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September 2010

Shiner Oktoberfest Cheddar Beer Bread

by elizabeth on September 29, 2010

If you can’t make it to Munich to celebrate Oktoberfest, you might as well bake yourself some beer bread. Beer bread is so incredibly simple. It requires no time to rise and best of all no kneading! The yeast in the beer and some baking powder is all the leavening you need. I chose …

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Turkey Mushroom Meatloaf

by elizabeth on September 28, 2010

Today I’m really excited to share a fun recipe I developed for Hybrid Mom.  Hybrid Mom is an online community that provides resources on career, parenting and lifestyle for busy moms. This turkey meatloaf is the perfect make-ahead dinner.  You can bake it the night before and then reheat and serve with veggies for a [...]

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Curried Lentils With Spinach

by elizabeth on September 26, 2010

While I know for sure that I could never be a strict vegetarian, the idea of eating less meat appeals to me.  I dabbled in vegetarianism in my tween and early teen years when I was a seriously into ballet, but once we moved to Texas – land of the chicken fried steak, I quickly [...]

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Give A Little, Feed A Lot!

by elizabeth on September 24, 2010

September is Hunger Awareness Month across the country, and the San Antonio Food Bank and Whataburger have teamed up to “Go Orange” and fight food insecurity. The Food Bank is an organization I am passionate about.  I’ve written about the good work that they do before, and much of my research in my graduate program [...]

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Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

by elizabeth on September 20, 2010

Stop the presses folks.  This is probably my favorite new recipe of 2010.  We’re talking seriously good stuff!  It’s easy, it’s delicious, it travels well and I almost always have each of the ingredients on hand.  I made the full recipe last night, which bakes up into two loaves.  I took one into the office, [...]

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