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Author: brucetretter

  • Glow Wine: Biting Cold Antidote

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      Glow wine comes from the German word “gluehwein” (pronounced “glue-vine”). The American term for the same or similar drink is “mulled wine”. But “glow” makes this very simple and fantastically flavorful hot drink sound so much more magical, which is just what you need to warm you right down to your soul when it’s…

  • Coconut Sugar: Great Tasting White Sugar Alternative

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    I just tried organic coconut sugar for the first time and love its advertised “light caramelized flavor” in coffee. After researching coconut sugar online, I found that even though it contains just about the same calorie count as white sugar, 15-16 calories per teaspoon, coconut sugar, derived from the coconut blossom sap, has the following…

  • Loving What I Learn From My Kids

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    My oldest son turned 22 today. To call him a kid now doesn’t seem right, though thankfully he’s got a lot of kid in him that I hope and think will be with him for a long, long time. I’ve always said I love my kids where they are now and every moment in that…

  • Pineapple, Yogurt, Jam and Dried Fruit

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      As promised, here’s a quick and easy way to use freshly cut pineapple. All you have to do is add yogurt, jam and dried fruit, and you are good to go. Here’s what you need. Just click either picture on this page for a complete step-by-step picture book recipe.

  • How to Cut a Fresh Pineapple Quickly and Easily

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    Fresh pineapple: crisp tropical flavor, symbol of hospitality – perfect for the holidays! Just click either picture on this page for complete step-by-step picture book directions showing how to check a pineapple for ripeness and cut it as quickly, easily and safely as possible. Next post: easy to make pineapple, yogurt, jam and dried fruit…

  • Living Holiday Spirit

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    I don’t know if it’s just how fast time flies, repetition or over-commercialization, but I find myself referring to this time of year more and more as the “horror-days”. And then something happens that, even though it’s become part of the routine this time of year, also grabs right through my ribs and breathes a…

  • Chocolate Laced Flu Relief

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    I know there’s no such medicine labeled “chocolate laced flu relief”. I do know, though, that this year’s version of the flu very effectively faked left and went right around the flu shot I got this fall and totally zapped my drive for physical activity and interest in food. Ow!

  • Mind Food: Higgs Boson, Reality, and Life

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    Got nailed by the flu the other day (despite getting a flu shot this fall) and was so out of it yesterday I didn’t even want to think of food to write about or eat. Instead, I did what my son did when he was flu-zonked himself this weekend; I fed my mind – while…

  • Cycling: Chocolate Pumped “Star Wars” Ride Fuel

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    I don’t know how you feel when there’s a big snow storm expected, but for me, my mind flips a switch, my heart rate goes up in eager anticipation, and one of my favorite things to do is to get out on the bike and try to time it just right headed for home just…