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Chef Notes: Cooking the Perfect Eggs

When my fiance Al told me that his mother was making breakfast for us after his triathlon, I secretly hoped she was making eggs. My future mother-in-law makes perfectly scrambled

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Sweet Stuff: Aspen Clean Products

In just one more way that I know I’m getting old, I’m recently finding myself more and more bothered by the smell and fumes of traditional cleaning products. I feel

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What’s So Great About Coffee?

Ever have one of those days months where you spend more than a little time dreaming up a faster caffeine delivery system. Mugs are so quaint but wouldn’t an IV drip on

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Chicken Dinner Roundup

Somebody once told me that chicken dinners are the top the list for recipe searches online. I get it, chicken is fast to cook with, most kids love it and

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Chef Notes: Homemade Egg Rolls

It’s become something of an annual tradition to have a homemade egg or spring roll night. The kids really get into it. It’s a fun way to bring the family

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Roundup: School Snacks!

Hopefully everyone is starting to feel a little bit better (and more confident) about getting back into the routine of packing lunches. How are things going? Did anyone give any

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What’s So Great About Pumpkin?

Let’s see, there’s pumpkin pie, pumpkin tarts, pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin muffins… wait, what was the question? Oh right, what is so good about pumpkin? On Self Magazine’s Nutrition Data website, you can search

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Lisa’s Letter Home: Cooking Under Pressure

So the kids are now back in school and I’ve just started a new contract which means I’m in an office for part of the week and I have to

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Chef Notes: Grinding Your Own Meat

I was on a quest this weekend to make a batch of meatballs. I get these cravings from time-to-time and eventually I have to give in. I headed to the

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Sweet Stuff: Best Lunch Box Ever

I’m one week into my new career as a lunch packer – well, actually, I’m half a week into it – and so far, so good! On her first day