Every Halloween, my sister and I always had great costumes. Well, except the year that I was a lumberjack. Imagine a 13 year old in a flannel shirt with dark denim overalls, boots, a hat and a coffee grounds beard. Yes, you read that last part right. My mom saw on the Today show that ...
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Posted on Oct - 31 - 2010
Some Weekend Notes
Jimmy Moore’s Podcasts – become a fan
In the time crunch of putting together the speech and then editing and uploading it, I completely forgot to mention that Jimmy Moore is creating a fan club for his podcast show. (Sorry, Jimmy; everything went back-burner for awhile there.) Here’s part of the announcement from his blog:
Some of ...
Posted on Oct - 30 - 2010
Low Carbing and the Holidays: Turning Down the Food Pusher
It’s Halloween weekend, and you know what that means: the holidays are straight ahead, and with them piles and piles of carby junk, and worse, people nagging you to eat the stuff. Why so many people think that saying things like “But you have to e…
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Posted on Oct - 30 - 2010
Demon Eyes Deviled Eggs
Last year our family started a Halloween tradition. As you know we don’t really celebrate Halloween here in the Philippines. No pumpkins, no Trick or Treat, no costumes. But in recent years the Halloween trend finally caught up and now we see all those…
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Posted on Oct - 30 - 2010
A SPECIAL INVITATION FROM JIMMY MOORE
My son sent me this picture of some un-scary pumpkins. They have nothing to do with this post, but they are cute and seasonal, so I thought I would include them..Are you a fan of Jimmy Moore’s Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Blog and podcast? Jimmy is the hard…
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Posted on Oct - 30 - 2010
Five Fun Things on Friday (10-29-10)
What does The Oprah Winfrey Show have to do with this enormous can of whole green chiles from my pantry? Keep reading to find out, because I promise it’s one of the most fun things I’ve ever shared on Friday!Fun Thing #1: My Food Photo on The Oprah W…
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Posted on Oct - 30 - 2010
Just in Time For the Holiday Season: Hot Buffalo Wing Dip
I created this dish to have the flavors of Buffalo Wings in a hot, creamy, low carb, high protein dip. I took it to my Toastmasters Club Halloween party, and it was a big hit.
Buffalo Wing Dip
1 pound cream cheese — at room temperature
4 ounces crumb…
Posted on Oct - 29 - 2010
Fun-Filled Friday: Halloween, Pumpkin, Big Fat Fiasco, Big Bang Theory, Jim Parsons, Fan Club, Gospel Ship
BOO! Yes, this is a special Halloween edition of “Fun-Filled Friday” today with the sugar-filled holiday coming up this Sunday. My church is having an event called “Trunk or Treat” on Saturday night where upwards of 2000 kids will walking around from car to car (trunk to trunk) to get candy ...
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Posted on Oct - 29 - 2010
Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks: Mount Olive Roasted Red Peppers
I love roasted red peppers as a pantry ingredient. Of course you can roast your own red peppers, and the freshly roasted peppers are fantastic when you have the time. But when you don’t have that much time, using roasted red peppers in a jar is quic…
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Posted on Oct - 29 - 2010
Video of the “Big Fat Fiasco” Speech
Took awhile to get Premiere and YouTube to play nicely together, but I finally managed to chop up the speech in an acceptable format and upload it — twice. The first time, it turned out one of the clips exceeded the 15-minute limit, so I had to re-edit and re-upload.
I elected to edit the slides ...
