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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...
luisanapa
Dec 29, 20213 min read
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Beautiful Christmas Mantle
This year the mantle decor is simple but pretty
luisanapa
Dec 20, 20211 min read
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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...
luisanapa
Dec 10, 20211 min read
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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...
luisanapa
Dec 1, 20212 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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...
luisanapa
Nov 20, 20212 min read
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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...
luisanapa
Oct 19, 20212 min read
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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...
luisanapa
Sep 24, 20212 min read
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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...
luisanapa
Jul 25, 20211 min read
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