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Mary Corpening Barber and Sara Corpening Whiteford are the authors of the best-selling Bride & Groom First and Forever Cookbook, and many more.
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3 recipes for healthy, delicious shakes for kids and parents
Three of our new recipes excerpted from Super-Charged Smoothies were recently featured on Babble Food:
As we all know, smoothies can be sweet-tooth satisfiers, energy enhancers, cleansing on-the-go meal replacements, pick-me-up snacks, terrific kid-pleasing shakes, and even alkalizing toddies for adults. What a great way to consume a variety of vitamins and other healthy ingredients!
These three [...]
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Pom Acai
If you haven’t yet discovered acai (pronounced ah-sigh-ee), make this smoothie and you might just become an acai ADDICT! This exotic purple berry, loaded with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, comes from the Brazilian rainforest and is thought by many to be the world’s super fruit. Reminiscent of blackberries and blueberries, sweet acai comes alive when [...]
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Super-Charged Smoothies!
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We have finally birthed our 3rd smoothie book, Super-Charged Smoothies, and it’s SUPER-CHARGED with lots of energizing smoothies. Check out this clip for a sneak peak into the new wave of smoothies! And to order, go to Chronicle Books or Amazon.
Lemon Ricotta Cake with Zesty Lemon Icing
Our dear friend and amazing baker, Charlotte Hardwick, made this kick-ass cake a couple weeks ago at a gathering in San Francisco. She served it slightly warm alongside a perfectly brewed cup of jasmine tea that was sweetened with raw honey and homemade almond milk. You know when something hits ya JUST right? Mmmmmmmmm… I [...]
Homemade Chicken Nuggets
There’s always a stash of chicken nuggets in our freezer and if you have small children, I bet there’s probably a box or two in your freezer as well. Bell & Evan’s yummy, breaded, boneless, skinless chicken breasts get thumbs up in our households. But, we all know, homemade chicken nuggets really blow frozen away. [...]
Trader Joe’s Tarte D’Champignon with Lemony Arugula Salad
What’s better than serving a supremely delicious meal with about 15 minutes of effort? Between basketball tournaments, ice cream socials, sleepovers, potty training, and yoga, I slipped over to Trader Joe’s in search of inspiration. Sara had been raving about their fabulous French style flat-bread tarts with mushrooms, Emmental and Parmesan cheese, and I wanted [...]
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Humbolt Fog Goat Cheese, Piquante Peppers and Mary’s Gone Crackers
We’ll never forget our first encounter with goat cheese at the River Café in NYC when we were about 12 years old. The chef, David Burke, delivered a melted goat cheese bruschetta and with one whiff, we pinched our noses shut! Dad, bent on teaching us to try new things, offered us 50 bucks just [...]
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One Big Fat Pot of Spaghetti!
Here’s the deal: A spaghetti sauce can be marginally good or exceptional. To make the leap, we use Grandma Broadbent’s 100-year-old secret sausage recipe. You have to order it online, but it’s well worth your time and money, as this rich hickory smoked sausage is “da bomb!” We order extra to stash in the freezer [...]
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