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Avocado Makes the Best Salad Dressing Ever

I’ve gone Gluten Free or G Free so I eat a lot of salads. I’m trying several new dressings. This is my very favorite.

This Common Food Ingredient Is As Addictive as Cocaine?

the number one source of calories in the American diet might cause obesity, high blood pressure, and a number of other common diseases. Fructose corn syrup isn’t natural. It’s been chemically altered to enhance its sweetness. And it certainly isn’t part of a healthy diet. Research shows that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) can damage your organs, trigger weight gain, and increase your insulin resistance leading to diabetes.

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Roasted Cabbage, Kielbasa, Potatoes, Carrots & Goat Salad

I adapted this recipe by Emeril Lagasse. My version is healthier. I started with 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking dish but we like lots of potatoes and carrots so I needed to use a second pan You could use a large roasting pan.

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Beat Dry Winter Skin with Goat Soap

Tackle dry winter skin with goat soap. Once I started showering with goat soap I gave up Oil of Olay and Caress. All the dryness and itchiness is gone. I now use goat lotion for feet and elbows.
I buy my soap at our local goat shows. You can buy goat soap at many drugstores and [...]

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Growing Kids Photos and Video

I was trying to get a side by side pic to compare the 2-month-old kids to the newborn kids but it was like dressing an octopus. I gave up and had David hold them.

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Help Us Name Our New Twin Kids

Sweetie (Alpine/ Nigerian miniature blue-eyed goat about 35 lbs) finally had her kids. These photos were taken with my cell phone. The kids are one day old and weigh about 3 lbs.
Cameo (Sweetie’s sister) had twins in January we names Jack and Jill. See Jack and Jill here.
We’d like you to help us [...]

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Benefits of a Square Foot Garden

I am in the process of planning my Square Foot Garden. This concept is brilliant. It involves creating 4×4 raised beds. You never walk on your garden only the paths between. Conventional gardening demands using heavy work to loosen the soil, but here the soil stays loose and loamy. Weeding is easy too because of the soil.

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3 Bible Verse Valentine Craft Ideas

Three beautiful Valentine craft ideas using Bible verses.

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Our New Twin Kids

Jack and Jill were born to Cameo on January 19 or 20, 2010. They are miniature Nigerian Dwarf / Alpines. We found in the early morning around 6 am. I lost my camera the day before so I couldn’t get any good photos. But here are a few from my phone camera.
Christopher and [...]

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Quick & Easy Stromboli Recipe & Video

Ever had a meal you crave often? This is one of them. My recipe is different from the one in the video but I included the video so you can you can see how easy it is to make it.
This is a family favorite and so easy I make it at lease once a week. [...]

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Basic White Sauce & Creamed Chipped BeefI have

White sauce, also known as Béchamel is the base for many sauces. Here is the recipe for basic medium white sauce.

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Brunch Egg Bake

I modified this recipe I found at AllRecipes this morning.
It was a big hit (creating it and eating it). No photos as I misplaced my camera.
I used make something similar and lost the recipe. This works great and is a keeper.
I love All Recipes becasue they have a rating reviews. See [...]

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Broccoli Cheese Potato Soup & Croutons

Creamy potato soup with home made croutons is an ultimate comfort food when the weather starts to get colder. If you are in a hurry on time you can use instant potato flakes instead of peeling potatoes.

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Fab French Scrapbooking Freebies

I ran across DigiCrea French blog that offers regular stunning freebies. As far as I can tell the freebies are offered for a limited time so you must go back to visit to get new freebies (the freebies offered a few weeks ago are no longer free).

The freebies link to a great little scrapbook store [...]

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More Free Digital Scrapbook Kits

I decide to blog about my freebie finds to pass them on to you and so I stop flooding my daughter’s emails subject line: “Ohhh look at these freebies!” This week’s darling freebies are from Shabby Princess

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Dozens of Free Digital Scrapbook Kits

I found a ton of beautiful free kits today at Two Peas in a Bucket. See my secret for quick and easy scrap pages at the bottom of this post.

Here are just a few of the Freebies:

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5 Steps to Be an Organized and Inspired Scrapbooker

I love how it shows we all think differently and need to organize based on how we “view” our supplies. ie. one persona will see a paper as blue, another as poka dot, another as a winter theme inspiration.

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Thankful Banquet

This is a banquet our church gave for the children to thank parents and grandparents by serving them dinner. The children spent weeks making the decorations i.e. place mats, centerpieces, etc).
The boys served us just like waiters in a fancy restaurant. It was adorable. The dinner was delicious and a nice night out.

After the dinner [...]

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Ten Best Dollar Store Deals

I don’t suggest you buy scissors at a dollar store but you should be shopping there for 50% saving on many basics (pens, paper, paper towels, gift wrap, cleaning supplies, baby items, shampoo, etc).

Dollar stores get some inventory from product lines created just for discount stores. The other inventory are remnants from wholesalers, keeping prices super low.

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15 Minute Cleanup Check Lists

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
Telling a child to clean a room is overwhelming. These check lists are broken down into easy doable one to three minute chores. Assign a child a room or a few steps.
Explain to your children if you complete the list every day each can be [...]

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Gift Bows: Easy, Fun, & Useful Craft Perfect for Winter Cabin Fever

I love Twitter. I find so many great links. This morning Raising Arrows tweeted about her newest post Frugal Gift Wrapping which linked to a tutorial on making gift bows out of magazines.
What a great idea! My first thought: this is something that will keep my boys busy for hours (and I don’t think my [...]

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Boys’ Bedroom Makeover with Professional Organizer

Get great organizing tips to help you through a low-cost kids bedroom makeover from organizing expert Vicki Norris. Learn how to control the mess and break free from clutter and disorganization.

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Boys Make Life Interesting

This is what was on my kitchen counter when I went to make coffee. Someone wants me to think GI Joe is seeing my lady salt shaker.

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It’s Back!!! Peppermint Chocolate Chip Shake

I am a peppermintoholic and thrilled that Chick Fillet has brought back the Peppermint Chocolate ChipMilkshake. How can I possible stay on a sugar-free diet with these kind of temptations?

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Creamy Artichoke Soup

A local restaurant serves this Artichok soup. I fell in love with it and tried a few varations of this recipe. The best is with heavy whipping cream but I settle for whole milk.

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Peppermint Meltaways

Peppermint and I have a life long love affair. Peppermint and I have a life long love affair. I love peppermint candies, candy canes, Starbucks Peppermint Mocha, peppermint tea, York Peppermint candies, and especially peppermint bark.

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Leftover Turkey Recipes: 4 Delicious Ways

Roast turkey is a great family favorite, especially at Thanksgiving and Christmas. But after the feast, comes the question – how to use the leftovers? Here are four ways to make the most of your festive bird.

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Cranberry Relish

The first time I made this the boys thought it was strawberry jam. It is soooo good on Thanksgiving and super on the side with turkey sandwiches.

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Don’t Boil Vegetables- Roast Them!

Oven roasting is an ideal way to prepare vegetables to retain the vitamins, flavors and minerals. When boiling vegetables a lot of the flavour leaks into the boiling water. With roasting no flavor is lost.
When we boiled potatoes and carrots we used a lot of butter for seasoning. Roasting with olive oil we need no [...]

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Pizza Hut: Any Pizza, Any Size, Any Crust, Any Toppings $10!

10 DAYS OF $10 PIZZAS!

Hurry! This offer is only available for a limited time. From now through November 28th, every pizza you order on PizzaHut.com is just $10. That goes for any pizza, any size, any crust and any topping.

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