A Perfect Pork Tenderloin Roast from a Classic Cookbook!

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. My passion for cooking began in 1978, when a beautiful woman in St. Louis, Missouri introduced me to Bon Appetit magazine and The Good Cook, a cookbook mail-order club.  From this cookbook club, I ordered my very first cookbook!   My collection of cookbooks grew to nearly 500 books since then, many of which {Read More}

Seasonal Saturday AND Fresh, Clean, and Pure Friday

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.Here’s another round of Seasonal Saturday that is extended for one week from Fresh, Clean, and Pure Friday where any blogger can share a post related to any thing that is in “season” (which is currently winter in the U.S. and Northern hemisphere) or any way that she/he has freshened up their lives! (all solicitation {Read More}

Thai Chicken Salad

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. .No one needs to suffer through terribly tasteless food while losing the excess poundage on one’s bod-ay on their journey towards better health, huh?  Not me anyway.   Otherwise, the whole thing ends without results, because I just cannot, simply cannot eat garbage-tasting, bland food for even a second, let alone a prolonged period {Read More}

Blood Orange Vinaigrette on Grilled Salmon, Grapefruit & Manchego Cheese Salad

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. .Never give up . . . never, ever give up!  Those famous words of Winston Churchill!  Keeping that sentiment on the forefront of my mind, I’ve stayed motivated to reach my health goals.  The official date that marks when most people end their efforts to meet their goals (whether to lose weight, quit smoking, {Read More}

Seasonal Saturday AND Fresh, Clean, and Pure Friday

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. Saturday! Such a great day! If you’ve got something that you’d like to share that epitomizes this winter season, Super Bowl or Valentine’s Day prepartion than go ahead and link them up here. This link-up is a continuation of Fresh, Clean, and Pure Friday where any blogger that has a post related to any {Read More}