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Jul 04

4th of July Berry-Lemon Napoleon Recipe

Berry-Lemon Napoleon Recipe. Ingredients Butter-flavor nonstick cooking spray 4 sheets frozen phyllo dough (about 17/13-inch rectangles), thawed 2 Tbsp. sugar 1/2 tsp. ground cardamom or cinnamon 1/3 c (read full article)

Dessert, recipe, Recipes

Jun 30

Zone Diet Recipes

Dr. Barry Sears is the creator of the Zone Diet. It has different concepts than those of other mainstream diets. Another name is the 40-30-30 diet; 40% carbohydrate, 30% fat, and 30% protein; these percentages are in “the zone” for maximum calor (read full article)

Recipes, zone diet recipes

Jun 18

Summer Salad – Cucumber and Zucchini

Are you suffering from the dinner salad doldrums? Well, spice things up with this scrumptious veggie salad served in a mouth-watering vinegar marinade. It’s sure to be a deviation from the norm that you’ll all enjoy. Ingredients 2 cucumbe (read full article)

recipe, Recipes, salad, Salads

Mar 31

Easter Flower Cupcakes

Ingredients 1 vanilla cupcake, recipe follows 2 to for 4 tablespoons White Fluff Frosting, recipe follows Pink and yellow sanding sugar 5 pink candied Jordan almonds 1 red jujube 1 piece green fruit-by-the-foot Directions Fros (read full article)

cupcake recipes, cupcakes, easter, recipe

Mar 03

Easy Chicken Enchilada Casserole

Ingredients 4 oz. (reduced-fat) cream cheese, softened 1 can cream of chicken soup 1 can cream of mushroom soup 1 teaspoon ground cumin 2 cups (low-fat) milk 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed 1 can Mexi-corn, drained 1 bunch green onions, cho (read full article)

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Feb 13

Nothing Says Valentines Day More Than Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Ingredients 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped 3 ounces white chocolate, chopped 1 pound strawberries with stems (about 20), washed and dried very well Directions Put the semisweet and white chocolates into 2 separate heatproof medium bow (read full article)

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Feb 11

Mardi Gras Crab Cakes

Ingredients For the Cake: 1/3 cup milk 1 package active dry yeast 2 1/2 cups bread flour, plus more for dusting 2 large egg yolks, plus 2 eggs 3 tablespoons granulated sugar Finely grated zest of 1 lemon 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon freshl (read full article)

Appetizer, Crab Cakes, Hors d'eoure, snacks

Feb 06

Seven Reason To Grow Your Own Vegetables

By Susanne Marra Over the last ten years there has been a switch towards mechanization and homogenization in farming, this uses pesticides, herbicides, additives, synthetic fertilizers and mass-production systems. This is having an impact on our h (read full article)

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Feb 06

Soups Made Simple

By Kristen Thorpe Is there anything better that enjoying a warm bowl of rich soup on a cold day? The tastes, the textures, the endless varieties, and let’s not forget the comfort food factor. While soups are often thought of as a wintertime foo (read full article)

Soup Recipe

Feb 03

Oprah’s Panna Cotta with Red Fruit Sause for Valentines Day

Yes, it’s pure, but this panna cotta heart is hardly innocent. Made with half-and-half, vanilla, and sugar—and not much else—it’s stained with a splash of blackberry sauce, and perfect for sharing. This dessert is one of our Ingr (read full article)

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Jan 09

Tasty Immunity-Boosting Recipe

Forget supplements. Protect your health this cold and flu season with the real thing – all the necessary nutrients wrapped up in 7 delicious recipes. Each dish contains at least 15% daily value of immunity boosters like vitamins, beta carotenes, s (read full article)

eggs, food, recipe, Recipes

Nov 17

Meatloaf Hand

I made something gruesome and delicious. No, really, it was good. This is meatloaf. Meatloaf with cheese on top. And some ketchup. The nails are made of onion. The wrist bones are onion too. Where are you going? This is how I made it: Sin (read full article)

Meat, meatloaf, Meatloaf Hand

Oct 29

Healthy Beef Recipes

resource: fitnessmagazine Beef has a bad rap, but it can be good for you — it’s a great source of protein, iron, and heart-healthy B-vitamins. Choose lean cuts and grass-fed meat to make your meal a healthy one. Try these easy, healthy re (read full article)

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Sep 21

Grape Kool-Aid Cake

Grape Kool-Aid Cake Ingredients 1 pack of grape Kool-Aid 1 box of cake mix 1 1/3 cups of water 1/3 cup of vegetable oil 3 large eggs Directions Preheat oven to 350 and think about how you’re going to keep it together tomorrow at work. Grease pan wi (read full article)

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Sep 20

Study shows new jOG body motion controller makes Wii™ players take exercise | How to Defeat Childhood Obesity With Fun Activities

www.businesswire.com What is jOG? jOG is the ground breaking add-on for the Wii that lets you control your game character movement by jOGing on the spot. Simply plug it in, clip it to your belt and you’re ready to start playing your games in a ne (read full article)

Exercise: jOG for Wii | How to Defeat Childhood Obesity With Fun Activities

Sep 20

Diet for Your Blood Type

healthnews.comAfter a recent doctor appointment and being advised to get blood drawn, a phlebotomist (blood technician) friend of mine asked if the blood type diet would be a good idea for me to try. With some investigation as to exactly what “eat (read full article)

Diet For Your Blood Type

Sep 19

Aspartame in Diet Soda is Making You Sick

Aspartame a substitute sweetener used in diet drinks or any sugar free foods has been linked to cause illnesses such as leukemia, Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, diabetes, epilepsy, birth defects, Parkinson’s and many other disea (read full article)

Aspartame in Diet Soda is Making You Sick

Sep 13

Baby Sleep Problems

Rose knows over the years of putting our own children to sleep and keeping them asleep can wear you out. Dr. Narcolepsy has counseled thousands of moms and dads on various styles of nighttime parenting to help with your baby’s sleep problems. (read full article)

Baby Sleep Problems

Sep 12

Rush Limbaugh: How Gov’t Will Control Our Diet

 rushlimbaugh.comRUSH: Now, from the dietitians at the op-ed page of the New York Times: “How Government Will Control Our Diet,” and this was published yesterday. Now, I want you to listen to me on this. “Big Food vs. Big In (read full article)

Rush Limbaugh: How Gov't Will Control Our Diet

Sep 11

Warning: Ads may cause anxiety, other symptoms

12:00 AM CDT on Friday, September 11, 2009DARLA ATLAS Confession: I’ve come to a point in my life when I can no longer understand TV commercials. There’s one in particular, for the uniquely named medication Yaz, that messes with my head. (read full article)

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