low fat creamy carrot-ginger soup with lemon-parsley pesto

friends, I have to tell you… I absolutely love  soup.  I could seriously eat it 365 days of the year.  I woke up in a healthy cooking mood this am.  I headed to the store unsure of what I was going to make and I saw a beautiful display of carrots and then I knew! […]

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frozen puppy treats and birthday cupcakes ( for the pups) 

my sweet pup, Fenway had a birthday a few weeks ago.  She’s 11!  ( or 77 in people years 😁)    This is a pic of her first day home.  Gosh that seems like it was so long ago!  It set put to get her birthday treats and decided to make my own version of […]

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roasted vegetable gazpacho 

friends, I’m so sorry I’ve been MIA.   While in the grand scheme of things it all may seem minor, I feel like the last few weeks I’ve had one thing after another go wrong.  The latest is that my iPad screen cracked.  About a week after the warranty expired.    And since this is […]

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parmesean-crusted chicken

howdy, friends.  I’m a little sad today.  Remember last week when I shared These pics? Well, Mother Nature seemed a bit angry last night      My veggie garden 😢. With tomatoes I started from seed indoors 3 moths ago    My new perennial garden    I have 15 hydrangea that look like this 😢 I’ll spare you […]

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blistered tomato salad with feta and arugula 

last night I busted out my favorite skewers.       They are flexible!  I also have a set of straight skewers, so dug those out  I am lucky enough to be able to grill all year ..  But there is something extra special about grilling on a warm summers’ night. ( well, summer-like)   This […]

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bow-tie pasta with ham, peas and cream ( and garden pics) 

I’m not exactly sure when I actually started to make this, but I am completely sure that my family devours it!  While it’s not exactly low-calorie, you can serve up a smaller portion on a bed of baby spinach or arugula.  Girl math= adding greens to pasta cancels out the cream and carbs 😁 You can […]

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watermelon times three

Originally posted on barefootgirl in the kitchen:
Ya’ll may have given up on me posting tonight.. I mean it’s almost 9 pm .. where the heck has she been? Training for a race, that’s where 🙂 🙂 🙂 So let’s talk watermelon. It’s a melon. It’s made of water. Lots and lots of water. It’s fun…

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bacon-wrapped turkey meatloaf with avocado

I’m not much of a meal planner.  I honestly open my fridge around 5:30 and play a little game of ‘michelle is on Chopped’  I’m easily entertained 😉 A few weeks ago I opened said fridge and saw ground turkey.  And bacon. And I had an avocado.  Friends… I give you     bacon-wrapped turkey meatloaf […]

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salsa-stuffed grilled avocados

say what?  Yup. The ever- loved avocado is tasty in more than just guacamole     ( but let’s face it, guac is pretty darn awesome!)  I first had grilled avocado when Scott was living in Denver alone and I was still back in Massachusetts.  my denver visit We ate a a restaurant that sadly, is […]

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ibotta…  money-saving app…  put cash back in your pocket!

howdy, friends!   Since it’s Friday I thought it might be nice to share a great way to save money. ( so you can spurge a little over the weekend )  ****Scratch that.   It’s taken me ALL weekend to write this!!  ***** It’s called ibotta. And it’s free. And I’ve saved almost $100 in […]

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