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Green Tuesday to Green Christmas!

Today is Green Tuesday, and yesterday was Green Monday.  The purpose of this relatively new “shopping holiday” is to promote sales of environmentally-friendly items. It seems like a new concept, but truly, my mother invented it back in the 50s.  While there wasn’t an online venue for indulging in recycled items, this principle guided our […]

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Radish Cocktail, Anyone?

My neighbor Annie is the queen of growing radishes.  I have never had good luck with them in my own garden, and she doesn’t even like them, so yes, you guessed it…. I am well-supplied with these lovely, spicy jewels! Radishes take me back to my childhood, and to one of my favorite beverages of […]

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HighMont Beef – a North Dakota Treasure for Heart Health

Do you enjoy the taste of beef, but worry about the saturated fat and cholesterol content?  Look no further than the Red River Valley Ranch in Walhalla. Recently, my artist twin sister Barb, her husband Paul, and I took a road trip up to Walhalla.  We had 3 agendas: do a little hiking in the […]

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Valentine’s Day Revisited

A couple of years ago I wrote a blog on Valentine’s Day.  I am reprinting it today because it seems that this message of love on Valentine’s Day still needs some revisiting. Simply click on the picture of the flowers to see the full article.  And please send me your thoughts – would love to hear […]

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Freelance Pecan-Crusted Walleye and Look…No Calories!

Some of you may have noticed that the recipes in my blog and on my kitchen site are a little different from those of other food bloggers. For starters, I am not rigid about measurements of ingredients.  I prefer to invite your creativity in the kitchen.  After all, do you see the chefs on the Food Network measuring […]

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Eggs Set Free in the 2015 Dietary Guidelines

The highlight of the new 2015 Dietary Guidelines was seeing eggs set free from Food Rules Prison.  They have been wrongfully accused for being “bad” in association with heart disease for way too long.  Eggs are among the healthiest foods available.  In recent years, many studies have shown the lack of correlation between egg consumption […]

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Candy Holidays in Full Swing… Be on Guard!

On this last day of October, how stocked are you for the trick -or-treaters?  Or do you have to run out to the store again because your stash has been gobbled up not by goblins but by “taste testers” such as yourself? Don’t worry, I’m not pointing fingers… at anyone but myself!  Although I only […]

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Tomato, Tomahto, Ah Delicio!

My heirloom tomatoes are coming in so fast, I now have a tummy ache and the start of canker sores in my mouth from the acid.  I find myself eating them as I pick them, eating them as I see them, eating them as I open the fridge and eye the bowl.  They are like […]

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