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I'm Rachel, a small-town girl from Oklahoma. I just came back to the U.S. after living in Japan for the past four years. I love all things food related, and am particularly interested in nutritional, whole-food cooking from scratch. Join me in my culinary adventures, my domestic doings, and the story of my life, one day at a time.
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Peanut Butter Cookies

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I turn 26 today.

Yes, it’s my birthday.

I’m not sure how this happened…(the turning 26 part, not the birthday part).

I mean, I was just 21!

Now I’m 26?

Over the hill of my 20′s?!

Closer to 30 than to 20?!?!

I feel woozy…

I think I better have a cookie.

I don’t [...]

I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts…

If you instantly recognized the title of this post as being from The Lion King, then you have my congratulations. You’re a person after my own heart.

For people of my generation who grew up in the 90′s, it was the golden age of Disney animated movies. We got all the good ones: Aladdin, The [...]

Banana Bread

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If there’s something this world can never have too much of…

it’s banana bread.

Considering that before 1870 (ish), Americans had never even heard of bananas, it’s quite amazing when you think about how predominant in our food culture they’ve become in such a relatively short amount of time (banana pudding, bananas foster, banana [...]

Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

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I don’t normally go jogging/running.

In fact, I haven’t gone jogging in years. I have good reason though.

Years ago, I took up jogging, and after a few months of jogging regularly, I got patellar tendonitis in both knees and had to do six months of physical therapy before I could bend my knees/walk up [...]

St. Patrick’s Day Clover Cookies & Ice Cream

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Homemade chocolate chip cookies have to be my favorite dessert of all time. They’re a simple, humble dessert. There’s nothing gourmet about them. But when they’re fresh from the oven, warm and gooey (no crunchy, crisp cookies please), and served with a glass of cold milk… Ah, that is heaven my friends. At least [...]

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