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MAKE MONEY WITH LOCAL AD LINK FOR YOUR AREA - http://javashops.blogspot.com/feeds/4940973864920143619/comments/default

[-] The cutest horse collectible card game for little girls.

If you're interested in winning a set of the Bella Sara trading cards, please go HERE and enter the giveaway.

I will randomly pick two winners on April 1st. Good Luck!


For the grown ups, I have a copy of Amy Dickinson's memoirs "The Mighty Queens of Freeville" to giveaway. Go and read the review here and leave me a comment.

I will also randomly pick a winner April 1st. Good Luck!

Giveaways! - http://familycorner.blogspot.com/feeds/7404429768276183819/comments/default

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I'm sure as a parent and having at one point in time, been kids ourselves, we're all aware of collectible cards right?

But what if I were to tell you that there is one specifically made for girls? One that is so adorable and so filled with the cutest horses EVER, that you will wonder how you made it so long without it.


That's what I want to share with you today. Jasmine first got these cards when they were sent to me last year to try. I handed them to her and she looked at them and immediately fell in love, she was even more excited because they have an online website filled with adorable horses and adventures, printables etc.

If you have young girls around, this is the perfect toy for them. Bella Sara just came out with 2 new products.

Bella Sara Miniature Series 1 Collection, you actually get to collect figurines of the Bella Sara Horses. They are ADORABLE and so tiny. Keep in mind they are for ages 5+.

Bella Sara Treasures. Ok, now this one Jasmine was going crazy about. They are playing cards BUT get this, they come with codes, stickers or tattoos AND you can play online with each corresponding code. Jasmine said that with the code on each card she could access a different area of the website.

I am telling you, she spent about two hours glued to the computer, playing with the different horses and exploring different areas. When she was done, she actually called her best friend in Virginia and told her all about Bella Sara.

Ok, so now that I've told you about it, I will tell you that the wonderful people at Bella Sara are offering two sets.




All you have to do, is leave me a comment, make sure you have an email account listed where I can reach you if you win, and tell me which of these sets you think your daughter would like the most. Easy as that. I will random generate two winners on April 1st!

Bella Sara! - http://familycorner.blogspot.com/feeds/1143289753479006497/comments/default

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A Federalist, anti-Jefferson, newspaper, very important to American freedom of the press and libel law (Hamilton argued about truth and intent in the trial). I'm listening again to Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton - good book!

Now that's a masthead! - http://www.crankyprofessor.com/archives/002613.html

[-] In A New Stove at Chez Kalyn, Part One, I shared details about the features that made me choose the Thermador Pro Harmony 36" Gas Range for my new stove. Now I want to show what a gorgeous job my contractors have done with the stove installation. I completely love this stove and how it looks in my kitchen. Here's a view of the stove now that the tile, hood, pan racks, and new hardware are all

Friday Night Photos: A New Stove at Chez Kalyn Part Two (Tile, Hood, Pan Racks, and Hardware) - http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/feeds/9087972361516766682/comments/default

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7 cups Kellogg's Crispix cereal
2 cups Cheezit crackers
1 cup thin pretzel sticks
3 TBSP olive oil
1 tsp. McCormick's Italian seasoning
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

In a large Ziploc bag add cereal, crackers and pretzels--set aside. In a bowl add olive oil, Italian seasoning--stir. Pour the olive oil mixture over the cereal mixture and zip the bag--shake to coat. Open the bag, add Parmesan cheese--zip the bag and shake to coat.

#1608 - Cereal Snack Mix - http://momsbest.blogspot.com/feeds/8736460977183356434/comments/default

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Similar Recipes:
Moroccan Lamb Tagine
Corn and Black Bean Quinoa Salad
Asparagus and Shiitake Mushroom Teriyaki Quinoa Salad

Moroccan Roasted Carrot and Chickpea Quinoa Salad - http://closetcooking.blogspot.com/feeds/4161540612396835542/comments/default

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These days, spring is often in the air, even if it's not yet on the calendar. When the temperature warms, the sun is shining, and the trees are in full bloom, it's hard to believe that the season of renewal has not finally sprung.

But then when the blue skies turn grey, the warm breeze turns fierce, and a cold rain beats down, it's clear that winter has not yet taken its leave. For those days, consider Veal Pojarski, a classic French recipe, sent to me by my friends in cold and snowy Vermont, Zachary and Clark.

Those of you who were reading the New York Times in the 1980s and early 1990s will remember "The 60-Minute Gourmet," a popular weekly feature written by the noted chef and food writer Pierre Franey. We discovered this classic recipe in Franey's 1993 column, and it has been a favorite ever since.

Veal Pojarski

Ingredients:
1/2 pound ground veal
freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Freshly ground white pepper
1/2 cup heavy cream
3/8 cup bread crumbs

3/8 cup bread crumbs

1+ tablespoon butter
1+ tablespoon canola oil

2-3 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 200°; warm dinner plates and a serving platter.

2. Mix first group of ingredients together; mixture should be cohesive enough to form into patties but still slightly wet.

3. Form into equal patties about 3/4 inch thick.

4. Dredge patties in remaining bread crumbs; allow to set for a few minutes on a baking rack.

5. Heat butter and oil; saute patties over medium-high heat 4-5 minutes on first side, same on other, or until nicely browned and cooked through.

