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Oreo Pie, Light and Fluffy

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You might be wondering why I am working on this long weekend. Let me tell you, bloggers work all the time, weekends and holidays.

What you didn’t stop to think about is that bloggers can work from anywhere: a cafe, the beach, from home in their dirty, three day old PJ’s.

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Shut Your Pie Hole With the Weight Loss

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Jillian Michaels wants you to write down your weight loss goals. She needs to shut it.

For some reason, I’ve always been resistant to things like writing down goals because it feels so motivational speaker affirm-y to me, like I’m some 80’s go-getter in a power suit trying to scramble my way up the corporate ladder, or a New-Age-y lady in flowing pants

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Curry Coconut Shrimp – Bold Flavors in Blissful Harmony

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“The balance of sweet, sour, salty and hot is what is often praised about
Thai cooking, which focuses on bold flavors in blissful harmony.”

— Frank Bruni, New York Times

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Walkers Shortbread Highlander Cookies — Love that 1.12.10

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photograph by justeatsmart.com

Fattening? Yes, absolutely. But I prefer to use the word “hearty”.

These authentic old-fashioned Highlanders, popular since the days of Queen Victoria, come packed two to a pack. Handrolled in demerara sugar, Shortbread Highlanders give

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Hey Crumbs, Let’s Talk About Cupcakes

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What have the cupcake makers done to the little and cute, adorable versions of a big cake?

Remember cupcakes? Those pretty little mini cakes wrapped in ruffled covering, looking so cute and tasting just so good that you couldn’t resist having another?

Crumbs Bake Shop has made it easy to resist the second serving, since 1 cupcake is actually

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Hydroxytyrosol — 10 Super Nutrients You’ve Never Heard Of

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Hydroxytyrosol – Part 3 of 10

Hydroxytyrosol is a polyphenol found primarily in olive oil, and also in red and white wine. Animal studies have shown that hydroxytyrosol improves blood lipids, prevents the growth of atherosclerotic plaque and reduces damage to tissue caused by cigarette smoke. A multicenter clinical trial investigating the effects of olive oil on blood lipids found that consumption of extra-virgin olive oil was linked to higher levels of HDL cholesterol and lower levels of LDL cholesterol. Hydroxytyrosol may also protect against breast cancer. Although it is difficult to quantify the amounts

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I Don’t Want a Kaslopis Purse

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This is a hard thing to write about for three reasons:

1) We are veering way too far out of fitness land, and
2) I don’t like that type of web traffic that this topic brings me
3) Google bots don’t like the word vagina

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Hot Chocolate-on-a-Stick – Love that 1.03.2010

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Description: Ingenious…and delicious! Swirl these cubes of the finest Belgian chocolate into a cup of hot milk, or heavy cream “la Belge!” for the ultimate cup of cocoa.

Get them here.

Featured on Oprah.com as one of Oprah’s Top Gifts of 2009!