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A Less Processed Life

A Quest to Eat Fewer Processed Foods and More Natural Ingredients


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19 March 2014

Gluten-free all-purpose flour mix made from scratch

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As luck would have it, about the time I was considering going gluten-free, the America's Test Kitchen (ATK) podcast aired an episode called "Breaking The Code (...)
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2 May 2014

What’s for lunch chicken coconut curry soup

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I feel like a broken record around these parts -- but just when I think Spring has finally decided to stay for good, the temperatures drop drastically and we (...)
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16 March 2010

Venison backstrap recipe for dinner

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For dinner tonight we thawed some venison and had a little steak for dinner. For sides I served roasted potatoes and a spinach salad. D was in charge of (...)
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17 June 2015

Homemade Marinara Sauce

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Back in my vegetarian days, I used to joke that I was really a "pastatarian" as pasta with marinara sauce was a mainstay in my dinner plans. Prepackaged pasta (...)
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16 August 2010

What's for dinner: venison backstrap with mashed potatoes and green beans

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One of the first meats I ate when I hopped back on the carnivore train was venison. What I like most about this meat is that I know exactly where it came from, (...)
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14 January 2013

Sweet and sour sauce from scratch

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Last week I gave a slow-cooker sweet and sour chicken recipe a whirl. The recipe called for two jars of sweet and sour sauce, but of course I couldn't let that (...)
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14 May 2014

Gluten-free chocolate chip cookies

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Did you know that tomorrow (May 15) is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day? Did you even know that there was such a thing as National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day? (...)
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30 July 2015

Brown butter crispy rice treats

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Last month I had the opportunity to attend a food blogger conference in Chicago after buying a ticket last-minute from someone who couldn't attend. The ticket (...)
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22 June 2015

What to serve for dinner: pork belly roast

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As I mentioned last week, pork is going to be on the menu a bit more often in the coming months. Why, you might ask? Meet the newest additions to Orange Dog (...)
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28 May 2012

What I'm Drinking: Sangria

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Given the large amount of fruit in my fridge after Friday afternoon's produce fest, it should come as no surprise that, just as I predicted, sangria made an (...)
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7 October 2015

How to cook wild rice

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Here in the Wisconsin Northwoods we are lucky enough to harvest our own wild rice in the late summer. This year we missed the golden window, and alas, didn't (...)
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22 March 2011

Chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting

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I can not take any credit for baking or frosting this cake. But I can tell you that it is delicious. No, Delicious, with a capital D. This lovely cake was (...)
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29 December 2013

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19 June 2012

Ghirardelli chocolate chip cookies

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Somehow I managed to hoard a couple bags of the good chocolate chips. (Seeing as chocolate chips don't last that long around here, this was quite the miracle (...)
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5 March 2014

Homemade pumpkin dog treats

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I suppose if I am trying to live a less processed life, there's no reason why my dog shouldn't either. As it turns out, for the most part, Leroy's diet is the (...)
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9 August 2013

Blueberry cornmeal pancakes for breakfast

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I'm a big fan of pancakes, but since I always make the same buttermilk pancake recipe (though delicious), I was ready to try something new. Cornmeal pancakes (...)
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27 April 2015

Cinnamon swirl coffee cake donuts

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When Monday morning rolls around, it really helps if there is a treat waiting to entice me to get out of bed and start my work day. These cinnamon swirl coffee (...)
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13 November 2015

Pan-Roasted bbq Chicken Thighs

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We eat a lot of chicken around this parts. As in several nights a week. I love chicken in that it's a nutritious source of lean protein and it lends itself (...)
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19 April 2010

What's In My Kitchen: A Zojirushi Rice Cooker

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I have had my eye on a rice cooker for awhile. And ironically, not so much for its rice cooking abilities (which will of course come in handy) but for its (...)
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3 July 2018

Coffee Ice Cream

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Coffee's not just for breakfast, particularly when it's made into a delicious and creamy treat. Although if you want to eat this coffee ice cream for (...)
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29 December 2013

Bbq Pulled Pork Sandwiches

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Memorial Day signifies the beginning of the summer season. Though I don't particularly associate summer with my slow cooker, I had the urge to make pulled pork (...)
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29 December 2013

What's for dinner: slow cooker pork chops

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Work officially got in the way of blogging last week -- hence my radio silence following last Monday's post. After working over weekend, I also worked for (...)
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12 March 2014

Gluten-free cinnamon swirl muffins

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I'm doing a little experiment by going gluten-free for 30 days. Mainly I'm just interested in seeing if removing wheat from my diet makes me feel any (...)
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23 March 2017

Almond coconut chocolate chip cookies

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No flour? No problem. You won't miss the wheat one bit in these tasty gluten-free Almond Coconut Chocolate Chip cookies.I am a major fan of chocolate chip (...)
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29 December 2013

Vanilla bean mini cupcakes with vanilla bean buttercream frosting

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I think my most memorable Valentine's Day was in the first grade, when I received a Superwoman valentine's cardfrom one of my classmateswith the message "You (...)