lisa
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Pineapple, Berries & Vodka, Oh My! A Vodka Infusion Recipe and More
Warm weather has finally hit the south Jersey area and I am more than ready to whip up some warm weather drinks! Where’s the fruit? Where’s the vodka? Where’s the ice? Let’s start with a vodka infusion. Summer is the best time (I think so right now, anyway — come fall, I may change my…
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The World According to Ziggy
I’ve decided my dog, Ziggy, should be a world-renown role model for positive thinking. In the least, he should be the mascot for this website. He just has a wonderful outlook. No matter what life throws at him, he greets it with a joyous expectation that something fabulous will come from it. He’s happy to…
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What’s wrong with the Woman Girl?
If there was only one woman left on the planet would she be judgmental about herself? Would she question her value as a woman? Would she worry whether or not she’s taken seriously? Or would she celebrate every moment like it’s 1999? I would hope it would be the last suggestion, but I kind of…
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Gluten-Free, Atkins-friendly Appetizers: Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes
I’m not sure if many people are still sticking to their diet resolutions, but if you are (congratulations!) and the diet of choice is one where you either had to give up wheat or all carbs, you might have discovered that you’re pretty much ignoring the appetizer portion of the menu at your favorite restaurant.…
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Heart-shaped Individual Chicken Pot Pie for Valentine’s Day
What do you get when you cross a comfort food like chicken pot pie with a heart shape? The perfect Valentine’s Day meal. OK, to be honest, I didn’t come up with the idea for Valentine’s Day. I made these for my daughter because she loves chicken pot pie and I thought she’d get a…
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The Truth Behind Life’s Little Ironies (according to me).
I sometimes think that the General Organizing Deity (i.e., GOD) has assigned am impish little character to oversee the order of things as perceived by humans here on earth. I’ve thought long and hard on the subject and have even given that being the job title of the Coordinator Responsible for Arranging Phenomenon (or CRAP…
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Stuffed Jalapenos
A couple weeks ago, the foodies over at Huffington Post put together a photo-slide show called “2012: The Year in Bacon.” Intriguing as it was, I was a little disappointed they neglected to mention some of the better uses of bacon: wrapping foods. Food Network, on the other hand, did a whole feature on bacon’s…
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Cameron Diaz on the Objectification of Women
In a recent UK Sunday Times interview, Cameron Diaz raised eyebrows, ticked off feminists, and otherwise got people questioning the star’s understanding of her own vocabulary. In the midst of, like, prattling on, like, a 14-year-old girl, like, would, she managed to cogently express: “I think every woman does want to be objectified. There’s a…
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Separation of Work and Family
A good friend called the other day when I was walking my dog and she was driving her morning commute to work. It was a Thursday in a week from hell for her. She’s in a new position that was taking up more of her time and attention than she had expected. She had worked…
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A Taste of Autumn Cocktail
My sister-in-law and I had both been haunted by the concept of pumpkin-flavored vodka. We kept seeing it on the liquor store shelves over the past month or so and were both equally intrigued and nauseated. We’re huge fans of pumpkin. And we love our vodka. But there was something about the idea of pumpkin-flavored…