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  • 30-Minute Mondays-Pork-Chops-Shallot-Sherry-Pan-Sauce by Real Food Girl: Unmodified.
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    Pan-Seared Pork Chops with a Shallot and Sherry Wine Pan Sauce

    Pan seared pork chops with a shallot and sherry wine pan sauce may sound pretentious and fancy, but this dish is anything but.  It’s just seriously delicious, down home, casual, quick cooking at its best.  I had the grandkids all weekend, and by all weekend, I mean Friday through Sunday afternoon.  TSM works all day long until late into the evening every Saturday for one of his part time jobs so I was on my own with Little Master C. and Little Miss B. I think we watched every DVD we own and I spent way too much time in the kitchen prepping food for our weekend meals.  My plan was to rush…

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    Kristine Cocchiarella

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    December 31, 2013
    30-Minute Mondays- Fettuccine Alfredo with Chicken & Broccoli|- Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    30-Minute Mondays– Fettuccine Alfredo with Chicken and Broccoli

    May 5, 2014
    Homemade Organic Brown Sugar by Real Food GIrl: Unmodified

    Homemade Organic Brown Sugar

    July 8, 2013
  • 30-Minute Mondays- Speedy Pork Pozole by Real Food Girl Unmodified. My mouth is watering! Pinning so I remember to make this soon!
    Pork

    30-Minute Monday- Speedy Pork Pozole

    Today’s recipe is really yummy.  There is something about a rich, spicy, pork and hominy stew to get the taste buds revved up and bring a smile to my face.  I typically make this dish over several hours in a Dutch oven and I buy some red chiles and make a sauce with them to enhance the flavor of this stew, but in this rendition, we’re short on time, so a few teaspoons of adobo sauce from a can of Chipotle chiles will have to do.  This is one of the first 30-Minute Monday meals that TSM (The Stud Muffin) did not like. At all.  He’s not a big soup/stew guy and apparently…

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    Kristine Cocchiarella

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    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
    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
    30-Minute Mondays- Pork Milanese| Real Food Girl: Unmodified. Pan fried porky goodness!

    30-Minute Mondays– Pan Fried Pork Milanese

    April 28, 2014
  • 30-Minute Mondays- Pan-Roasted Maple Dijon Pork Tenderloin by Real Food Girl. Can't wait to try this!
    Paleo

    30-Minute Monday- Pan-Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Maple-Mustard Sauce

    Welcome back to another fantastic 30-Minute Monday!  I’m seriously enjoying this series and I hope that you are, too.  The Stud Muffin (TSM) has enjoyed trying new recipes, and I’ve enjoyed the extra time I’ve had because dinner isn’t taking as long to prepare.  It’s a win-win for everyone! The first time I made this dish I set off three smoke detectors in the house.  The second time I made this dish I did NOT use the amount of fat called for to pan sear the tenderloins which helped exponentially to reduce the amount of “smoke” coming from my oven.  I was also able to open some windows, just in case.  Thankfully, no…

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

    Slow Cooker Country Style BBQ Ribs

    I have a serious foodie crush on barbeque ribs. My favorite have always been pork ribs. They are so tender, fall apart in your mouth, juicy and tangy and saucy. Yessum!  Love me some ribs. This dish was The Man Child’s (My bonus child) favorite, growing up.  I have a photo of him when he was 8 years old, sitting at the kitchen table with a huge grin and a face covered in BBQ sauce.  It still makes me smile just thinking about it. I typically buy about 3-4 pounds of Country Style ribs for this dish so that we can have lots of left overs. This is one of the few dishes…

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    Easy BBQ Chicken on the Grill. Saucy, Juicy, Tangy, Perfect! realfoodgirl.com

    Easy BBQ Chicken on the Grill

    June 25, 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
    Creamed corn with bacon and poblano pepper by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Creamed Corn with Bacon and Poblano Pepper

