory Balsamic Onion-Bacon "Jam" by Real Food Girl: Unmodified.

    Savory Balsamic Onion-Bacon Jam

    April 9, 2014
    Sweet & Zesty BBQ Sauce from Real Food Girl. It's sauce for a fingers only meat buffet folks!

    Sweet & Zesty BBQ Sauce

    May 28, 2013
  • Stock Pile (veggies and bones) for Homemade Stocks. Kitchen Tips by Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Vegetables

    Real Food Girl Kitchen Tips: Have A Stock Pile

    Today I’m going to teach you about my stock pile. No, I don’t mean the kind of stock pile some have in their basements that contains 87 deodorants, 33 cans of Aqua Net hairspray, 95 tubes of Crest, 14 bottles of Listerine, 112 Boxes of Uncle Ben’s Rice and 29 boxes of Froot-Loops cereal as a result of some recently developed mad coupon collecting skills.  Although that kind of stockpile is very impressive, yet incredibly disturbing, that’s not what we’ll be chatting about today. What Is A Stock Pile?  A stock pile is a lovely collection of each and every little carrot nub, parsley leaf, mushroom stem, carrot peel that you slice, every…

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    Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes| Real Food Girl: Unmodified. I have to try these!!

    Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes

    January 29, 2014
    Organic roasted veggies. Look at the color! Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Real Food Roasted Vegetables

    April 10, 2013
    Peachy Keen Sweet Potatoes. Waaay off the beaten path, but you'll be glad you took the hike!! #Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Peachy-Keen Sweet Potatoes

    November 13, 2012
  • Real Food Girl defends a fellow bloggers decision to not use shampoo
    Lifestyle,  Miscellaneous

    The Ignorance of Out of Touch Celebrities

    This week something bad happened to one of my blogging friends. It wasn’t your typical something bad, such as a minor fender bender, or a bad jean day, or she broke a toe tripping over a toy in her living room.  No. This something bad happened to be broadcast on daytime television with hundreds of thousands (if not more) people watching.  What makes it worse is that no compassion or understanding was extended to my friend. Just judgement, ignorance and cruelty.  Woman being mean and cutting each other down.  I’m talking about my blogging friend Jacquelyn Byers of Little Owl Crunchy Mama and her “No Poo” post that went viral- online and on…

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    Why I almost quit blogging, by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Standing Up for My Passion to Help Others

    September 7, 2014
    Real Food Girl: Unmodified Talks Dirty Dozen and Real Food

    Frankenfoods, GMOs and The Dirty Dozen

    April 4, 2014
  • 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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    Skillet Chicken with Mushroom and Onion Cream Sauce by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. You gotta see this!

    Skillet Chicken with Mushroom and Onion Cream Sauce

    January 6, 2014
    Pan Seared Pork Chops with Mustard Cream Sauce- Thing of beauty from Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Pan Seared Pork Chops with Mustard Cream Sauce- (Organic/GMO-Free)

    January 20, 2013
    Creamy Mushroom & Beef Stroganoff from Real Food Girl: Unmodified. It's organic and it's spectacular!

    Creamy Mushroom & Beef Stroganoff

    February 9, 2013
  • Skillet Chicken with Mushroom and Onion Cream Sauce by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. You gotta see this!
    60 Minutes or Less,  One Pot Meals

    Skillet Chicken with Mushroom and Onion Cream Sauce

    Follow my blog with Bloglovin Wanna know something funny?  I don’t like mushrooms.  Well, I do, but I won’t eat them. That’s not entirely true either. I’ll eat some of them as long as something else goes on the fork with the mushroom because it’s a textural thing and when I bite into one it makes my teeth squeak. Mushrooms creep me out.  Well, they creep out my teeth. It’s the same thing with peas.  I can’t eat peas.  My teeth don’t like them.  I can see all of you looking at me with one eyebrow raised and thinking “This chick is weeeeird!”  Perhaps, but I do love the flavor they impart so…

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    Chicken Pasta Primavera by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. Yes please!!

    Chicken Pasta Primavera

    March 26, 2014
    Fresh, light, bright and super flavorful. This Chicken Pomodoro is my favorite chicken dish. Simple to make, organic/gmo-free. #Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Chicken Pomodoro Non-GMO

    January 4, 2013
    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
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