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  • Real Food Pico de Gallo by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. A fresh, bright, basic salsa recipe.
    Condiments,  Vegetables

    Salsa Fresca

    One of my first posts as Real Food Girl: Unmodified was a Garden Salsa recipe. It’s a favorite in our home and it is as tasty as it is pretty.  But there is a small problem with that salsa post.  The original (recipe) has photos that were taken with my iPhone and when there was no daylight in the kitchen.  The photos just didn’t capture the vibrant colors in the salsa at all.  New photos and an update to the recipe were long over due.  Because spring is here, and fresh veggies are on my mind, I’m going to change the recipe up a bit from the Garden Salsa recipe that is already on the…

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

    Mayo The Force Be With You

    May 25, 2013
    Strawberry Balsamic Black Pepper Jam by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Balsamic-Strawberry Black Pepper Jam

    March 19, 2014
  • Savory Balsamic Onion-Bacon "Jam" by Real Food Girl: Unmodified.
    Condiments

    Savory Balsamic Onion-Bacon Jam

    Bacon. Caramelized onions, bacon, fresh thyme, white wine, bacon, brown sugar, balsamic vinegar, bacon, chicken stock, bacon.  Let me guess, the only word you kept seeing was bacon.  Yeah, I’m not surprised.  This recipe was one of the first that I shared when I started my blog.  You can see it HERE.  The photos were taken with my trusty iPhone, and they’re pretty scary. I think that is why only a handful of my earliest and very faithful readers were brave enough to try this recipe.  I’m thankful they did- because to this day, they can’t stop talking about this “jam”. I felt it was time to update this post and the photos.…

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    GMO-Free/Organic Onion-Bacon "Jam". You'll eat most of it from the pan before it's done! |Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Onion Bacon ‘Jam’ (Organic/GMO-Free)

    April 8, 2013
    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
    Real Food Pico de Gallo by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. A fresh, bright, basic salsa recipe.

    Salsa Fresca

    April 16, 2014
  • Real Food Enchilada Sauce by Real Food Girl: Unmodified- Homemade Pantry Staples. Yum!
    Miscellaneous

    Real Food Enchilada Sauce

    I love to spoil you guys. I really do.  Case in point; tomorrow for 30-Minute Monday I’m sharing my Beef and Bean Enchilada recipe.  But in order to have it fit into the 30-minute time frame, you guys would have to use a powdered enchilada mix.  Which, if you can find one that is truly nothing but organic spices, that’s not a bad thing, but making one from scratch always seems like a better idea to me.  In order for you guys to be able to make the enchiladas, I wanted you to have my Real Food Enchilada Sauce recipe. YAY!! And, if I don’t get this posted before Monday, you’ll have to…

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    Nigella ruined my brownies

    Nigella Ruined My Brownies

    June 14, 2013
    Real Food Pork Fried Rice by Real Food Girl: Unmodified Quick and Easy, Gotta try!!

    Real Food Pork Fried Rice

    November 22, 2013
    Real Food Girl does GMOs for Newbies

    GMOs for Newbies- What You Need To Know

    May 10, 2013
  • Chicken Pasta Primavera by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. Yes please!!
    60 Minutes or Less,  Grains, Rice, Pasta

    Chicken Pasta Primavera

    We love pasta in our home. I’m sure being married to an Italian has absolutely nothing to do with it at all. Because of our love for fresh pasta, I someday hope to own some special die casts for making my own shapes, like penne, and rigatoni.  Until then, I buy imported organic dry pasta for dishes that call for something other than a long skinny noodle.  Those I’ve got down pat. I really want to share my homemade pasta recipe with you guys, but I don’t have anywhere to attach my pasta maker in my kitchen. Which I affectionately call Lord Voldemort’s 8th Horcrux.  As soon as I can figure out how…

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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
    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
  • 30-Minute Mondays by Real Food Girl Unmodified|Italian Sausage Onion & Pepper Hoagies. Fresh Italian sausage, fresh veggies and melted cheese on a soft hoagie roll. YES please!
    Sandwiches

    30-Minute Monday– Italian Sausage, Pepper & Onion Hoagies

    Happy Monday everyone!  It’s time for another 30-Minute Monday dish.  Are you excited? I know I am. This weeks dish was a tasty one. I loved the pepper and onion mixture SO much; that I served it over some linguine the next night for dinner and it was UH MAY ZING! Whoa! Yeah, if you would rather just skip the hoagie roll, boil up some pasta and top with a couple slices of the sausage, and a few spoonfuls of the peppers and onions.  Yee-Haw it was tasty.  Actually, now that I think about it, you should probably try this as a hoagie first simply because this was a very flavorful and filling…

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

    Tuna Salad and a Tuna Melt

    December 13, 2012
    Gruyere, Fotina and aged raw-milk Cheddar top this panini with a nice layer of onion bacon jam! You must try this! #Real Food Gril: Unmodified

    3-Cheese Onion Bacon Jam Panini’s GMO-Free

    December 28, 2012
    Curry-Chicken Salad. The greatest chicken salad around! #Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Curry-Cayenne Chicken Salad

    November 14, 2012
  • 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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    Cream of Mushroom soup by Real Food Girl

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

    March 19, 2013
    Real Food Girl: Unmodified| Not Yo Mama's Potato Salad

    Not Yo Mama’s Potato Salad

    May 30, 2013
    Apple Poppy Seed Coleslaw by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Apple-Poppy Seed Coleslaw

    September 12, 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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    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
    Chicken Pasta Primavera by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. Yes please!!

    Chicken Pasta Primavera

    March 26, 2014
  • Caramelized Onion Burgers by Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Barbeque

    Caramelized Onion Burgers with Gruyere

    It’s been very warm here in MN this summer.  We had a miserably long winter–as in measurable snowstorms in May.  Once summer hit, it’s been hot and humid ever since.  I’m not complaining.  When you have 6 months of winter, you welcome the heat, humidity, and the sun.  But not the mosquitoes. I don’t welcome those at all. I’ve been working for the past 4 days in this 90-degree weather, organizing my garage for the moving sale I’m having later this week.  I spend about 6-10 hours in the garage each day and by the time I’m finished, I’m spent. The last thing I want to do is spend eternity in the kitchen…

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    Slow Cooker Saucy Country Style BBQ Ribs by Real Food Girl Unmodified. Pin now, make these tonight!

    Slow Cooker Country Style BBQ Ribs

    February 14, 2014
    Stove-Top Brown Sugar & Maple Baked Beans (with bacon) by Real Food Girl: Unmodified.

    Brown Sugar Maple Baked Beans with Bacon

    June 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

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

    January 14, 2013

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