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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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I love scones.
I remember when my mom first started making them. She a got a recipe for them from someone at our church, I believe. I was in elementary school, and I’d never heard of nor had scones before. But from that very first scone I was in love. Fresh scones are hard [...]
Wow. What a crazy week it’s been! This was my second week of school, and the first week of my new part-time job, so between the two, I’ve been busy full-time this week! I think I’m sort of kinda getting back in the groove of waking up at 6:30 am each morning (getting used [...]
I love me a good ‘ol bowl of granola for breakfast in the morning. Who doesn’t (Well, I suppose someone who doesn’t like cereal probably wouldn’t like granola, but they’re an unusual minority, wouldn’t you say?) But whenever I check to see how much sugar is in a box of granola at the supermarket (even [...]
Yesterday I did both weight/strength training at home and had karate class. It’s been awhile since I did both in the same day. I somehow managed to hurt my left wrist with a bad punch, and my forearm is bruised (again), but nothing too bad. Whenever I have an intense workout day like I yesterday, [...]
The problem with store bought granola bars, is that even the “healthy” ones tend to have a lot of ingredients that are bad for you.
High-fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, vegetable oil, corn syrup. Not to mention all the artificial flavors, colors, and a whole list of scientific sounding ingredients.
Example. Here is the list [...]

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