tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47270648782382574742024-02-21T06:39:57.107-05:00Frugal Healthy ChoicesDiscovering the right choices for a healthy lifestyle on a shoe-string budgetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger367125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727064878238257474.post-6417934012269572442021-04-14T22:59:00.002-04:002021-04-14T22:59:32.414-04:00Blood Glucose Battle<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Stock-Images/Objects/Health/i-D4s25kq/3/860a20f3/M/needbot2-M.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="551" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Stock-Images/Objects/Health/i-D4s25kq/3/860a20f3/M/needbot2-M.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It started the end of October 2020.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I should have known it was going to happen at some point - my mother has been a Type 1 diabetic since she was 16 years old.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">She's been fighting the blood glucose battle for sixty years.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I now fight that battle as well, but unlike her, I am hoping to control mine with diet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My doctor really wanted me to start on medication, but she agreed to give me time to see what I could accomplish on my own.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Six months of testing my blood three times a day has helped me gain insight into what foods affect my readings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And just when I think I have it figured out, it all goes awry again.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">An app on my phone helps to track my foods and numbers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I was never a big sugar or processed food eater, so I thought it was going to be a fairly easy task to get the glucose levels down.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But it was not to be - those carbs do not fight fair.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The grains, veggies, and fruits don't always behave as they should, even when they are included with the proteins and fats that help to offset them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And it's not only about diet and food.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Exercise and movement play a big part with the numbers as does fluid intake.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Carrying around access weight has a negative affect for those with Type 2 diabetes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So it has been a battle of weight loss, correct food choices, exercising regularly, and learning during these last six months.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Those blood glucose numbers are not where I always want to see them even though all the correct food choices were made.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There is nothing easy about this - there's a lot of frustration, and I will continue to try to make it work without the need for medication.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My mother has dealt with several daily insulin injections her whole life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">She had no choice as her pancreas stopped working all those years ago.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With the changes I have been making, I will try to keep mine functioning as long as I can.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727064878238257474.post-208213286553558542021-02-27T15:35:00.001-05:002021-02-27T15:36:48.655-05:00Vitamin D <p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Stock-Images/Nature/Trees/i-Sx25zZC/0/434bc302/M/IMG_7821-M.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Stock-Images/Nature/Trees/i-Sx25zZC/0/434bc302/M/IMG_7821-M.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The winter sun is low in the sky here in the northeast.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It stays below the tree line for almost two months before it starts it's climb back up, and the day light hours begin to increase.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Vitamin D deficiency is common in the northern climates as the main source of this vitamin is delivered to the body by the sun through the skin.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And we keep our skin well covered against the cold during the winter months.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Vitamin D doesn't occur naturally in many foods. It can be found in fatty fish, egg yolks, mushrooms, and liver.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dairy, most cereals, and some juices have been fortified with it, but for those who want to obtain this vitamin naturally from the sun it is important to do so with care.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As we know, too much sun comes with it's own risks, and using a high SPF sunscreen can prevent the skin from producing the vitamin.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Short spurts of time, about 15-20 minutes, 3 days a week, should be enough to get what we need according to recent studies. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Vitamin D works to help calcium be absorbed by our bones.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bone health is important to help prevent osteoporosis and bone fractures.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Vitamin D also supports the immune and nervous systems.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Signs of Vitamin D deficiency include: fatigue, bone pain, muscle weakness or aches, and mood changes such as depression.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Supplements are available if the doctor thinks they are necessary, but care needs to be taken to not overdo them. Too much Vitamin D comes with its own host of problems.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What is good to know, though, you cannot get too much Vitamin D from the sun. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Once again, Mother Nature takes care of us if we pay attention.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727064878238257474.post-25819967670612777352021-01-23T20:50:00.001-05:002021-01-23T20:59:47.940-05:00An Apple a Day<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature/i-dXswM6v/4/034b5426/M/appltree21-M.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature/i-dXswM6v/4/034b5426/M/appltree21-M.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Is there any truth to the old saying: "An apple a day keeps the doctor away"?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Before we get to that answer, let's take a look at the benefits that apples have to offer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Apples contain the vitamins C & K.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">They also contain potassium, copper, and several various antioxidants and flavonoids.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The skin contains soluble fiber which comes with it's own host of benefits.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As a whole, an apple can contribute to heart health, lung health, and bone health.