We recently discovered Ecology Action, a local recycling center that accepts almost anything with a recycling symbol on it, and so we are recycling everything we can now. Even those odd plastics with the numbers that no one knows what to do with, colored glass, cardboard… they take it all.  We have reduced our [...]

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GreenPan Frying Pans are free today.  If you register.  And win.
These are the pans made with environmentally friendly PTFE-free nonstick coating, similar to the ScanPan.  Aluminum core for fast, easy heating and oven safe to 850 degrees (that’s hotter than my oven can heat!).  Tempered glass lids and rivited-handles make these pans more durable than [...]

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I was wandering around the internet looking at something, I don’t remember what it was, and I stumbled upon this blog, I don’t remember which one it was. My memory is shot, in case you didn’t know. Anyway, what was I talking about? Oh yeah, this blog suggested that the best way [...]

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Blood Orange Olive Oil makes such a nice addition to your basic vinaigrette, I promise you. That’s the only flavor I have tried, but I sure would be happy to try the lime and lemon-infused oils and well. And I will, if I win today’s free stuff from Women’s Health Magazine because [...]

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When Pioneer Woman posted this recipe, I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. But I didn’t. Not until I ate it.
Homemade Pasta Bolognese. Actually straight from her house guest and internet bud, Pastor Ryan. Did you know homemade pasta is just flour and eggs? If only I’d have known, [...]

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Today’s giveaway from Women’s Health Magazine is a really cool one – a Soapstone Saute Pan. Huh, you say? Me too. Here’s the deal, register to win this Soapstone Saute Pan and you can be cooking in a natural hand-crafted pot made entirely from one block of soapstone. Once seasoned this pot’s [...]

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Nice and compact, this palm-held pizza slicer will quickly cut your pie into foldable slices, without exerting your arms or wrists. You don’t want to burn any extra calories before that pizza workout, do you? No sirree. This cutter makes it so easy to slice, AND the clean up is a snap [...]

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We’ve got one more week of FREE stuff from Women’s Health Magazine… then, that’s it. Today, you can register to win the Cuisinart Power Advantage Hand / Stand Mixer, a 7-speed beauty with 220 watts of power.
This is a unique design because the mixer snaps out of the stand and transforms into a hand [...]

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The boys love to eat dinner in front of the TV, because we hardly ever do. It all started one day years ago, we were headed out for a picnic and it started pouring rain. We ended up having our “picnic” inside while we watched a movie, and the idea totally stuck.
When the [...]

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Chill your favorite wine to the appropriate temperature in minutes with the Waring Cordless Wine Chiller, free today only from the wonderful peeps at Women’s Health Magazine. Waring Wine Chiller automatically turns your wine bottle for faster cooling and fits bottles up to 3.4 inches in diameter. Includes battery pack and charger so you [...]

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