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Carole’s Chili

This is an easy to throw together recipe, and it’s a great one to throw together and let simmer a little the night before so you have dinner ready when you come home from a cold busy day. Like spaghetti, it tastes better the next day. Just heat it up on the stove instead of…

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Current Recalls- week ending 1/23/2026

Gregory’s Foods first issued a recall last month of its 2-pound 8.5-ounce packages of “Bag Full of Cookies” White Chocolate Macadamia Nut frozen cookie dough after learning that some packages were mistakenly filled with Monster Cookie Dough, which contains peanuts. “People who have allergies to peanuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction…

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Winter Self Care

Winter is tough on your body. Between colds, flu, dry skin, and chapped lips – you can be pretty uncomfortable. Here are some posts that will help you ease the discomfort – Flu Colds – prevention Colds Chapped Lips 16 tips for taking great care of your skin “Let food be thy medicine…” If you’ve…

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Colds

If you know you’ve been exposed to the cold virus, don’t wait for symptoms. Start your attack right away – eating more fruits and vegetables, drinking orange juice and green tea, and taking your vitamins – especially vitamin C. Fight off a cold with these – Cantaloupe, chamomile, chicken soup, garlic, grapefruit, green tea, hot…

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Jumpstart Spring Cleaning

Call me optimistic, but its time to start thinking spring! This is the perfect time to start getting some spring cleaning things done while its still too cold to be outside much. The perfect spring cleaning jobs for this time of year are – _____ Clean all nick-knacks _____ Deep clean all shelves, tables, legs……

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Current Recalls- week ending 1/16/2026

A recall has been initiated for a Super Greens powder, sold nationwide under the Live it Up brand, after the product was linked to a Salmonella outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. Since August, 45 people have been sickened in 21 states. Twelve patients were hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported. Read…

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Coming back to life?

This is the time of year where we tend to cuddle up on the couch with our soft throw, a bowl of popcorn, some hot chocolate, and Netflix. And that’s OK for a couple weeks. But January is more than half over. Maybe its time to start putting life back together? I don’t know about…

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Potato Chip Cookies

  These may look like common chocolate chip cookies – but they’re not… Its an old recipe from the ’70’s revived. And they have been a favorite around here for years. Its a great cookie to bake on a cold dreary day. Make a bunch, they freeze well. Its also a great cookie for football…

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