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Book Review: Recall Abortion by Janet Morana

From the front jacket flap:

“Bad products are recalled every day: the Ford Pinto, faulty tires, dangerous prescription pills, contaminated lettuce. If a product is found to pose even a modest risk to those who use it, you can bet it will soon be pulled from the market…Unless that

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Old-Fashioned Chocolate Egg Cream Soda Recipe

Yummy and frothy chocolate egg cream!

The other day I was look for a particular recipe on foodnetwork.com and accidentally came across this egg cream recipe. It brought back so many memories! I used to drink this all the time as a kid! You used to be able

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Guest Post: How to Make an Easter Resurrection Cake

Editor’s Note: Enjoy this yummy-looking guest-recipe from Alvina Lopez. Unfortunately, due to an email glitch, I didn’t get this recipe in time for Easter day, but don’t forget, the Easter season is 50 days, so there’s till time to make this cake! Mercy Sunday is this weekend, so why not make this cake then?

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How to Make Homemade Deodorant

I’ve wanted to make homemade deodorant a long time now. My main motivation comes from that fact that I have sensitive skin, and over the last couple of years, my pits have become particularly sensitive to regular deodorants, even those without antiperspirants. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. Did you ever read the labels of

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Ten Meatless Meals for Lent

Note: The following is a reprint of the post I did for Lent last year. Ever since then it has become one of my all-time most popular posts – inside and outside of Lent – so I thought I’d post it again:

Do you find it challenging trying to come up with meatless

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Cheeseburger Pie

Easy, yummy recipe:

: Cheeseburger Pie 1 lb ground beef 1/2 onion, chopped 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese 1 cup Bisquick 1/2 cup milk 1 egg Saute onion for a few minutes. Add beef and brown.

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Leftover Ham and Cabbage Casserole

This isn’t one of my recipes, and I know I already posted a ham and cabbage recipe before, BUT this is so good I just have to link to this recipe! I made it the other day and it was a big hit; even with my semi-picky six year old son.

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I So Want to Make this!

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I found this fun recipe for White Chocolate Snowman Pretzels over at Homemade Mamas and I can’t wait to make these with my son. These actually look easy enough for someone as un-crafty as me!

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“Blueberry Tea”

I found this “over 21″ recipe on a little sticky note, so not sure who it came from. It is quite good and should be able to warm you up and mellow you out after a cold, stressful day! ( There’s no real blueberries in this tea, but it has a “blueberry-ish” taste from the

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Ten Ideas for Hostess Gifts

NOTE: The following is a re-post from last year. It was a popular post and since lots of people look for hostess gifts this time of year, I decided to republish it.

The holiday season is fast approaching, and with that comes dinner invitations and parties! Parties and dinners, of course, usually entails bringing

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