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LYNDSAY BURGINGER POSTED JANUARY 5, 2021 Here at Wide Open Eats, we go absolutely bananas over Blue Bell ice cream. From their classic banana split ice cream to Spiced Pumpkin Pecan, The Brenham Texas creamery is always coming up with new fun half-gallon flavors. But did you know Blue Bell occasionally releases regional ice cream flavors? Lucky customers…

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Start your morning off right. By Sarra Sedghi April 14, 2021 Rolled oats go beyond the balanced breakfast. They’re a building block for a number of baked goods, including oatmeal cookies, oat streusel, and oat breads. They can be transformed into milk or hardened into granola, and they can even give meatloaf a lift. Rolled oats go beyond the balanced breakfast. They’re…

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Take a 1 lb. package of coffee, and 2 gallons of water. Not your mamby-pamby coffee, but a good, rich coffee with lots of flavor. Put them together in a container (do you have anything that large?) and let them sit overnight. The next day, use some cheesecloth or a strainer lined with 2 coffee…

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Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India’s most ancient techniques of meditation. It was rediscovered by Gotama Buddha more than 2500 years ago and was taught by him as a universal remedy for universal ills, i.e., an Art Of Living. This non-sectarian technique aims for the total eradication of…

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Now that Covid is less threatening because people are getting vaccinated, are you prepared for guests? My place has a great room, so if the kitchen is messy, the whole room looks like a war zone. When I need to clean up because guests are on the way, I look to these resources for ideas.…

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I’ve been working from a list, which never seems to get any shorter. Here are things I did that improved the level of clutter in my immediate surroundings. Put all (most) of the flower vases I got with floral gifts in a box for Goodwill or Restore. Sorted the mail basket and threw away junk.…

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Lisa Milbrand Updated: Mar. 19, 2020 and Tiffany Gagnon Updated: Oct. 26, 2020 Confused by “best by,” “sell by,” and “use by”? You’re not alone. In fact, a Harvard University study found that more than 90 percent of Americans throw away perfectly good food due to label confusion—resulting in 398,000 tons of food waste each year. Because, as it turns out, those…

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