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SARA’s PUMPKIN CRANBERRY NUT BREAD
In a bowl mix together:
2 cups white flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
One-half teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons allspice or pumpkin pie spice
2 cups firm packed brown sugar
2 cups quick oats
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup craisins (or raisins)
In a separate bowl mix together:
2 cups canned pumpkin
2 whole eggs
One cube melted margarine
Two-thirds cup milk
Gently mix the wet ingredients into the dry ones. Mix thoroughly.
Pour into two greased and floured bread loaf pans (I use Pyrex)
Sprinkle the tops with a generous dose of cinnamon-sugar---this is very important!!
Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree oven for up to one hour. Check the bread after 35 minutes, then after 10 more minutes, then every 5 minutes covering with foil if necessary. Check frequently for doneness with a toothpick. The key to this recipe is not to overcook or undercook the bread. It is delicious and moist if done to perfection!
SUMMER STYLE
Project Runway star Tim Gunn published his "5 Laws of Summer Style" list:
1. Clean out your closet. Chances are you own far more (clothes) than you will ever wear. If you can't remember when you wore it last or it doesn't fit, donate it!
2. Rethink footwear: Stilettos feel too 'done' for summer; that's why ballet flats are perfect. Rubber flip-flops force perfectly stable women to waddle uncontrollably.
3. All those shorts in stores now . . . Save 'em for the weekend; they're not serious enough for work.
4. In a season of small clothes, nothing looks worse than a tug-of-war, so quit yanking. If it makes you that uneasy, it doesn't fit.
5. Straighten up and fly right and you'll instantly look polished. No matter how spectacular your outfit may appear, if you're bent, slouched or hunched over, your entire look is ruined.
MALE FASHION MISTAKES:
Back-packs (Men should not be using them!)
Too much cologne
Combovers (a no-no!)
Funky facial hair (stray nose hair..no soul patch..ear hair)
Wacky ties (stay conservative)
Clothes that don't fit
Too much jewelry
Ponytails
Stained clothes
WORDS WOMEN USE:
FINE: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.
FIVE MINUTES: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five Minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.
NOTHING: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.
GO AHEAD: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!
(LOUD SIGH): This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to #3 for the meaning of nothing.)
THAT'S OKAY: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
THANKS: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or Faint. Just say you're welcome.
WHATEVER: Is a women's way of saying F#!$ YOU!
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT ... I GOT IT: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking, "what's wrong", for the woman's response refer to #3.
OPRAH QUIZZES (as discussed by ANA)
Take her HAPPINESS quiz
or her STRESS Test
FIVE WAYS TO WIN AN ARGUMENT:
1. Don't raise your voice
2. Listen!!
3. Stay focused on the topic: Don't get sidetracked
4. Admit you are wrong on the issues that don't matter
5. If all else fails, play the emotional card: "This hurts me..."
A FEW WAYS TO LOSE TEN POUNDS .... QUICKLY!!
1. Use strawberries instead of bananas on your cereal
2. Avoid cream and whipped cream with your lattes!
3. Save a slice of bread (100 calories) by eating sandwiches open-faced
4. Avoid french fries
5. Be SNACK SMART: Choose veggies over fried/baked goods like crackers and chips
6. Reach for the water ... not the sodas. Water has no calories!
7. Eat cake ... from the middle. You avoid the frosting that way!
8. Order whatever you like at a restaurant ... but only eat half of the portion they serve!
(Or eat with a friend and split the meal!!)
FIVE PRINCIPALS OF HAPPINESS FOR THE NEW YEAR:
1. Give Yourself a Break. Forgive your faults.
2. Get Connected with your Truth. What do you really want in life.
3. Stop Judging Yourself
4. Stop Judgin Others
5. Pursue Fun with A Vengence!
(Children do this with passion...adults forget)
WAYS TO LOSE WEIGHT WITHOUT DIET OR EXERCISE:
(Portion control versus diet)
1. Play slow music...it slows eating
2. Don't eat near red or orange, which fuels appetite
3. Eat by a window or in bright light, it suppress appetite
4. Sit down. You eat less sitting down that you do standing up
5. Put food on a smaller plate and keep serving dishes off table. It tricks your mind to eat less.
ANA'S DETOX DIET:
Day 1: Eliminate: Beef, processed foods, sugar and caffeine.
Day 2: Eliminate: nuts, oils, chicken, eggs and whole grains.
Day 3: Eliminate: beans, starchy veggies such as potatoes and yams.
Day 4: You can have fish, stemmed veggies, rice, fruit and watered down fruit juice and
Day 5: Eliminate fruit and fish
Day 6: Detox soup, watered down fruit juice, herb tea.
Day 7: Detox soup, tea, watered down fruit juice, herb tea
(Hang in there!! You doing great!!)
Day 8: Start adding cooked or stemmed veggie's and rice back in.
Day 9: Add some fish, steam veggies, rice back in.
Day 10: Add potatoes, starchy veggies back in
Day 11: Add nuts, whole grains and beans back in.
Day 12: Can add chicken and oils back in.
Day 13: Don’t you feel great!!! Keep eating well, try and cut down on sugar, caffeine and processed foods.
**make sure all of your fruit, juice, and veggies are organic (very important for detox is to eat organic.)
** make sure you are also drinking 1 scoop of "Ultra Clear" (powder) with watered down fruit juice 3x's a day.
** on the days you only have detox soup you can have 2 scoops of Ultra Clear 3x's a day.
**You can have as much as you want of herbed tea, broth and watered down fruit juice.
**make sure to take extra multi vitamins and calcium during this process.
** you can get Ultra Clear at a few health food stores around Seattle: Rainbow Remedies on Capitol Hill, Medicine Man in Greenwood or online. Just go to google and type in "ultra clear", they have numerous sites.
Recipe for Detox Soup
2qt water or broth, carrots, celery, onions, fresh beets, spinach, tomatoes and herbs such as parsley, basil, etc... whatever herbs you like.
Cook until veggies are they way you like them (you might add the spinach at the very end because it cooks quick.) You can omit veggies you don't care for and put in ones you do like. Like maybe cauliflower, broccoli, artichokes, etc. The point is " organic veggie soup" with no starch veggies like potato's or peas.
GOOD LUCK!!!