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Along with a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, apples can help lower the risk of stroke, reduce blood pressure, inflammation, and the risk of cancer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Getting back to the skin, it's the most nutritious part of the apple.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It contains those important antioxidants that fight free radicals which lead to various health problems.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The fiber helps keep the colon healthy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Apple juice and applesauce are missing this important part of the fruit and they lack the nutritional benefits of the whole apple.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The skin of the Red Delicious contains the most antioxidants of all the different variety of apples.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">They're one of my favorites and I have always thought they were very appropriately named.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Crisp and sweet, they are a perfect, portable snack that easily fits into the daily routine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So back to the question, I did find this piece of information by Harvard Health:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One study done in 2015 found that: </span><span face="myriad-pro, Freesans, Helmet, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> </span><span face="myriad-pro, Freesans, Helmet, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">“Evidence does not support that an apple a day keeps the doctor away; however, the small fraction of US adults who eat an apple a day do appear to use fewer prescription medications.”</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="myriad-pro, Freesans, Helmet, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="myriad-pro, Freesans, Helmet, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">That's good enough for me - less prescriptions means less health issues and less visits to the doctor.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="myriad-pro, Freesans, Helmet, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="myriad-pro, Freesans, Helmet, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="myriad-pro, Freesans, Helmet, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="myriad-pro, Freesans, Helmet, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727064878238257474.post-86263043763459184302021-01-08T21:03:00.003-05:002021-01-08T21:03:47.719-05:00Winter Walking<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7_R_VE7jW2s7Z6hmJ4Z7L39Ii4ob7vz4ULLBAFxfSZ5UqDDcGrxoEURTy4mV7UMWUd6bPpgTxR0YG3Nejzug3RjX8UA2K_vk53iRCTW7NIHMtdfEFJbSn8zVTNJL79CJzTQqUhCx8Z1w/s2048/IMG_1841.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7_R_VE7jW2s7Z6hmJ4Z7L39Ii4ob7vz4ULLBAFxfSZ5UqDDcGrxoEURTy4mV7UMWUd6bPpgTxR0YG3Nejzug3RjX8UA2K_vk53iRCTW7NIHMtdfEFJbSn8zVTNJL79CJzTQqUhCx8Z1w/s320/IMG_1841.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tracking the number of steps taken each day has become a habit that I have been trying to keep for the past few years.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Winters in New England haven't always been easy to accomplish this.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And until this year, I honestly didn't give it the effort it deserved.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It's not just the sub freezing temps that keep me indoors, it's the ice and snow which makes it hard to trudge through.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The first storm of the season dumped over thirty inches of snow, so I figured this year was doomed as well.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A couple of above freezing days packed some of it down enough to get my path established again through the yard.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My little four legged companion keeps me company as we make our rounds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seeing how happy she is to be out walking is big encouragement to get me out there too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Twenty minutes is about all her little feet can do in the snow, and she lets me know when we're done. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And really, that's about enough for me too!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've been hearing more lately about plant based diets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It seems there is always a new diet routine that pops up every couple of years that creates a lot of commotion about being the healthiest new lifestyle choice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of them are just craziness and some do have some sensible choices that should be part of a healthy eating plan anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But, plants only?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That means no animal, dairy, eggs, refined sugars, refined grains, and all processed foods.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plant based foods - vegetables, fruits, seeds, nuts, whole grains, and legumes make up the bulk of the diet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Certain oils, such as olive and coconut, and certain sweeteners, such as agave and maple syrup are plant based so they are allowed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The whole idea of this way of eating is to reduce the risks of diabetes, heart disease, obesity, certain cancers, and cognitive decline.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It lowers the blood pressure and cholesterol levels, as well as helps regulate blood sugar levels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But mankind has put many obstacles and roadblocks that stand in the way of reaching this goal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My family has always eaten healthy, but my daughter and her family have adopted the plants only eating plan for the past month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And you bet I will post more about this as time goes on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sourdough bread has always been one of my favorites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tangy, salty flavor is unique and the chewy texture is pleasing and unlike the breads we are all used to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have tried making sourdough starter from scratch, but I didn't have much luck with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This past spring my daughter had one given to her, and she shared some with me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Several months later my beautiful starter is still thriving and producing exceptional bread each time I need it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have adapted my favorite multigrain bread recipe to using the starter in it, and I find it even better with this added ingredient.