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Devilishly Delectable Halloween Treats

What’s Halloween without a few bloody fingers? Bloody finger cookies, that is. If you want to make your Halloween buffet as gory as possible you might consider adding the recipe to your collection. Then, round out the spread by adding a few tamer selections for the faint of heart such as Halloween Orange Potion, a liquid refreshment featuring the colors of the season and traditional Halloween Snack Mix, a tasty and festive treat that guests can munch on by the handful. Each recipe makes for devilishly good eats at a Halloween bash. BLOODY FINGER COOKIES Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened … Continue reading →

Antioxidant-Rich Juices

There’s that word again: antioxidants. Those little molecules that bond with free radicals and help protect your body against heart disease, cancer, and more huge health issues. A recent study from UCLA looked at drinks that were chock full of antioxidants. You’ve heard the praise for some of them before — red wine, white tea, and green tea — but you might be surprised about the other seven drinks in the top ten. Fruit juices with the most antioxidants per ounce include: Pomegranate (the highest antioxidant power in a fruit juice) Concord grape Blueberry Black cherry Acai Cranberry Orange One … Continue reading →

What are You Thinking (with what you’re drinking)?

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What are You Thinking (with what you’re drinking)? Many people just don’t realize the amount of extra calories they are consuming in the form of beverages. We often wonder why the numbers on the scale simply don’t change even though we’re eating much less. What we don’t realize is that we’re often replacing food calories with liquid calories, and liquid calories can be much more dense, quickly consumed and unhealthy than those we might chew. Following is a list of beverages including soft drinks and fruit juices. Take a look at them and think about how many servings you might … Continue reading →

Great Uses For Lemons

Lemons are a delicious addition to drinks, meat and soups. They are cheap and easy to find. But are there other ways you can use a lemon besides the traditional flavor boost to drinks and other foods? The are lots of other ways to use this delicious citrus fruit. Coffee Stains You know what I’m talking about. Those stains that look unsightly on the inside of your coffee pot, carafe or thermos? Want to remove those stains? Just add a couple of lemon wedges, ice cubes and salt. Stir it all together vigorously. The acid in that lemon juice will … Continue reading →

Juice Box Holders

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Now that my daughter can drink through a straw at seventeen months, I have decided that she is allowed to drink from juice boxes. It is a lot easier than having to worry about whether or not she has enough juice in her sippy cup when we are out. I can just pop a couple of juice boxes in the backpack that I use to carry her stuff and get going. Of course, as strong as she is, when I gave her one the other day she grabbed the juice box away from me and I ended up with a … Continue reading →

Summary of the Hollywood 48 Hour Miracle Diet (Part 3 of a series of 3)

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Read Part 1 Read Part 2 Two days and a great deal of stomach rumbling later, I can tell you this juice fast really isn’t my bag, baby! I’ve lost five pounds (and no bodyfat) in 48 hours, but when you’re my size, that really isn’t dramatic weight loss. When you consider that no bodyfat was lost in the completion of this diet, you really need to consider what was: lean body mass (aka muscle) and water. Mind you, muscle is what gives us a good shape and makes us look thin. Consider a 100 pound woman with 50% bodyfat … Continue reading →

24 Hours into the Hollywood 48-Hour Miracle Diet (Part 2 of a series of 3)

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OK, here I am with 24 hours left to my Hollywood 48 Hour Miracle Diet. In my first hour on the diet I had a headache. I think that was from all of the natural sugars in the juice. I got over it. Eight hours into it and I was hungry. (I generally follow the Zone Diet and eat every 3 hours so when I say hungry, I’m talking visions of bacon double cheeseburgers!) Nine hours into it and I could tell my blood sugar was low because I was tired and cold in a room where the temperature was … Continue reading →

Hollywood 48-Hour Miracle Diet (Part 1 of a series of 3)

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I know you’ve seen this. Walk down any drugstore diet aisle and you’ll see a trim shapely starlet looking back at you from the bottle of juice that calls itself the Hollywood 48 Hour Miracle Diet. I’ve seen it so many times and wondered if it actually worked or if it was just a bunch of hooey. Some of you may have wondered the same thing, so I’ve decided to take one for the team, so to speak, and give this product a try. According to their website: “The Hollywood 48 Hour Miracle Diet is a special “Miracle Juice” that … Continue reading →