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What do you get when you mix guacamole with edamame dip? Guaca-mame, of course! At least, that’s what my hubby called it while sampling this culinary experiment.
It all started when I saw this Quick and Easy Edamame Dip over at La Fuji Mama (isn’t she brilliant?)…  I love edamame, and I loved the idea of [...]

I really enjoyed my spicy cocoa roasted almonds a few weeks ago.  They were a great, relatively healthy chocolatey snack… Better than the other chocolate alternatives around the house!
So, I stocked up on a bunch of almonds again this week to make another batch of roasted almonds.  This time around, I wasn’t in the mood [...]

This appears to be one of very few years that a groundhog has accurately predicted 6 more weeks of winter.  At least, he was right about the first few weeks! We’ve had more snow in the past week and a half than we usually do in an entire winter.
While I may lose readers (and possibly [...]

If you’re looking for some healthy alternatives for your Super Bowl party this weekend, look no further!
As I mentioned in my last #10in10 post, one of my goals this week was to try to plan some healthy snacks to help me avoid the sweets in between meals. So, on Sunday afternoon, I whipped up this [...]

I intended to make some honey roasted almonds for Christmas, but I never got around to it.  It turns out that my procrastination paid off a bit.  About a week ago, I was at the grocery store, and I saw that they had giant tubs of almonds on sale, leftover from the bulk displays at [...]