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Happy International Women’s Day!

8. March 2012

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Today is International Women’s Day. For the past few years, I have been participating (as a listener, not a speaker) in a special summit designed by women, exclusively for women. The summit is the pet project of a dear friend of mine, Tera Warner, who though we may not always have time in our schedules [...]

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Intermittent Fasting: The Eat Stop Eat Way

17. February 2012

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I’ve always been interested in nutrition and health.  It started back in high school, long before I ever picked up a pot or pan and started experimenting in the kitchen.  My mom had a subscription to Prevention magazine which I would read cover to cover the minute it arrived. The health section of the newspaper [...]

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From My Heart To Yours

14. February 2012

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Happy Valentine’s Day! I know I’ve been absent from the kitchen for a while and thought it would be great to come back today and share a few recipes that will be emerging from my kitchen today. What I love about preparing food on Valentine’s Day is that it’s one of the rare times of [...]

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Food Gifts: Made With Love

7. January 2012

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For personal reasons, I wasn’t much in the Christmas spirit this year.  I didn’t send out Christmas cards, didn’t really do much Christmas shopping (just for the kids) or even put up lights outside the house.  I just didn’t feel like celebrating though I did keep up a few of our family traditions. As Christmas [...]

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Gnocchi Verdi: An Accidental Chef Christmas Eve Tradition

24. December 2011

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This is the first Christmas Eve in recent memory where I will have the entire day to prepare dinner.  The past few years, Christmas Eve has fallen during the work week and I’ve had to rush through dinner prep in a few hours (which isn’t easy when you’re planning for 20!).  Luckily, I work from [...]

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25 Clever Ideas To Make Life Easier

21. December 2011

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You may have seen this email hit your inbox in the past few weeks. My sister-in-law forwarded it to me last week and as I read through the different tips, I was amazed by how clever some of them were (hello… storing linens in their pillow cases… brilliant!). I can’t tell you how many times [...]

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When You WISH…

2. March 2011

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A WISH is a dream your heart makes. That’s how one of my all time favorite songs to sing begins.  I sing it often, especially when I’m trying to find balance and need to sprinkle a little extra pixie dust to get me through the day. I’ll be honest, it’s not easy balancing all the [...]

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Just Eat!

16. February 2011

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Sometimes the Accidental Chef needs an accidental night off. I had planned to make a nice dinner for Mr. Accidental Chef last night, but poor planning got the best of me and I didn’t make it to the grocery store in time.  So I ordered in instead and in the process discovered a great new [...]

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A WISH for International Women's Day

8. March 2010

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Mothers, sisters, daughters, this is for you…. Behind every great woman there are about three or four other great women.  Since before the history books were written, women have come together to share wisdom, support and even resources. The miracle of technology has extended my female network beyond my immediate family.  With Twitter, Facebook, IM [...]

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And Now For Something Completely Different….

2. March 2010

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I don’t do this too often but every once in a while I stumble across something truly worthy of breaking from my routine and doing something completely different.  Now before you go and think I’ve gone off my rocker or some guest blogger has hijacked my site or that I’m being paid gobs of money [...]

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