6. Remove patties to warm platter and keep warm in oven.

7. Add remaining butter and cook with remaining fat in pan until butter has browned (watch carefully not to burn); remove from pan and add lemon juice.

8. Pour browned butter and lemon over patties. Serve with green salad dressed with lemon juice and olive oil.

Serves 2 people

Adapted from Pierre Franey's Veal Patties Pojarski, "The Sixty-Minute Gourmet," New York Times, March 3, 1993

--Tracy Schneider

Veal Pojarski: When March Comes in Like a Lion - http://www.aldenteblog.com/2010/03/veal-pojarski.html

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This is not good. Dozens of products containing Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, made by Basic Food Flavors, are being recalled because of salmonella. Check out this story about the HVP recall.

HVP Recall - Even More Reason Not To Eat (Or Buy) Processed Foods - http://foodnetworkmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/2789099564237483716/comments/default

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The town close to us (Framingham) has a lot of Brazilian residents and the down town has quiet a lot of Brazilian shops. Both V and myself love to try various cuisines. Though we were staying here for a while, we never thought about visiting the Brazilian restaurants in our neighbouring town. It was late last year that we got the idea to visit one of these restaurants when we had started on our weekend venture to try a different cuisine. It was an unforgettable experience when we visited this restaurant called Terra Brasilis (which is become our to-go restaurant when we are not-sooo-hungry but hungry enough to feel like eating out ;-) ...that's the exact way we describe it to our friends here whenever we talk about this restaurant. There is a reason behind it :) . And that's what made it an unforgettable experience the first time.

We entered the restaurant and the manager/employee told us that we could sit anywhere, there wasn't anybody else eating there at the time we went. We let him know that this was our first time eating at a Brazilian restaurant (thank god we did that...because....that's when this gets interesting)... The food was like a buffet, and we went to the meat section which was a grill section serving different types of grilled meats. Since I had the option for just chicken sausage, I took that while V was piling up with his favourites, then something unusual happened , they told us that we need to weigh our plates before returning to our table. The plates were weighed and a receipt was given about the amount charged for the meat served. Instead of returning to our tables, we then moved towards the rest of the buffet section , after all just eating meat was not our idea of a buffet. Like at any other restaurant buffet we went to, we piled up our plates with a lot of food from the rest of the buffet section that had various foods , some looked familiar, while others were typical Brazilian food. I was glad to pile up the plate thinking, yay ..so we need to pay just for the meat and rest of it is all-you-can-eat....while V thought, maybe we need to pay a standard buffet rate at the end. 

What both of us didn't realize until we saw more people coming into the restaurant, started taking food from the usual buffet side and moving towards the grilled meat section and weighing the total plate ! When we finished our first course of food and wanted to go for a second helping (as is normally done at the buffets we have been to in the past), we realized we didn't weigh our plates completely the first time for the food we ate. Realizing our mistake, we felt embarrassed and we apologized to the manager who realized what happened (remember we told him this was our first time !) was amused and cheerfully told us not to worry as this was our first time, it was a funny as well as embarrassing moment for us ...We then did the right thing for our second helping ,(didn't pile up our plates though ;-) .....that's why we call it 'the to-go restaurant for the not-sooo hungry , but hungry to feel like eating out' days ;-) ...you pay for exactly how much you eat ! The food was really good and we became their loyal customers from then on :) We left the the restaurant that day with a discount coupon which we got from the manager that we still use when we go there every month.


It was at this restaurant that we tried this Brazilian sweet made of condensed milk , and shredded coconut coated with powdered sugar and unsweetened powdered coconut. We relished it so much that I wanted to re-create it in my kitchen. Upon researching on internet, I found this was the simplest sweet that could be made by even children (with adult supervision of course) !




It looked and tasted exactly the same way as in the restaurant and is my husband's favorite as its a coconut based sweet.

Ingredients:

Sweetened Condensed milk : 1 can

Sweetened coconut flakes or Shredded coconut : 3/4 cup

1 tablespoon butter

Dry unsweetened coconut : for coating each ball of the sweet
Granulated sugar : for coating each ball of sweet

Method:

• On medium heat, combine Sweetenend Condensed milk and butter in a deep bottom vessel. 
• Stir until the mixture starts reducing and leaves the sides of the vessel while stirring. 
• Take off the heat and add Sweetened coconut and stir until well combined. 
• Transfer to a bowl, let it cool. Keep it in refrigerator for at least 2 hours. 
• Then take out and the mixture should have hardened. Now using a spoon or melon scoop, form even size balls, and coat each ball with a combination of unsweetened coconut and granulated sugar. Arrange it on a plate. 
• As a serving suggestion , you may insert a clove on the top of each ball (that's how it was served in that restaurant :) ...just remember to take out the clove before eating the sweet.
• Cool it in the refrigerator for few more hours for the coating to harden a bit. Beijinhos taste better the next day when a slight flavour of the cloves penetrate the sweets.  .....Love this sweet and will make again :)

Note:
The left-over cloves can be used as a spice while making tea ;-)

Beijinho ('Little Kiss' in Portuguese) (Sweet from Brazil) - http://rvkitchentreats.blogspot.com/feeds/8518867003161784893/comments/default