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Kitchen Toys

September 12, 2011 Loot

I got some pretty sweet deliveries this week! Mostly from Amazon, my favorite online store. My snacks of choice lately have been popcorn and nuts. Microwave popcorn is expensive, especially the kind I buy with no added oils/salt. So I bought this cute little Nordic Ware microwave popcorn popper that requires no added oils on [...]

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Secrets and Confessions

September 8, 2011 Jenneral Posts

Confession: I’ve never been happier to see a summer end than this one. The extreme weather, the nonexistent air conditioning, the rain, the allergies. Nope. Will not miss summer 2011 one bit. Secret: This recipe Curious? I won’t keep this secret too long. I’ll blab about it soon. Confession: I was craving fresh strawberries even [...]

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Summer Sandwich Series: Tomato and Egg with Cheese

August 15, 2011 Loot

This has been the summer of extremes: Hot, hot, burning inferno to “Shut the windows, it’s freezing in here!!” No rain to puddles that could be lakes; A diet of ice pops and chilled anything to preheating the oven to 500 degrees F to make something warm and comforting. But one thing that remains consistent: [...]

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Little House on the Prairie

August 10, 2011 Jenneral Posts

Last week, we noticed a barely-obvious notice posted on the stop sign at the end of our road that notified our neighborhood that the water company was going to be doing maintenance on Aug 9 from 8:00 am to ? – Yes, they really put a question mark, which is always a indication that it [...]

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Our Carb-Addicted Cats–Putting Cats On A Diet

August 4, 2011 Jenneral Posts

Our four cats are a mixed bunch of weights and personalities. Tanner and China are brother and sister, aged 9.5-years-old and overweight by 5-7 lbs each. Tanner China and Gingerbread Jack with Stewie (stray kitten in Georgia) Mongo Jack is a stray that adopted us 6 years ago at approx. 1 year of age; [...]

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Maca Powder: Magic or Snake Oil? Plus Green Eggs and The Easiest Iced Tea Recipe—Ever!

July 19, 2011 Jenneral Posts

It doesn’t take much to convince me to buy a food or drink or supplement that I’ve never tried, but something that sounds like it could be beneficial to any of my symptoms surely piques my interest. So, when blogs and forums and other sites started buzzing about maca powder, I knew I had to [...]

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It’s (gluten-free) Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!!

June 14, 2011 Jenneral Posts

I took a classic and made it gluten-free with Udi’s gluten-free bread. The outcome? So good, you would never suspect it’s gluten-free!! Three ingredients: Creamy peanut butter (Skippy Natural) Grape jelly Udi’s gluten-free white bread Gluten-free never looked sooo good. Delicious! The other part of my brunch involved this almond milk yogurt that Sara @ [...]

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Satisfactory at Taco Factory and Hannaford Haul

June 7, 2011 Jenneral Posts

We ate our first gluten-free (and dairy-free) restaurant meal! I wasn’t really planning on it today, but shizzle happens. The Taco Factory in Middletown makes homemade maize (corn) tortillas every day. It’s very authentic food, not the typical over-processed yuck that many Americans have come to know as Mexican food. I haven’t asked them, but [...]

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Global Goodies

June 2, 2011 Jenneral Posts

We went to Kingston yesterday to order the cake for Dustin’s party on Saturday, so of course I just had to do a wee bit of shopping at one of my favorite stores in existence: Mother Earth’s Storehouse! I came home with goodies from all over the world, as well as some local goodness. After [...]

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Opposites Attract: Bacon Cheeseburger and Brussels Sprouts

May 23, 2011 Jenneral Posts

I had the chance to go to Trader Joe’s this weekend and I declined! Yep, can you believe it? I rejected Joe! At first I wanted to go trade with him, but after being slightly more than stressed after Friday night’s news, I didn’t feel like making the 75-mile (one way) trip. So, I opted [...]