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Recipe: Sexy, Brooding, Dark Chocolate Muffins
Let’s face it: food is sensual, and lest you think that the kids can’t read this column, get a grip on the word “sensual” — we’re talking about appealing to our senses of taste, sight, smell, touch, and hearing. Sexy, Brooding, … Continue reading
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Tagged breakfast, chocolate, cook, food, muffins
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Alternative Lifestyle Challenges
Because I am essentially an ordinary person, my chosen alternative lifestyle is not one to provoke hate mail, rabid Tweets, and major national news stories. I figure that what goes on in my bedroom — with my Kindle and the … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, finances, lifestyle, sustainable
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Recipe: Creamy, Dreamy Corn Chowder
It’s soup season! Finally, after a summer of sweltering our way through quick stir-fries that don’t heat up the kitchen, I find myself reaching for my sweater and the soup bowls, and Creamy, Dreamy Corn Chowder is a fast, easy, inexpensive dinner … Continue reading
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Tagged chowder, recipe, Santa, soup, YouTube
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Are You Poor?
“Poor” is such a wretched word, and most of us tend to get offended when it’s applied to us — that’s why we like the term, “middle class,” because even “lower middle class” is better than poor. But who, or … Continue reading
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Tagged americans, insurance, money, poor, wealth
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Food Stamps and Finances
I ran into a blog post this week that asked, Is using food stamps a sin? You’ve got to admit, the headline was catchy. The writer described her pastor’s stance on the issue (“Yes, it’s a sin”) and to her credit, she … Continue reading
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Tagged food stamps, government, middle class, mortgage, tax deduction
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Recipe: Homemade Corn Tortillas
Why make your own tortillas? Try these reasons: 1) They’re fast and easy, especially if you get a designated tortilla press. As much as I tend to do things the hard way, I knew that trying to slap slap the corn … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob's Red Mill, corn, GMO, recipe, tortilla
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Feeling Like a Rich Person on a Normal Budget
Years ago, when my sister brought home prospective husband material to the family, she mentioned that the potential son-in-law liked butter on his bread. My mother was horrified. “Do you realize how much more expensive butter is than margarine?” she … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon.com, budget, live on less, rich, save money
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Recipe: Yukon Gold “French Fries”
Who doesn’t love French Fries? But who doesn’t also know that they don’t really qualify as the day’s vegetable — I mean, soaked in grease and dripping with calories. But fast food doesn’t have to be bad food, and Yukon … Continue reading
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Tagged french fries, healthy, potato, recipe, yukon gold
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Affordable Back to School Shopping
Every month of the year demands its big chunks of spending — December has Christmas, April taxes, July hamburger and briquettes. August ushers us into the new school year, and whether or not the clothing from last year fits, its … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable, back to school, clothes, fashion, school clothes, shopping
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Save $45 — Instantly
Say what you like about shopping, it plunges you in the midst of humanity. Before reality TV, this was reality, without the bleeps for people’s language inadequacies, or the blather stream of a host who is overly impressed with whatever qualities he … Continue reading
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Tagged clothes, just say no, money management, saving money, shopping
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