Healthy CC Cookies

 Lower-fat, sugar, carbs and calorie, higher fiber Chocolate Chip Cookies

Preheat oven to 375° F.

Ingredients

    1 1/4 Cups white flour and 1 Cup whole wheat flour
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1 teaspoon salt (leave out if not using unsalted butter)
    1 cup (2 sticks) Country Crock Plant-Based butter, softened
    3/4 cup granulated Splenda or your favorite sweetener
    3/4 cup packed Splenda brown sugar
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    2 large eggs, room temperature
    2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) sugar free chocolate chips or chunks
    Optional: 1 cup chopped pecans (if omitting, add 1-2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour)
    1/2 package of white chocolate chips (sugar free if you can find them)

Mix all (except chips and nuts) in a food processor, blender, or mixing bowl.

Mix the chips in by hand. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets (or use a cookie scoop).

Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Original Nestlé Toll House recipe

NOTES:

To make these GF as well, simply substitute almond flour for white flour and coconut for wheat. To make them DF, use Enjoy Life chips.

To make them for the holidays, melt chocolate and add a tiny bit of peppermint oil or extra; drizzle a little on the top of the cookies. Add holiday sprinkles!

To mail to family, follow these useful tips!

Enjoy! 

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Keto Pumpkin Pie

 This is delicious! I've made it twice now. It's not too hard, and it comes out delicious.

See original recipe

 Suzanne's changes (below) are in orange.

Almond Flour Pie Crust (Keto, 5 Ingredients)
Also gluten-free and dairy-free

The best keto pie crust recipe! My almond flour pie crust is buttery and flaky, with 5 minutes prep, 5 ingredients, and 2g net carbs.

Prep 5 minutes
Cook 10 minutes
Total 15 minutes
Author Maya Krampf from WholesomeYum.com

Ingredients

    2 1/2 cups Wholesome Yum Blanched Almond Flour (or any almond flour)
    1/4 cup Besti Monk Fruit Allulose Blend (*see note below about amounts; omit for savory crust) (or any sweetener)
    1/4 tsp Sea salt (or 1/2 tsp for savory crust) (leave out the salt unless you're using unsalted butter!)
    1/4 cup Butter (measured solid, then melted; substitute ghee for dairy-sensitive, or coconut oil for dairy-free) (or vegan/plant-based butter)
    1 large Egg (or ~2 tbsp additional butter, ghee, or coconut oil)
    1/2 tsp Vanilla extract (optional)

Instructions

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C). Line the bottom of a 9 in (23 cm) round pie pan with parchment paper, or grease well.

    In a large bowl, mix together the almond flour, Besti (if using), and sea salt.

    Stir in the melted butter and egg, until well combined. (If using vanilla, stir that into the melted butter before adding to the dry ingredients.) The "dough" will be dry and crumbly. Just keep mixing, pressing and stirring, until it's uniform and there is no almond flour powder left. (Alternatively, you can use a food processor to mix it all together.)

    Press the dough into the bottom of the prepared pan. You can flute the edges of desired; if it crumbles when doing this, just press it back together. Carefully poke holes in the surface using a fork to prevent bubbling.

    Bake for 6-12 minutes, until the edges are slightly golden -- the time can vary depending on your pan, your oven, and the sweetener you use (or don't use).

    Add fillings only after pre-baking. If your fillings will require baking again, you'll want to parbake the crust for the shorter end of the time spectrum, around 6-8 minutes, and use a pie shield or foil to cover the edges when baking again with filling.


Keto Pumpkin Pie (Sugar Free)
Also, gluten-free and dairy-free

You only need a few ingredients for this easy low carb keto pumpkin pie recipe with almond flour crust. It's the best sugar free pumpkin pie!
 

Prep 15 minutes
Cook 45 minutes
Total 1 hour
Author Maya Krampf from WholesomeYum.com

Ingredients

    1 recipe Almond flour pie crust (or your favorite pie crust recipe)
    1 15-oz can Pumpkin puree
    1/2 cup Heavy cream (or coconut cream for dairy-free/paleo)
    2 large Eggs (at room temperature)
    2/3 cup Besti Powdered Monk Fruit Allulose Blend (or your favorite sweetener)
    2 tsp Pumpkin pie spice
    1/4 tsp Sea salt
    1 tsp Vanilla extract (optional)
    1 tsp Blackstrap molasses (optional)

    Meanwhile, beat together all remaining ingredients, using a hand mixer (or food processor) at medium-low speed, until smooth. (Don't overmix.)

