LStroupe on March 17th, 2009

Happy St. Patrick’s Day.  I hope you find some time to celebrate and enjoy this whimsical holiday. 
Green food is the order of the day, so I want to point your attention to one of my all-time favorite green foods (okay, it’s very light green).  They are lime cooler cookies. 
The recipe can be found on my [...]

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LStroupe on February 13th, 2009

A couple of days ago, a girlfriend of mine and her husband came over for an afternoon visit.  We had a great time.  She brought me some bling to wear to the dances I attend.  He brought me fresh, free-range eggs from his hens (apparently, no one told them that it is February).
For my part, [...]

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LStroupe on January 28th, 2009

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner.  It’s a day to express your love to everyone in your life.  But if you have an extra special someone, you may be looking for a little something extra for your Valentine’s Day celebration.
Traditionally, chocolate souffle is a dessert made only for very special people on very special [...]

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LStroupe on January 27th, 2009

When things are tight in our budget, we fall back to a seven-day menu plan that includes one bean dinner, one dinner of pancakes or waffles, one egg and/or cheese dinner, one meat or poultry dinner, one soup dinner, and one pasta dinner.  And then every Friday night is pizza night.
Years ago, making the pizza was [...]

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LStroupe on January 19th, 2009

How many of us are interested in saving extra money these days?  I know that I am.  Some ways of saving money are hard.  So I love it when saving money is easy and yields a satisfactory result. 
Making your own homemade pancake syrup is just one of those things.  It’s easy to do and the [...]

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