Food and Recipes

Corn Syrup Facts – The Market Responds to HFCS Debate

May 27, 2010 Food and Recipes

There will always be diet fads. Whether it’s all carbs, no carbs, more omega 3′s, or tons of fiber, we will never fully rid ourselves of these passing trends based on the nutritional opinion of the day.

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Frank’s (Getting more famous) Chocolate Chip Cookies

August 15, 2008 Food and Recipes

Back in July our friend Frank, from The Frank Spot, took time off from his long and thought provoking posts to put up his “Not-So-Famous Frank’s Chocolate Chip Cookies” recipe. (thus titled because he isn’t as famous as Amos) Ever since then we have been wanting to try them – and finally got around to it last night. This was the first time I had tried making chocolate chip cookies using anything other than the recipe on the back of the bag of chips.

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Is coupon clipping worth it when you already buy generic?

August 2, 2008 Finances

If you buy store brand, is it worth it to clip coupons? Most often, no. It turned out that for a lot of items one coupon wasn’t enough. The store brand was so much less expensive that even the best coupon we had didn’t make the prices equal until the coupon was doubled.

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