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keeping the starter happy though takes some practice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When it's bubbling and expanding each time it's fed, then it is active and healthy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only ingredients are flour and water, and once they have harvested the yeast from the air, that's when the magic starts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The starter gets fed more flour and water on a daily basis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The amounts need to be doubled each day in order to give it enough to eat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But it can quickly get out of hand at this rate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I usually keep mine at a small amount until I am ready to make my bread, then I start the doubling amount a couple of days beforehand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An 1/8 of a cup does me well until I need to bake, then I ramp up the amounts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That way, I am only removing a spoonful a day before I feed it so I can feed it without it getting out of control.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have found that giving it a tad less water than the flour yields the best results for the starter to rise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A healthy starter will rise and fall each day and I have found that using it at it's full height gives the best results for the bread.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out the next image to see the fullness of the batter as it is poured - just beautiful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The natural yeasts in the bread make it unnecessary to use commercial yeast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The rising times take longer for the bread.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Several of my recipes use added yeast, and they work well with the natural ones in the starter to produce a lighter, softer bread than the traditional sourdough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It usually arrives for us much earlier - sometime in May, but it got off to a later start this season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps it was the extra cold winter that lingered longer in the bones, or perhaps just another year older all together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We thought maybe yesterday would be the day, but I'm glad we waited for today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been a banner year for the green beans in the garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But then we have always had good luck with them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not good enough to freeze any though like this year - and they will taste so good in the winter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What has been the biggest surprise to me though is the lettuce.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have never grown it before and really didn't know what to expect with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The seeds were so tiny and they needed a major thinning once they all sprouted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I always thought lettuce was a cool weather crop that didn't like the summer heat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I was so wrong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have had a continuous supply all summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The more I pick it, the more it grows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven't had to buy any lettuce at the market all summer long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That one little packet of seeds that I bought on clearance at the end of last season has served us well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will be sure to make lettuce a staple in the garden each year now - whether we get the seeds on clearance or not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just thinking about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick">ticks</a> makes me itch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And when I find one actually on me, I can feel the borderline hysteria bubbling up on the inside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I were to find one biting me - I would probably pass right out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really despise them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And we seem to have an abundance of them around this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You would think the extra cold winter we had this year would have made them scarce - but they are an extremely hardy pest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are diligent in searching each other for them when we come in the house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The clothes and shoes get searched too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lighter colored clothes help them show up better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tucking in loose pant legs helps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And as I found out - the swinging pony tail isn't enough - the hair needs to be contained more than that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We use the spray with DEET - which I hate - but I think it works to keep them from biting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It doesn't stop them from climbing aboard even though we spray our clothes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The best defense with these bugs is diligence in checking for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a pain, but it's more of a pain to contract one of the many diseases that ticks pass on when they bite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fresh spinach has always been my spinach of choice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the first time cooking it, many years ago, I learned that you need A LOT of fresh spinach to make a meal serving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It shrinks down so much once it's cooked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That slimy green stuff in a can that Pop-eye is always eating is not something that will find itself on my table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Salty, overcooked, swamp weed is what I classify that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then there is the frozen stuff. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It works in a pinch - if you get the right one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chopped spinach for a meal - we found that was a no-no.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Way to dense, and just a tiny bit goes a long way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The frozen leaf works better for a meal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But, as I found today, not for a soup.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The strings are unbelievable in that soup.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I left it unattended for just a minute, and I began to hear snip, snip, snip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I look over to see stands of that stringy spinach hanging from the spoon handle horizontally across the top of the pot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My husband was giving it a haircut with the scissors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next those scissors were just dipping away into the pot to cut that spinach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We did learn one thing today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The frozen chopped variety goes in the soup, and the frozen leaf on the plate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And only buy the frozen when the fresh isn't on sale.