    May 31, 2014
  • Real Food Pork Fried Rice by Real Food Girl: Unmodified Quick and Easy, Gotta try!!
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    Real Food Pork Fried Rice

    I had a strange day today schedule wise.  Because of that, I had dinner at 2:00 in the afternoon, so at about 9:00 pm tonight, I heard my tummy growl a bit.  I made a huge pork roast on Tuesday night and The Stud Muffin and I have been eating that for the last 4 nights.  You can get several meals per roast which makes large roasts one of my more favorite things to buy, despite the initial sticker shock.  I live about 4 miles from a quaint little red farmhouse that serves as the retail store for a local pig farm.  So when I have a hankering for a nice roast, I…

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    Real Food Girl does GMOs for Newbies

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    May 10, 2013
    Real Food Girl: Unmodified features MY REAL FOOD RULES

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    March 5, 2013
    Real Food Girl takes a trip to Trader Joe's!!

    A Trip to Trader Joe’s

    November 16, 2013
  • Easy Baked Penne Pasta with Italian Sausage --Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Miscellaneous

    Easy Baked Penne with Italian Sausage

    The Stud Muffin (TSM) is Italian. It’s not pronounced Eyetalian. It’s ITalian.  I felt I needed to clear that up.  I love when people say Eyetalian.  Um, it’s not Eye-taly, it’s ITaly, but I digress.  Being married to an Italian has its perks.  One of them is that we eat a fair amount of pasta with cheese–melted cheese.  I prefer to make it myself, but I don’t own any fancy pasta shape cutters so when we want penne, I buy a good organic brand.  I admit I was a little apprehensive about posting this recipe because I’m using a jarred sauce.  That’s a no-no in our household, but I’ve gotten requests for a…

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    Chilled Garden Fresh Tomato Soup- Perfect for Summer-- Guest Post on Live Simply by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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    May 6, 2014
    Real Food Girl takes a trip to Trader Joe's!!

    A Trip to Trader Joe’s

    November 16, 2013
    Real Food Girl does GMOs for Newbies

    GMOs for Newbies- What You Need To Know

    May 10, 2013
  • Baking Bacon. Yeah! Real Food Girl:Unmodified
    Gluten Free

    Makin’ Bacon

    It’s official. I’m bored out of my mind.  This means I’m totally ready to get back to blogging, and I think everyone in my house, pets included are very happy about this.  I know I am. I honestly cannot take one more night of mindlessly flipping through a poor selection of available Netflix movies to entertain me. I’m going to lose my mind. My surgery went well.  I sincerely thank you for all the prayers and well-wishes.  They removed one tumorous parathyroid gland and sent me home about 8 hours after the surgery was over.  I proceeded to develop a moderately severe allergic reaction to the surgical tape holding the gauze over the…

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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
    Fresh Balsamic Strawberries by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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    September 23, 2013
    Real Food Girl: Unmodified- Decadent Chocolate Pudding with Peanut Butter Whipped Cream

    Decadent Chocolate Pudding with Peanut Butter Whipped Cream

    June 9, 2013
  • GMO-Free/Organic Onion-Bacon "Jam". You'll eat most of it from the pan before it's done! |Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Condiments

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

    I have a serious foodie crush on bacon.  It’s worse than the combined crushes I had on Shawn Cassidy, Scott Baio and Andy Gibb as a teen! We’re talking about an incurable, deep, intense crush for all things bacon.  If bacon was a person, I’d be arrested for stalking it and creating a bacon photo collage on the wall of my seedy, low rent apartment complete with an alter, paying homage to all things bacon- just like those psycho ax murderers do on all those criminal cop shows.   Yup. I’ve got it baad! I love bacon so much that any bacon related clip art, or comic or poem or interesting food invention using…

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

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    April 16, 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
    Real Food Girl: Unmodified-- GMO-Free Pulled Pork BBQ

    Outta the Park BBQ Pulled Chicken… GMO-Free

    May 11, 2013
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