Quinoa Recipe: Fruit and Nut Version

My sister says they look like fish eggs, I say they look like heaven, especially when they’re mixed in a bowl with Granny Smith apples, dried cranberries, pecans, brown sugar and yogurt. Quinoa is super easy to prepare (takes about 15 minutes), can be served sweet or savory and is chock-full of nutrients. This pseudocereal: Is...

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A Night in Morocco

For our latest Wine and Honeys Dinner Club meeting, we spent a night in Morocco. Well, not in Morocco, but pretty darned close. With the exception of our surroundings and dining standards — a regular ol’ rectangular dinner table not a knee-high round served as our dining table, no wash basin was brought around (we...

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Better than a Sugar Cookie Cookies: Roasted Pecan Sables

Who doesn’t love a good sugar cookie? The sweet, brightly colored frosting and sparkles are a dream! But, and not to be a total downer, they aren’t that good for our health. When I was a young girl, my sister and I looked forward to the holidays because it meant we got to bake with...

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French Food: A Night of Comfort at Kristen’s House

French comfort food was the theme for our latest Honey’s dinner night. (Sort of redundant: French comfort.) Kristen’s hosting a French night seemed appropriate since her husband’s family is French. Her home was filled with the aroma of Boeuf Bourguignon, candles cast a soft glow against her home’s creamy yellow walls and wine was uncorked...

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Candied Buddah’s Hand

“I’m so hungry I could eat my hand” is something my husband is used to hearing me say when, well, I’m hungry. But now I can say, “I’m so hungry I could eat my Buddah’s Hand.” A few weeks ago, I wrote about my plant friend, Citrus medica, or Buddah’s Hand. I planted it a...

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