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  • Warm Apple Cranberry Fruit Topping Picture Book Recipe

    Feb 22, 2025

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    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

    Picture book recipe directions show how to make a warm apple cranberry fruit topping.

  • Quick & Easy Microwave Warmed Spinach & Pear Salad Picture Recipe

    Feb 17, 2025

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    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

    Warming brings out the full flavor of the pear in this salad and only slightly softens the spinach leaves – and is an easy improvisation on the recently posted warm spinach & apple salad.

  • Quick & Easy Microwave Warmed Spinach & Apple Salad Picture Recipe

    Feb 10, 2025

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    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

    Warming this salad brings out the flavor of the spinach and apple and is incredibly easy to do in the microwave oven.

  • The Clot Thickens, Part 2: Further Momentum Against the Diet-Heart Hypothesis

    Jan 29, 2025

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    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

    Heart disease is the number one killer in the US, and some of the advice about preventing it has been dead-on wrong. Here’s an example. I first wrote about the relationship, or really lack of relationship, between eating saturated fat…

  • Fast 5-Ingredient with Fresh Garlic Salad Dressing Picture Book Directions

    Jan 20, 2025

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    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

    Picture book recipe shows how to make an easy, richly versatile 5-ingredient salad dressing with fresh garlic.

  • 2 Keys to Kitchen Knife Safety: Keeping Knives Sharp and Hand Position While Cutting

    Jan 14, 2025

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

    Keeping kitchen knives sharp and using curled fingers both to grip food and as a knife guide are keys to kitchen knife safety.

  • Making Your Better Eating New Year’s Resolution Easy to Start with This Instant 5-Ingredient Salad Dressing Picture Book Recipe

    Jan 3, 2025

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    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

    Picture book recipe shows how to make an easy-to-make, exceptionally versatile instant 5 ingredient salad dressing

  • Innovative Bella Vita Laser-Cut Chestnuts – and More in 2025

    Dec 31, 2024

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    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

    Bella Vita’s innovative laser-cut chestnuts makie roasting and peeling roasted chestnuts exceptionally easy.

  • Oven Roasted Chestnuts – All In Pictures

    Dec 24, 2024

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    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Blog

    It’s Christmas Eve, and it’s hard to imagine this time of year without hearing “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” playing downtown – or in my head. Unfortunately, I’ve never roasted chestnuts on an open fire, but some day I…

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I help people feel comfortable making a meal on their own – even if they’ve never boiled water – through Gotta’ Eat, Can’t Cook picture book recipes and help make roads safe for all with Breitz! “6 Feet, Thanks!” performance wear. Naval Intelligence Officer veteran, BikeWalkNC VP, dad of 3, avid cyclist, scrappy runner.

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