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fresh is definitely the best all the way around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sugar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's my biggest weakness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I have done several posts through the years about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the most part, I do my best to keep the added sugars to a minimum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Never being a soda drinker and not liking any sugary drinks to begin with, that was one habit I never had to break.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My love of tea in it's natural unsweetened state is also a good thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But, for my husband, it is a different story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He loves his tea sweet, and added sugar finds it way into many of his foods.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But these last couple of weeks, he has been dramatically lowering his sugar intake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stevia has been his sweetener of choice for the tea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And he has found that many foods don't need that extra sugar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are great just the way they are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Glad to see him making these lifestyle changes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every little thing we do good for ourselves will keep us around longer for each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My yoga routine has not changed much in the the last three years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And it is too easy to get comfortable with one's favorite workout.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not to mention that with fifty quickly approaching, I am not going to try something too difficult that would easily throw a shoulder, hip, or knee out of commission.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I was browsing the apps that were available on my new laptop, I came across one I thought looked interesting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After checking it out and reading the reviews, I downloaded it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are several routines, each aimed at different areas, and it includes three levels within each one for difficulty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have tried quite a few of them, finding my limitations as well as the ones that are too easy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I must remember to switch it up sometimes - its's good all the way around!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So far, over the past year, I have lost 17 pounds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's not the first time I have done that, I have lost more in years past.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I have never been able to keep it off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This time has been different.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even though I have not been trying to loose any weight these last couple of months, I haven't been really paying attention either to what I have been eating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And since the middle of summer, I haven't been tracking my food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I still eat pretty good - more sugar than what I should be eating does seem to find it's way into my diet though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Exercise is still a priority - but not as much as in the warmer months - the lake is frozen for swimming and the morning exercise routine gets done about half the time now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I must be doing something right - the weight has stayed off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, as the new year begins, I will start to pay more attention again and see what happens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From what I am seeing, it can only be a good thing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a kid growing up, I used to dislike to see it on my plate, so much in fact, I have never served it in my house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until this past week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were lucky enough to find a bag of it on clearance already cubed and ready to be cooked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really didn't want to buy it, but it was a 2 pound bag and my husband wasn't giving up on it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I read the recipe on the bag about how to cook it - and there were also several ways to cook it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I remembered the dry, stringy stuff from the past, and I was determined not to end up with that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I decided to spread it in a baking pan and drizzle it with butter and sprinkle it with brown sugar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After tossing it around to coat it, I baked it for about 35 minutes in the oven, turning it once halfway through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It smelled really good while it was cooking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the test was about to come once it finished baking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I have to admit, that Caramelized Butternut Squash is really good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a good source of vitamins A and C.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And that two pound bag has lasted for four meals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So now that I know the secret of cooking it, it will certainly find it's way into the grocery basket again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have heard of this grain, Buckwheat, but I have never seen or cooked with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My daughter uses buckwheat flour in her bread recipes, and she really likes it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So when I found some buckwheat kernels on sale, I decided to give it a try.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One cup of it made a lot - it will be around for quite a few meals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The taste is different - I prepared it as the package recommended - coating the kernels with an egg, cooking it in a skillet for a couple of minutes, then adding broth and seasonings and cooking until the liquid was gone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That was just what that strong tasting buckwheat grain needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The rice mellowed the flavor and blended perfectly with the buckwheat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was really good, and I can see where we will be eating it on a more regular basis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And since those potatoes are already cooked - those hash browns don't take very long to cook either.