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It’s Over!

Posted in Family, Food and Recipes, Just my Thoughts, tagged on 30 June 2009 | 2 Comments »

Yes, there are still parties to come.  For the most part, though, it is OVER!!!
Ben’s graduation was last Friday.  His graduation party was last night.  I may be exhausted but it is a happy exhaustion.  Below are pics – well, not of the party as I never picked the camera up once people started showing [...]

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Summer Cookout Season Upon Us

Posted in Family, Food and Recipes, Just my Thoughts, tagged , , on 24 June 2009 | 2 Comments »

With the summer solstice having passed this weekend, summer is truly upon us.  Here in upstate NY, we are actually getting warm weather and maybe even summer weather by the week’s end.  So begins the huge summer cookout season.  While my summer cookout season began with a wonderful picnic on Memorial Day weekend, I am [...]

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Review and Giveaway – “The Good Home Cookbook”

Posted in Food and Recipes, Just my Thoughts, tagged , , on 14 April 2009 | 35 Comments »

 
The way our society works these days there are no more long cooking sessions at the apron strings of mom and grandma.  Actually, my family has so many events, practices and other commitments I often feel like I am a short order cook.  I can live with that but the problem comes when children leave [...]

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Product Review – Arnold Multi-Grain Sandwich Thins

Posted in Food and Recipes, Just my Thoughts, tagged , , , , on 1 April 2009 | 2 Comments »

I admit I could never do a carb-free diet.  I do, though, try to control the amount of carbs that I eat on a daily basis.  I like a good sandwich for lunch, though, so am always looking for a less caloric and less carb rich alternative.  Enter Arnold Multi-Grain Sandwich Thins.
 
 
 
I first saw this [...]

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

Posted in Food and Recipes, Just my Thoughts, tagged , on 24 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

 
I have blogged plenty this late in winter regarding  my desire to have a garden this summer and fall.  Part of my desire stems – pun intended – from the wonderful produce I received the one summer I was in a CSA, community-supported agriculture.  Another piece of the puzzle is that I love fresh veggies [...]

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Product Review – Betty Crocker Warm Mini Delights

Posted in Food and Recipes, Just my Thoughts, tagged , on 13 March 2009 | 1 Comment »

I am usually a bake from scratch person but back in February, I decided to pick up a store-prepared, pop in the microwave dessert for my Valentine’s evening dinner.  Now granted, that dinner was not all that romantic but I had what I liked to eat and this delicious little dessert.
 
 
 
 
To start with, the Betty [...]

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Your Friends and Family and Their Health

Posted in Family, Fitness, Food and Recipes, Just my Thoughts, tagged , , , , on 13 March 2009 | 1 Comment »

You have spent all kinds of time changing your diet, exercising to get more fit, changing your lifestyle to be healthier.  Now, what about your friends and family?  Do you encourage or discourage them with your changes?
 
I get daily emails from Sparkpeople.com and a recent one stuck in my mind – and in my inbox [...]

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National Nutrition Month

Posted in Food and Recipes, Just my Thoughts, tagged , , on 2 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I know!  There is a day or month for everything.  Nutrition, though, deserves its own month –  maybe even its own year.  To become fit, you need to know how to eat more nutritiously.
 
The American Dietetic Association sponsors National Nutrition Month.  Please realize that there is more to nutrition than just eating.  You need to “eat [...]

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Free Food

Posted in Food and Recipes, Just my Thoughts, tagged , , , on 26 February 2009 | 1 Comment »

Since I am not even sure if there is still a Quizno’s franchise in my area, I did not rush to the website www.millionsubs.com when I first heard about it.  We have been deluged lately with free food from places I don’t frequent and feel badly about taking advantage of by going just for the [...]

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Cutting Your Food Bill

Posted in Food and Recipes, Just my Thoughts, tagged , , , on 15 February 2009 | 2 Comments »

I picked up, as I said in an early entry, a copy of Mother Earth News for the first time in decades yesterday.  The magazine itself is providing me with a lot of helpful information on gardening which I am set to attempt again this year.  The website – http://www.motherearthnews.com – is providing me with [...]

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