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Instant Pot Classic Beef and Vegetable Soup

In Dairy-free, Gluten-free, Recipes | Delicious and Quick Recipes for Real Food by Lisa Soldo-Johnson2 Comments

Beef and Vegetable soup was one of my favorite childhood soups made by mother with great patience and love. She always slow simmered her soups for hours so the meat was perfectly tender and the vegetables and broth partnered together to create a symphony of flavor that made this soup Tre Magnifique! Things have changed since my childhood. Our lives …

Crab Apple Roll Ups

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Along with colder weather and fall approaching, crab apple season will soon be in full bloom. There are many delicious ways to prepare this tiny tart fruit, but my favorite way to use crab apples is by creating dehydrated fruit roll-ups. My neighbor has a huge crab apple tree in her front yard that produces hundreds of gorgeous apples.  A …

Quinoa, Black Bean, and Corn Salad

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Zesty Quinoa, Black Bean, and Corn Salad is always a favorite at every gathering. The combination of sweet corn salsa, tender, nutty quinoa, juicy cherry tomatoes, earthy black beans, and fresh cilantro creates a flavor profile your family and friends will love. I’ve even been known to carry along copies of this recipe when I bring this dish to a …

King Solomon’s Sweet Orange Salmon

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Here are little Hebrew trivia for you.  Did you know that salmon is named after King Solomon of both the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament? The Hebrew spelling of “King Solomon” is actually שַׂלְמוֹן‎ Śalmōn or  Śalmāh in the Hebrew:שַׂלְמָה or Śalmāh in the Greek: σαλμων I fell in love with Vivi’s salmon recipe the first time I tasted …