In honor of Pi Day (March 14), here are some of my favorite pie recipes. Mixed Berry Pie Apple Cream Pie Key Lime Pie Buttermilk Pie Pecan Pie (I use Lyle’s Golden Syrup in place of corn syrup) French Silk Pie Peach Cobbler Lemon Meringue Pie Sweet Potato Pie Apple Slab Pie (Apple Slices)
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Read More Best Chocolate Cake Mix Overall: Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Cake MixWhat does it mean to take up the Lenten journey when Jesus may come with more baggage than blessings and occasions bigger questions than confidence? De/Constructing Jesus is a pop-up learning community where we get honest about all the baggage and questions Jesus brings and explore what Lent looks like when they aren’t silenced or erased. To…
Read More You’re Invited to an Open Online Lenten Class with Diana Butler Bass & Tripp Fuller56% Among U.S. workers who quit a job in 2021, the share who say they are now earning more money in their current job. Pew Research Center The majority of workers who quit a job in 2021 cite low pay, no opportunities for advancement, feeling disrespected Majorities of workers who quit a job in 2021 say low…
Read More Job ExodusBrittany Gibson According to Eat By Date, once opened, all milk lasts four to seven days past its printed date, if refrigerated. If unopened, whole milk lasts five to seven days, reduced-fat and skim milk last seven days, and non-fat and lactose-free milk last seven to ten days past its printed date, if refrigerated. There’s…
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Read More These 4 Tweaks to Your Diet Could Add 10 Years to Your Life, According to New ResearchBy Katherine Rodriguez | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com The average price of gas across all 50 states and the District of Columbia was $4.33 as of Friday, according to AAA: California – $5.72 Nevada – $4.92 Hawaii – $4.84 Oregon – $4.74 Washington – $4.73 Alaska – $4.72 Arizona – $4.58 Illinois – $4.57 District of…
Read More Here is the average price of gas in all 50 statesDavid A. Love | Mar 4, 2022 There is a saying that when you’re Black, you must work twice as hard to get half the credit. This is most certainly true, and the predictable yet outrageous white conservative attacks on Joe Biden’s Supreme Court pick, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, is a case in point. Judge Brown Jackson is more…
Read More Dear Tucker Carlson: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is more qualified than some of the white men who served on the Supreme Court2 cups of flour, sifted 2 eggs 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (only if using buttermilk) dash salt 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups plain whole milk or whole milk buttermilk OR 1 cup cream and 1 cup milk 1/2 stick melted butter neutral cooking oil or cooking spray Sift…
Read More Pancakes from scratchMarch 3, 2022 By David Leonhardt The original American advocate for inoculation against severe disease was arguably an enslaved man named Onesimus. Before being forcibly brought to Boston, Onesimus seems to have lived in West Africa, where inoculation was a common practice. There, he had been deliberately infected with a small amount of smallpox to…
Read More Inoculations in American HistoryEndometriosis Awareness takes place across the globe during the month of March with a mission to raise awareness of a disease which affects an estimated 200 million worldwide. The pain of endometriosis can be devastating; it is the biggest cause of infertility in women, and carries a huge personal and societal burden! Together we are poised to take action…
Read More Endometriosis awareness and action 2022Marci Schimoff There has never been a better, or more important time, to rethink what makes you happy. True happiness comes from the inside out—no matter what’s going on in your life or the world around you. In Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out, transformational expert Marci Shimoff offers…
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