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Which is worse, one gram of fat, or one gram of sugar….help me decide..

By candia | Published: September 13, 2010

I re read the rules of my diet. Dr. Dukan’s “je ne sais pas maigrir”. This is the diet that I  used two years ago and lost 25 lbs and was the thinnest I have ever been..well, not really, because I suppose my birth weight was less..but in any case it was the first time [...]

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Red, yellow, purple, orange…peppers now are so beautiful, even though I don’t eat them…but you do.

By candia | Published: August 26, 2010

I love that peppers are in full bloom now and so does my husband. I have been able to move him slightly from cole slaw  to the peppers and it makes my life more interesting. I normally make soup for him many  times before the end of the season…but here is something super easy to [...]

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Peaches, melon, raspberries..an August delight…

By candia | Published: August 23, 2010

August is a funny month, the tomatoes are really going strong and the peaches are still fantastic and raspberries come back…In other words, lots of possibilities for refreshment before the apples arrive again. It isn’t that I don’t love apples, I mean I was “the apple lady” for so many years with my calvados…but I [...]

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Lemons, limes, oranges, avocados..wait, is this my farmer’s market?

By candia | Published: August 5, 2010

I was in California this weekend and got to go to two markets. One in Del Mar and the other in La Jolla…both near San Diego for those of you not in the know..with my college roommate Janet and her husband (and of course my husband)…the Del Mar one started rather late for me…1 pm…but [...]

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