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New Year's Chili Made With Christmas Ham

New Year’s Chili made with Christmas Ham

  • December 31, 2017
  • Maria
  • Dinners, Family, Food
  • 4 Comments

Happy New Year’s Eve!  I can hardly believe that our week of holiday vacation is coming to an end.  We’ve enjoyed six wonderful days of fun with our extended families, including more board games than we’ve probably played all year…

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Christmas Chocolate Bark

Christmas Chocolate Bark

  • December 18, 2017
  • Maria
  • Desserts, Food, Seasonal Recipes, Winter
  • 3 Comments

One of the holiday traditions in our family is to bake Christmas cookies together.  Each December, we pull out our cookie recipes and pick out our favorites, gather and shop for the ingredients, turn up the Christmas music, and get…

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A Holiday Recipe: Cranberry-Apple Chutney

A Holiday Recipe: Cranberry-Apple Chutney

  • December 11, 2017
  • Maria
  • Food, General Recipes
  • 7 Comments

If you are hosting a holiday dinner or looking for a dish to bring to someone else's house over the holidays, this Cranberry-Apple Chutney would be perfect!  I don't know about you but we grew up eating the jellied cranberry…

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Holiday Preparations And Countdowns

Holiday Preparations and Countdowns

  • December 1, 2017
  • Maria
  • Family
  • 1 Comment

Today is the first day of December and we are all starting to think about the upcoming holidays and everything that means for us.  While that might include things like shopping for gifts, visiting Santa, caroling, planning a holiday party,…

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Massaging Kale

How and Why to Massage Your Kale

  • November 6, 2017
  • Maria
  • Food, General Recipes
  • 1 Comment

One of the great things about kale is that it is locally available almost all year round.  Our CSA runs from April through December and kale is offered pretty much every week during that time.  Kale is a member of…

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Homemade Potato, Kale, And Egg Pizza

Potato, Kale and Egg Pizza

  • October 12, 2017
  • Maria
  • Dinners, Fall, Family, Food
  • 2 Comments

As I’ve shared in the past, one of our family food traditions is to have a Friday night pizza dinner each week.  Whenever possible, I make homemade dough in the bread machine and we are able to eat homemade pizza. …

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Life From Scratch At The Macungie Farmers' Market In September 2017

October Farmers’ Market Schedule

  • September 27, 2017
  • Maria
  • Fall, Food
  • 3 Comments

Hi Everyone!  I will be making my rounds at the farmers' markets again this month - preparing recipes using food from the local vendors at the markets.  You can try a free sample of the food, grab a copy of the…

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Veggie Tuna Noodle Cassrole After Our Family Of 5 Finished Our Weeknight Dinner

Weekday Dinner: Veggie Tuna Noodle Casserole

  • September 21, 2017
  • Maria
  • Dinners, Family, Food
  • 1 Comment

In our family, this is not only a back-to-school time of year but also a sports-and-activities-taking-over-our-calendar time of year :)  I’m sure a lot of you can relate.  Between flag football practices for all three boys, PREP classes at our…

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Back To School Time

Back to School Time!

  • September 6, 2017
  • Maria
  • Family, Food, General Recipes
  • 3 Comments

  It’s that time of year again!  Our boys started school last week and so our school routines have been dragged out from the back of the closet along with the backpacks and lunch boxes.  Today I am sharing a…

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Maria From Life From Scratch At The Saucon Valley Farmers' Market In Hellertown - September 2017

September Farmers’ Market Schedule!

  • August 31, 2017
  • Maria
  • Food, Seasonal Recipes, Summer
  • 3 Comments

Hey Friends!  I have some exciting news to share!  I will be doing live cooking demos at local farmers' markets in September, October and November.  If you live in the Lehigh Valley area, come on out this week and say…

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