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  • Cheesy twice-baked awesomeness. Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Side Dishes,  Vegetables

    Easy Cheesy Twice-baked Potatoes

    When I sat down two weeks ago to make my menu for this week I must have been in a hurry because almost every dish I’ve made has had cheese in it.  I still have two recipes to go and they both call for cheese.  I’m laughing at myself.  I have to make sure to spread those meals out over several weeks versus one week because my cheese bill was insane!!  Twice-baked potatoes are one of my favorite side dishes.  I especially like them with a good rib-eye steak. 

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    Kristine Cocchiarella

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

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    February 9, 2013
    Fresh, light, bright and super flavorful. This Chicken Pomodoro is my favorite chicken dish. Simple to make, organic/gmo-free. #Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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  • Garden Fresh Organic Veggies make this salsa flavorful and addictive! Pass the chips please! #Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Appetizers,  Vegetarian

    Fresh Garden Salsa -Organic

    This Real Food Girl loves her salsa.  My secret salsa love affair started when I had some at a local Mexican restaurant called Chi-Chi’s. I have no idea if Chi-Chi’s made authentic Mexican salsa or not, I just know I loved their salsa, and by the time my fajitas came sizzling down through the restaurant, I was full after eating 2 baskets of chips and 4 little containers of salsa all by myself.   

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    Delicious roasted red pepper hummus with homemade pita chips. Easy and affordable. You'll never buy store bought again! @Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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    Holy Guacamole. Organic, Fresh, and a secret ingredient makes it extra creamy! Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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    Jalapeno Bacon Deviled Eggs. Oh YES I did! Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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  • 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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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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