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He brought the cooked fish in and set it beside the pan of hash browns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We both looked at each other with the same thought in mind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been a good 20 years since we made a fish hash, but after 31 years together, I guess we think alike.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was as good as we remembered - and it stretched the fish and potatoes to make another meal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That turkey served three people five meals each.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He ate all week long the scraps that we picked from that bird.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, when we figured it out, each meal cost us .65 cents each.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This summer I have started baking my own bread again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used to do it all the time when the kids where growing up, but I have gotten away from it in the past few years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But no more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Kitchen Aid mixer does a terrific job of the kneading.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The baking part is the extra step as I used to use a bread machine that took care of the entire job.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I have gone a step further than the bread machine would have ever taken me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to the regular bread loaves, I now make free-form breads such as Italian, French, and our new favorite, Ciabatta.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All wholesome and natural ingredients.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nothing artificial and no preservatives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just utterly delicious homemade bread from scratch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It never lasts long and the smell of it baking makes the mouth water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just wish all those carbs weren't such a deterrent to the waistline!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been over a month now, and the water has warmed up considerably since we first began swimming this season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even though it has been quite a rainy summer so far, it hasn't slowed us down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fog and raindrops that seem to "fall up" from dropping in the water make the swims a great experience still.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We just make sure to keep an ear tuned for thunder and an eye for the lightening - getting fried while swimming is not in the plan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It feels so good to be back to our swimming -and we intend to enjoy every minute of it too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are declared officially frost-free as of May 31, but we have always put our seeds in the ground a week or so before that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And what a batch a really beautiful plants we have this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My daughter started the tomatoes, eggplant, and basil from seeds a couple of months ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She only purchased the Heirloom variety seeds, and we are so excited to see how they produce.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She was very careful to watch out for those GMO ones - we are trying to stay away from them as much as possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The plants are off to a great start and my fingers are crossed for a good growing season in the garden too!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727064878238257474.post-86646058235824517202013-04-06T05:00:00.001-04:002013-04-06T05:00:24.872-04:00It's a Beauty
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<p> Oh where was this little beauty when we were searching for our new kitchen faucet last fall.</p>
<p> And search we did - at all the hardware stores both in person and online.</p>
<p> It took us a few trips to finally decide on the model that we wanted at the price we could afford.</p>
<p> We compromised on the model - I wanted a high one, and my husband wanted one that pulled out with the sprayer in the faucet itself.</p>
<p> We got a pull out one that was just as short as the one we already had in there.</p>
<p> We couldn't find those two features in one model at the time.</p>
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<p> I wish it had been available when we were looking as it has the features that we both wanted, plus a whole lot more that we could never have dreamed of.</p>
<p> Look at that beauty - so high with the perfect arch.</p>
<p> And it pulls down for easy rinsing and cleaning, and it slick at going right back up with the relex system that it is designed with.</p>
<p> The Moen name is also one of the top brands for quality when it comes to faucets.</p>
<p> But the best part about this little beauty is it's spot resistant finish.</p>
<p> That sleek stainless steel finish resists fingerprints and spots so it stays looking it's best all the time.</p>
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<p> We will live the choice we made last year, but it is good to know that if something happens to it, we will be able to replace it with this perfect one for us.</p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eating lean and low fat meat is a necessary part of a healthy diet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We all know that too much fat is not good, but when eating meat, sometimes it's not only the fat that is not good for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are whole new sections in the markets these days for organic and grass fed meats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We usually check them out, but even on sale, these meats are very expensive, so they don't make it into the cart on a regular basis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But every now and then, we hit it just right when the market is reducing them for clearance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's when we get to have a special treat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The grass-fed ground beef makes the absolutely best hamburgers one can ever eat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This meat is all natural and no hormones were used during the raising of the animal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We would have never known the big difference between the regular and organic if we hadn't tasted this meat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is so good!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We now keep our eyes open more closely on this section in the market.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We don't want to miss a deal when it comes around.</span></div>
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