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Today is World Diabetes Day and my dear friend Carolyn from All Day I Dream About Food has gathered a bunch of food bloggers to help bring awareness to this tragic disease. She is also giving away a sweet blue KitchenAid Mixer in honor of World Diabetes Day, so make sure to go check out her site and enter to win! {But come back, cause I’m giving away some fun stuff too!} We all know someone in our life that {Read More}
I might be on a coconut kick lately. But is that really a bad thing? I don’t think so. I think it’s good. I think it’s real real good. Last week I received a jar of Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil to review. After learning more about their company, and all the uses for coconut oil, I was more than delighted to try it out. What better way to start off than with using it to fry up {Read More}
… with toasted coconut. Talk about an interesting combination. But trust me, it works. It works wonderfully. You see, waaaay back in May when I attended Camp Blogaway, the National Mango Board introduced me to a Mango S’more. It was a gingerbread cookie with a roasted marshmallow. Then I topped mine with sweet mango slices toasted coconut, and drizzled it with caramel. It was epic. Something about that sweet mango and gingerbread cookie really stuck with me. I wanted needed {Read More}
I have to be honest. I used to hate pork tenderloin. Maybe it was the way I would cook it in the past. It was always too tough, and chewy for me. Since it’s a less fat type of pork I never found it to be worth cooking. Because in my mind fat= flavor. Boy was I WRONG! I was flipping through a Cooking Light Magazine, and looking for some healthy dinner ideas. I came across a pork tenderloin and {Read More}
Let’s talk Mango….shall we? A couple weeks ago when I went to Food Camp, the National Mango Board was one of the sponsors, and we learned all about Mangos! I picked up some great information that I thought I would pass back on to you! There are several varieties of Mangos, which make having a Mango all year long a definite possibility. The most common Mango you’ll see at your grocery story may be the Tommy Atkins Mango. It has that beautiful red and {Read More}
Thought cooking in a trailer meant loads of crock pot food?? Think again!! It may look complicated, but it is super simple! {If I can put this together in my tiny kitchen, so can you!} It was hard taking pictures of this delicious dish because I just wanted to gobble it all up! {not to mention the horrible lighting…} Scallops are a great seafood dish. They are pretty lean, and have a real mild flavor to them. Perfect for pairing {Read More}
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