When the arrival of our twins expanded our family’s Thanksgiving table from 3 to 5 in early November of 2008, we knew we had to hack Thanksgiving dinner. We purchased a local grocery store’s complete meal package to control the chaos. We were pleasantly surprised that 1) the meal was delicious and 2) the prep […]
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A note from Mary: Every family has its own birthday traditions. When Chris and I started dating I was introduced to his family traditions. The birthday boy or girl was treated to their favorite homemade meal finished with a slice of their favorite pie. (We’ve since revised that to providing favorite Birthday cupcakes for everyone
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Low Sodium Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes I will apologize now, but these mashed potatoes will ruin you for all others. Normally, I am not one to brag, but these mashed potatoes are a home run! Out of the park! Grand slam with bases loaded! OK. Now that I have that out of my system, let’s
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Low Sodium Prime Rib Roast And Beef Au Jus How do you celebrate the holidays? In our house it is Christmas that we celebrate. Christmas morning is spent with just us and the kids for breakfast. Traditionally then, we are off to spend time with extended family later that day. The big meal we eat
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Low Sodium Slow-Cooker Black Bean Soup We are definitely in the thick of soup season! There is nothing I love better on a chilly day than a steaming bowl of soup. It warms you through and through and is a great way to load up on nutrient rich vegetables to help bolster our systems with
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Low Sodium Nacho Cheese Sauce – Queso One of the most mentioned items that people miss on a low sodium diet, is cheese. Not just any cheese mind you, but people miss that neon orange gooey “cheese-like” sauce that they used to get in the movie theater with tortilla chips and jalapenos. People miss the
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Low Sodium Slow-Cooker Minestrone Soup In the Midwest, where I live, fall is not just the kick off of the Holiday Season, but it also the kick off of Crockpot Season! In fact, I’m not sure you are allowed to live within our state borders if you don’t own a crockpot. We are famous for
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Ultimate Baked Low Sodium Macaroni And Cheese Macaroni and cheese is no longer on the naughty list! Commence the happy-dancing and rejoicing! It’s OK, you know you want to. The Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Blue Box is 720 mg per 1 cup serving. So good but sooo bad for sodium. So in order to get
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The Best Low Sodium Dinner Rolls We all remember those silver dollar rolls of fluffy white bread that mom heated up and served in a cloth napkin wrapped bowl. They were fluffy and lighter than air. The butter would soak right in. There might be a scuffle if you or your sibling reached for the
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Low Sodium Slow-Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup It seems that since the dawn of time (or at least the early 1200s) Chicken Soup has been touted as being good for your soul and also apparently for whatever ails you. In 1934 the Campbell’s company added noodles to their soup and the legendary soup began. The problem
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