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Smorgasbord Health – Vitamin of the Week – Vitamin A – Beta-carotene

Source: Smorgasbord Health – Vitamin of the Week – Vitamin A – Beta-carotene

We love sweet potatoes! Boiled, mashed, and combined with a little bit of butter, sour cream, and cayenne. Tasty and spicy. Thanks, Sally.


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Cheesy Potato Casserole

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These sound so yummy!


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Small Things DO Count

Does anyone recognize this?

It is absoutely necessary for a stove to work. Don’t ask me for a technical name, but this odd looking contraption plugs in somewhere inside the gas stove, and the flints mysteriously spark and make the gas stove click on. That would be the gas stove that cooks our meals. Not the gas insert that heats a home.

Notice the flint is broken.

Which means the stove is broken.

This piece is only about 1/8 of an inch wide and about 2 inches long. Despite that tiny size, if it doesn’t work, the stove doesn’t work.

Let’s say the flint plug (oh, I like that name) is the bridle that controls the Clydesdale stove.

It’s time for a new flint plug. Day 3 without and counting.

On the other hand, I have successfully poached my first ever chicken breasts for Thai salad and it was wonderful. Much faster than roasting.

Moving on to more stove top experiments.


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Eggs-tra Special Treat

break the fast mouthful

lemon yellow saucy bite

egg and ham divine

~ Angie Quantrell

My first EVER attempt to make Eggs Benedict. This was a treat for my honey, who loves this dish. Too lemony was the hollandaise sauce, so back to adjusting the recipe I go. But there were no curdled eggs and a nice rich sauce covered the poached eggs and ham. I consider my maiden voyage on the ship named Hollandaise & Poached Eggs a success.

For me, this was Boxing Day – cooking outside our usual breakfast rut.

Happy Boxing Day to those who celebrate in more traditional ways!


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What’s Up Buttercup? (A Healthy Peanut Butter Cup Recipe)

Source: What’s Up Buttercup? (A Healthy Peanut Butter Cup Recipe)

Ok. I really want to try this recipe! MMMMM


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Gingerbread Delight

wafts of spice tickle

quivering noses and tongues

gingerbread delight

~ Angie Quantrell

There is most decidedly a reason that gingerbread has become synonomous with Christmas.

The scent.

The fragrance of warm spices, the steam of a hot oven, the soft melting of toasted cookies melting in your mouth…

Welcome, gingerbread. Welcome, Christmas.


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On with the Dance! | Susan Branch Blog

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Medicine Woman’s Treasure Chest – Peppermint for health and cooking.

Source: Medicine Woman’s Treasure Chest – Peppermint for health and cooking.

What’s good for you? Peppermint! Mmm


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Kuchen

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