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March Garden Guru
Spring is almost here! And I’ve got a grin on my face bigger than the Cheshire cat’s! I am so excited to get out into my gardens and see how my fall garden makeovers came through the winter. As reported last fall, I downsized one garden and made it into a raised vegetable bed. Another mixed perennial bed...
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Jodie Fitz on Jan 14, 2013 in
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by Jodie Fitz
1 Price Chopper pizza dough, whole wheat
1 lb. sweet turkey Italian sausage
1 cup bay spinach
1 clove garlic
1/4 cup Price Chopper light olive oil
4 – 6 oz. Price Chopper part-skim mozzarella cheese
Black olives and/or a carrot
Remove the skin of the sausage and fully cook it on the stove-top in a frying pan over medium heat; stir regularly. Set the...
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Jodie Fitz on Mar 1, 2012 in
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by Jodie Fitz
8 oz. Price Chopper cream cheese softened
½ cups Price Chopper confectioner’s sugar
½ teaspoon peppermint extract
Green food coloring
12 oz. milk chocolate morsels
Let the cream cheese set to room temperature. Hand mix the cream cheese, powdered sugar and extract together. Do not add milk, the ingredients will appear dry at first and then will cream together....
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Jodie Fitz on Jan 9, 2012 in
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1 Price Chopper wheat pizza dough
2 cups of turkey breakfast sausage or turkey bacon
3 Price Chopper eggs
1 cup fresh baby spinach, chopped finely (NuVal Score 100)
1/8 cup Price Chopper fat free milk
1 ½ cups Price Chopper part skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
Remove the casings on the turkey breakfast sausage and cook up, stirring occasionally to keep the meat loose. If you...
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Jodie Fitz on Dec 9, 2011 in
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Do you like eggnog? I do! I love when the holidays roll around every year and I can find Eggnog at the grocery store; it’s one of my once a year indulgences. In fact, we don’t just like to drink it, we love cooking with it. I’ve used it in many recipes, but one recipe that visits our table every year is Eggnog French Toast. It’s an annual treat makes a GREAT holiday...