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Category Archives: Blog
Passionfruit Pudding Cake – awesome!
Forgive my long delay in posting recipes – my total focus is on www.ExceptionalWomenAwardees.com – raising money to support the mentoring of mid career, high potential women – enabling them to rise in leadership. When women improve their career status … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged cake, desserts, passion fruit, pudding, supporting women
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Carrot Raisin Salad – so easy and delish!
I love carrots and raisins and together they make a grand salad. But for those who are lactose, gluten and dairy/eggs intolerant – I had to come up with a different approach. You will LOVE This recipe – I do! … Continue reading
Cooking for a group
This last weekend was the launch of our Exceptional Women Awardees program which runs for a year and launches with a two day weekend at The Little Farm. I did all the cooking -and had a blast doing it – … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Starters
Tagged candied ginger, grated apple, Muesli, raisins, stone ground oats
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New beginnings! The Exceptional Women Awardees Foundation is growing!
We have wonderful happenings in our world – The Exceptional Women Awardees Foundation, founded by the Larraine Segil Scholars. is launching a cohort of amazing women in June 2018. These women called EWA ( Exceptional Women Awardees) will go through … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Philanthropy
Tagged EWA, ExceptionalWomenAwardees.com, Larraine Segil, Mentoring women, urban farming, women in business
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Our rescue dog Benji and feral cat Ginger – love at first sight! And Bread and Butter Pudding!
Benji is our rescue dog – we have had him for about 6 months now – and he is beloved of the whole family. Ginger is a feral cat – or at least she was – now she and Benji … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Dogs, Family, Little farm products, Recipes
Tagged Bread and Butter Pudding Little Farm Style
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Holidays approaching…..wishing everyone a peaceful and healthy season filled with joy
The holiday season for many is joyful and for most is filled with remembrances – good and sad. I feel blessed that my loved ones are here with me with some sad exceptions, but overall we are well and living … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Philanthropy
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Problems with Hostgator and WordPress and Website – GRRRRR – and a low calorie dinner
Hope none of you are using Hostgator to host and manage your websites? I spent over 6 hours trying to fix a problem on this site yesterday with techs who could not put a sentence in English together and kept … Continue reading
Leftovers for Chicken and Turkey
Its such fun to cook leftovers – truly it is! Just needs a bit of imagination and a fearless approach to tossing a lot of stuff into the pan! Leftover Heaven Ingredients: Turkey or chicken leftovers -cooked and skinned and … Continue reading
Shrimp and Bok Choy Cabbage – easy, fast and low in calories!
This dish comes together fast and is delicious and easy! Shrimp and Bok Choy Ingredients Onion chopped Garlic one clove minced Shrimp 10 per person Bok Choy Chopped Olive oil 2 Tbsp 2 Tbsp of Black sesame seeds Salt and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Fish, Vegetables
Tagged black sesame seeds, bok choy, fast easy delicious meals, garlic, olive oil, onions, Shrimp
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A Cream Cheese Cake from Poland – divine!
I tried this recipe from ALL RECIPES and loved it! The family loved it too! I know you will as well. The crumbly brown sugar topping just makes it amazing. Enjoy! Polish Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Ingredients · 1 cup … Continue reading
Roasted Cauliflower Soup – so delicious and low cal too!
We eat a lot of cauliflower and carrots and this is a novel way to cook them together that is truly divine and low calorie too. Enjoy! Roasted Cauliflower Soup Ingredients: 1 head of cauliflower 2 cups of baby carrots … Continue reading
Apple Sage Butternut Squash Soup in the Slow Cooker – YUM!
This recipe worked out really well. We added a bit of milk to give a creamier taste – but it is not necessary if you want to keep this lactose free – just add a bit more stock. It is … Continue reading
A new look at an old favorite – Gevilte Fish – 2017 style – Abby’s recipe!
Our dear friend Abby has the best recipe for this old favorite that is made and bottled by Manischewitz ( and others) with tons of preservatives – and disliked by many but nevertheless a traditional food at the Jewish holidays … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Prayers and Religion, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged Gefilte fish, tradition, whitefish
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Grilled Vegetables and Cambazola Cheese – OMG!!
Well it started off as a low calorie dinner but then I added the cheese and it went downhill from there – but SO delicious and well worth it. Tomorrow is another day after all! Grilled Vegetables and Cambazola … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Vegetables, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged Cambazola cheese, olive oil, onions, peppers, tomatoes, vegetables
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Ants and Cinnamon – did you know? And Easy Apricot Chicken
Ants have been eating our doggie’s food from his dish – and crawling all over it the moment we put it down. We tried this home remedy and it worked! We sprinkled cinnamon all over the ground under the dish … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice
Tagged almonds, Apricot chicken, Apricot jam, chicken, cilantro, cooking with kids, quick and easy meals
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Shrimp and Basil Pesto – yum
I just threw together a yummy dinner for my husband – here is the recipe ! Enjoy! Shrimp and Basil Pesto Ingredients: Enough shrimp for 2 people ( frozen) 2 large tablespoons ( overflowing) of Basil Pesto ( Costco … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Fish, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Salad
Tagged Basil Pesto, easy dinners, elephant garlic, garlic, Shrimp, steamed rice
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Someone sent this to me – I love it – Attitude is EVERYTHING!
A good friend sent this to me – attitude is everything! Read this every morning and night! MAYBE WE SHOULD READ THIS EVERY MORNING: C … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blog, Philanthropy, Prayers and Religion, Raising Children, Women's Topics
Tagged family, feelings, gratitude, hope, love, Prayers, the right thing to do, values
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We held our Larraine Segil Scholars Foundation annual retreat – amazing women!
It was the organizing meeting of our Larraine Segil Scholars Foundation (LSS)- but the third annual retreat of our group which has now grown to 20 women. How blessed I am that these exceptional women who walk the road less … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Entrepreneurship, Philanthropy, Women's Topics
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Our grandson graduated from the Junior Lifeguard Program this summer – so proud of him!
Our oldest grandson graduated from the Junior Lifeguard Program here in CA this summer – cant believe how he is growing up – sooo proud of him! Way to go!
Posted in Blog, Family
Tagged exercise, family, fitness, grandchildren, Grandma, grandson, health, Junior Lifeguard Program in Southern California, pride, youth
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Bread and Butter Pudding – good old favorite – so delicious when made with Croissants!
This is a dish that I always make in winter but I had about 6 croissants left over from a lunch party and so I decided to use them to make this standard English dessert much richer and more delicious! … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Leftovers, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged baking, butter, comfort food, cooking with kids, Croissants, desserts, entertaining at home, grandma desserts, home cooking, leftovers, Milk, sugar, vanilla
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