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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169448) • United States 17 Jun 21

Hubby is supposed to drink an Ensure+ drink twice a day. It is a prescription from the VA. He did not tell me soon enough to refill the prescription, but he wants to keep it up because he has gained back a lot of his weight. It...

june 2021

egg nog

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Do you tinker with recipes?

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 5 Nov 18

I'm cooking tonight and making this Skillet Chicken/Sun-dried tomato recipe I found. The one thing I did not have is heavy cream, 3/4 of a cup. Now, here I would tinker and use half and half, to cut down the fat. I didn't have...

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I fell of the wagon for the weekend but I am now climbing back on

sharone74 @sharone74 (4837) • United States 23 Jun 09

I have no excuse really, I had quit smoking a little over 2 weeks ago. The craving was still quite strong though and on Saturday after an extremely stressful evening I bought a pack of cigarrettes. I was going to wait until I...

I've realized that mylot and computing are helping curb cigarrette habit.

sharone74 @sharone74 (4837) • United States 2 Jun 09

The cravings are a killer, but when you have something else to preoccupy both your hands (both of them)such as using them to touch type on my keyboard and the discussions on myLot are interesting and varied enough to distract me...

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Replacements, what do you replace with what?

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 13 Sep 08

I haven't replaced very many things in cooking. Mayonnaise in chocolate cake when I'm out of eggs or oil. Either baking soda or power I replaced with the other one and used cream of tarter. Usually if I run out of something, I...

baking powder

baking soda

cream of tarter

mayonnaise for eggs and oil

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You just baked some cupcakes and you are out of frosting!

lilybug @lilybug (21107) • United States 3 Jul 08

I was reading a magazine yesterday and their was a tip for people with this problem. When the cupcakes are a few minutes from being done take them out and stick a big marshmallow on top of them and pop them back in the oven for a...

cupcakes

substitutions

tips

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Take it as a challenge and help me out..!!!!

virtuoso @virtuoso (17) • India 17 Feb 07

Can u suggest a phrase, word or something that means similar to "Virtuoso Performance " ? Plz suggest even if u feel it is very silly..!!!

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healthy substitutions or techiniques in cooking

jx34me @jx34me (60) • United States 15 Feb 07

here are some things that i do to make my recipies healtier: - unsweetened applesauce instead of oil in almost all of my baking- keeps it just as moist but cuts down on fat. - wheat flour mixed with white flour for cookies and...

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How To GAIN Weight...

candygurl24 @candygurl24 (1879) • Canada 22 Jan 07

Yup..you read it right. I'm looking for suggestions, and realistic ones, to GAIN weight. I've tried the old eat a jar of peanut butter daily thing, and that just made me sick of peanut butter, milkshakes, ok, let's face it, we can...

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Any interesting substitutions or tips for cooking?

kbkbooks @kbkbooks (7022) • Canada 22 Jan 07

Here are some things I substitute when I don't have the right stuff in my cupboards. Please add your tips and substitutions. In a cake mix you can substitute mayonnaise for the oil. It doesn't affect the taste. It will be very...

cooking

lower cholesterol

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