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Doing the (Lowfat) Chai Chai

December 21, 2012 Beverages
Lowfat Chai Tea -- Juggling With Julia

I’m so far from a tea drinker that I thought that Chai was a type of tea leaf, like green, black, and oolong. Boy, was I wonderfully, amazingly wrong! I wish someone had said to me a long time ago, “Jules, this is the most creamy, delicious tea treat you’ll ever have. Oh, and by the way? [...]

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Heart-healthy Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

November 27, 2012 Cookies

Hello holiday revelers! Did you wake up yesterday feeling all Black Monday after a weekend of indulging? Good for you if not But, for the rest, have I got a yummy way for you to get back on track!  It’s a cookie that is SO HEALTHY, you could actually call it…breakfast?! A no-guilt way to kick [...]

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Snickerdoodles Pancakes and Cinnamon Syrup for a Sprained Ankle?

July 22, 2012 Breakfast/Brunch

Saturday morning dawned sunny and bright; it promised to be a great day for a 2-on-2 volleyball tournament with my fave partner. All was going smashingly well, for a while anyway. Then I twisted my ankle when I landed on the foot of my opponent while blocking. [For anyone who knows me, you might wonder [...]

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Streusel Can Fix Anything!

June 20, 2012 Breakfast/Brunch

Streusel is like bacon. It can make anything better. Cakes, breads, muffins, sweet potatoes, pies, cheesecakes — you name it, it’s better topped with a sweet crumb topping. So, if you’re pancakes are looking just a little bit flat — more flatjack, than flapjack – smear some streusel over the top. That’s what I did Sunday morning, and it all turned out [...]

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On the Lighter Side: Snickerdoodles

March 12, 2012 Cookies

In this cinnamon-crazed family where dessert is part of one’s birthright, there are few sweets that rank higher than Snickerdoodles. We made them a while back for the first time, and they were OMG-delicious. The traditional recipe is pretty straight forward — lots of butter, some flour, sugar, leavening, and loads of cinnamon. I decided to go [...]

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Roasted Cinnamon Sweet Potatoes

January 30, 2012 Side Dish

When I think ‘sweet potato’ my mind automatically jumps to Clark Kent.  Yes, this colorful spud has a lot in common with that nattily dressed, bespectacled Super Hero. It is a Super Food if ever there was one, packed with powerful good stuff – Vitamin, A, carotenoids, fiber, Vitamin C, and even some calcium. It’s considered one [...]

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Monkey Bread on the Lighter Side

September 27, 2011 Breads/Quick Breads

Whoa!  That week just flew by!  Things were so busy the week was practically over before I realized I hadn’t blogged anything at all.  Fear not! Just because I wasn’t blogging does not mean my family wasn’t eating.  It was just the usual crazy stuff with the addition of a special birthday for my youngest.  Georgia turned six,  and we [...]

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