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Bûche de Noël / Christmas Log Cake
This classic French Christmas dessert starts with a rolled chocolate cake (like a jelly roll, but chocolate) that's filled with frosting...
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Dec 29, 20213 min read


Beautiful Christmas Mantle
This year the mantle decor is simple but pretty
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Dec 20, 20211 min read


Long-Lasting & Charming Table Decoration...and Cheap!
Take any clear glass container (the one pictured here is a summer lantern from World Market to keep the candles from blowing out) and...
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Dec 10, 20211 min read


Cocktail ADD-ONS and EMBELLISHMENTS
Fancy Ice Cubes made from Fruit, Juice, and/or Liqueur Although these ice cubes take almost no effort, the end product is spectacularly...
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Dec 1, 20212 min read


COCKTAILS to add MIRTH not GIRTH (party pitchers)
Each recipe makes 6-12 cocktails depending on generosity of the pour Bloody Mary 1.5 cups vodka 5 cups tomato juice (or V-8 or...
luisanapa
Dec 1, 20218 min read


COCKTAILS to add MIRTH not GIRTH (single servings)
While not exactly health food, these excellent cocktails are far less fattening than the typical versions made with sugar, simple-syrup,...
luisanapa
Dec 1, 20214 min read
The STAY-SANE THANKSGIVING Time Table
This is from 2010 -- I do things more simply now (no stuffing inside turkey and gravy's all done but adding the drippings) and this year...
luisanapa
Nov 25, 20212 min read


BRINED TURKEY (and other poultry)
POULTRY BRINING — Turkey, Chicken, Duck, Goose, Cornish Game Hens 1 gallon of water -- for several small Game Hens or 5 to 10 pound bird...
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Nov 20, 20212 min read


Workout of the week: The Squat-Sit-Stand
If you're able, make sure your routines include what many experts consider to be the best exercise in the world: a set of...
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Oct 19, 20212 min read


APPLE PIE APPLE
Ingredients 1 sheet of frozen puff pastry, semi-defrosted 7 or 8 Golden Delicious apples 1/2 lemon 1/2 tsp cinnamon 3 TB sugar 2 TB...
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Sep 24, 20212 min read


What a thrill!!!
GET A MOVE ON! Mini-Workouts Anytime, Anywhere has been launched out into the world. It's exciting, exhilarating, and more than a little...
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Jul 25, 20211 min read
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