RECIPE: Spicy Mushroom and Rice Soup

RECIPE: Spicy Mushroom and Rice Soup

I know this is odd to see, right? Soup in the summer? Well, we at our house are very strict with doing a soup and salad night once a week, all year. It's usually Mondays, which my daughter hates. I think she proclaimed one night, "Monday has already bad karma all over...

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RECIPE: Slow Cooker Honey Pork Shoulder

RECIPE: Slow Cooker Honey Pork Shoulder

Pork shoulders and crock pots are a marriage made in heaven. The gentle heat of the crockpot going for 8 hours breaks down this inexpensive cut of pork into shredded, tender deliciousness with plenty of juice to make a sauce. This recipe was adapted from Tip Hero and...

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RECIPE: Spicy Tuscan Tortellini Soup

RECIPE: Spicy Tuscan Tortellini Soup

I grew up with Minestrone soup, pretty much at least twice a month, if not more. It made me sort of hate minestrone soup as an adult. This saddens my husband, who really likes Minestrone. I get the appeal, it's a meal in a bowl, with a lot of vegetables and nutrients....

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RECIPE: Mushroom-Palooza Pasta

RECIPE: Mushroom-Palooza Pasta

We are obsessed with mushrooms at our house. We love them. And when we are trying to cut back on meat, the meat lovers in my family find hearty mushrooms to be a perfect meat replacement. This dish uses quite a bit of mushrooms, and uses soy and beef broth to bring...

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RECIPE: Thai Ginger Chicken Burgers

RECIPE: Thai Ginger Chicken Burgers

With the 4th of July next week, you are probably knee-deep in menu planning for the festivities. And if you are like me, you may be looking at the typical fare served on our nation's birthday and cringe, because there are not a lot of healthy options. Sure, there are...

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RECIPE: Strawberry Lemon Crumble

RECIPE: Strawberry Lemon Crumble

It's strawberry season! And that means a flurry of strawberry baking and canning at our house. My father never eats strawberries from the store, but the minute its strawberry season at the U pick farm. we visit yearly, he is like a kid in a candy store! He proclaims...

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The Urban Domestic Diva lives in many of us. And my blog and connected social spaces are a place where I hope to inspire others by sharing ideas around home and hearth. My hope is that we can all live creatively abundant lives while balancing all the other demands being put on us daily. Posts and discussions range from recipes and cooking tips for entertaining, seasonal cooking, healthy cooking, gardening tips and propagation of native plants, cottage-chic or shabby-chic crafting, upcycling and other home ideas.

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… And Like many working moms, I’m just trying to do it all while making sure we have clean socks for the week!

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