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Sigh.  Well, I missed Kimi’s carnival.  It was one of those days yesterday.  Nevertheless, you should still go check out her postto see everyone’s entries.  If you’re in the mood for inspiration, you’re sure to find something to jazz up your fall table.  And if you want to share a recipe of your own, you can [...]

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Easy Tortilla Soup

I hosted a Mexican-themed dinner for ten after church yesterday.  Instead of my usual routine (i.e., pulling out all the stops and collapsing in exhaustion afterwards), I tried really hard to plan easy, do-ahead dishes.  Taco salads, tortilla soup, chips and salsa, Spanish rice, and Pamela’s GF brownies with Breyer’s French Vanilla ice cream made the [...]

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Deliciously cooler weather greets me each morning these days, and I couldn’t be more pleased!  I always look forward to this time of year.  Houston may be brutal in the summer, but I can’t imagine prettier weather than lows in the 50s and highs in the 70s.  Happiness itself.
Yesterday, my husband and I shared a [...]

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Two years ago, my new husband and I retreated to Traverse City, Michigan for a beautiful honeymoon.  We stayed at Chateau Chantal, a vineyard and gorgeous B&B on a peninsula on Lake Michigan (check out the website for breathtaking photographs of the area).  With fall colors bursting on the scene, sparkling blue water all around, and the [...]

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I ruled out smoothies as a reasonable part of my diet quite some time ago.  With my hypoglycemia, all of the bananas, mangos, pineapple, and raw honey were decidedly counterproductive.  Blood sugar crash guaranteed.  I also discovered that soy protein powders weren’t a good option because of my hypothyroidism and female hormone imbalances.  Not to mention that [...]

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I know.  I eat a lot of ice cream.  I won’t deny it.  My former roommates could tell you stories about the ice cream they would buy and put in the freezer.  I would eat the ice cream, then go out and buy a replacement.  But they would leave it in there so long that I [...]

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In my guest post on hydration at Keeper of the Home a few weeks ago, I mentioned that coffee works against the body in at least two ways besides the drug-like stimulation of caffeine.  It’s both dehydrating and highly acidic.  Solution?  Teeccino, a non-acidic herbal coffee with no caffeine and lots of minerals.  After three weeks with Vanilla Nut Teeccino, I’m [...]

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Last Thursday, HMK asked for a completely dairy-free, sugar-free basic ice cream recipe that really works.  I got busy over the weekend and came up with this amazing solution.  I adored this ice cream.  My husband used the words ”crisp,” “vivacious,” and “sweet” when I asked him for his thoughts.  For my part, I found it light and refreshing–like sherbert.   I’m [...]

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A week ago, I posted about my latest foray into lactofermentation.  I abandoned the veggies in my guest bathroom tub for eight days before I transferred them to the refrigerator yesterday.  Then, this afternoon, I opened them up for a taste test.  Here are the results, from left to right:
Liver Lovin’ Veggies
My own creation, this blend turned [...]

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Throat Potion No. 9

I’m sick.  Not wretchedly sick, but I feel lousy and my throat is very sore.  Since I had an appointment to get my back adjusted yesterday, I asked my chiropractor for advice.  He asked me what I was coughing up (I won’t describe it for you here), then prescribed the typical high doses of vitamin C, echinacea, [...]

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