    When the pie crust is done baking, reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F (163 degrees C). Cool the crust on the counter for at least 10 minutes, longer if you have time.

    Pour the filling into the crust. Gently tap on the counter to release air bubbles. Cover the crust edge with foil.

    Bake for 40-50 minutes, until the pie is almost set but still slightly jiggly in the center, like jello. Do not let it fully set in the oven.

    Cool completely on the counter. Then, refrigerate for at least 2 hours, preferably overnight. Make sure the pie is completely set and doesn't jiggle before you slice it.


Maya's Recipe Notes

Serving size: 1 slice, or 1/12 of entire pie

To reduce the chance of cracking your low carb pumpkin pie, you can bake the pie in a water bath. Otherwise, if you end up with cracks, you can always cover them with whipped cream.

Enjoy!

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Suzanne Lanoue

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P.O. Box 1203
Port Washington, NY 11050

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Cloud Bread

 

This is awesome GF and low carb bread!

Mine never puffed up, but it's delicious nonetheless. I may not have beat it enough, or I may have gotten some egg yolk in it.

The recipe is from https://www.spendwithpennies.com/cloud-bread/ Normally, I would just link to it, but that site has a ton of annoying ads.

Cloud Bread is an easy to make, light and fluffy bread substitute. These are low carb, under 40 calories each and the perfect way to lighten up a sandwich! Perfect for Weight Watchers, and 21 Day Fix approved!

Ingredients

3 large eggs divided
1/8 tsp cream of tartar
3 tablespoons cream cheese or 1/3 cup fat free or light Greek yogurt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Line a pan with parchment paper or a silpat mat.
Mix egg whites & cream of tartar on high speed until stiff peaks form.
In a large bowl mix egg yolks & greek yogurt (or cream cheese) until well combined and smooth. Gently fold in about 1 cup of the egg white mixture until well combined. Add remaining egg whites and fold just until mixed.
Divide egg mixture into 6 equal portions on prepared pan. Spread until about 1/2″ thick.
Bake 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately move to a wire rack and cool completely (at least 60 minutes).
Refrigerate in a sealed container to store.

This recipe is very simple to make; however, if you are not getting optimal results, the following are a few tips to help you.

Beat The Eggs Well: The egg whites should be beaten very well. When lifting out your beater stiff peaks should form and egg white will stick to the beater.
Do Not Underbake: Your cloud bread shouldn’t seem moist (like an omelette would be) in the middle. The texture should be drier than a meringue on a lemon meringue pie. If your cloud bread is under-baked it will likely fall apart when you use it and it will have a moist eggy texture. As it sits, the texture will improve so ensure they cool completely.
Cool Completely: I leave my cloud bread to cool on a rack at least 60 minutes or longer. This allows it to cool but also to slightly dry out. These are best eaten several hours after baking.
Freeze unused portions. They defrost in seconds and last for a month or more.

Enjoy! 

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Suzanne's Albums

 

In no particular order

ROCK/POP/FOLK

Beatles - Early Beatles, Rubber Soul, Yesterday and Today, Meet the Beatles, Beatles '65, Second Album, VI, White Album, Abby Road, Revolver, Let It Be, Magical Mystery Tour, Help, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Reel Music

Paul McCartney - Goodnight Tonight (EP) and Give My Regards to Broadstreet

Julian Lennon - Valotte

John Lennon - Rock 'n' Roll

John Lennon and other artists (tribute) - Every Man Has a Woman

Harry Nilsson - Harry, Nilsson Schmilsson and The Point

Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

Jethro Tull - Thick As Brick

Jack Wagner - All I Need and Lighting Up The Night

Queen - A Day at the Races and A Night at The Opera

The Carpenters - A Kind of Hush and Passages

Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams and A Retrospective

Olivia Newton John - Olivia

The Limeliters (first album?)

Sweet - Desolation Boulevard

The Partridge Family - The Partridge Family Album and Up to Date

Elvis Presley - Elvis in Concert (77)

The Raiders - Indian Reservation

Paul Williams - Life Goes On, Ordinary Fool and Just an Old Fashioned Love Song

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass - Christmas Album

Herman's Hermits - Best Of and There's a Kind of Hush

Best of the Bee Gees 

Gordon Lightfoot - Don Quixote 

Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks

KTel The Hot Ones 

Ronco - I Love Music 1976

WFIL 56 Sweet as Candy

Doctor Zhivago (movie soundtrack)

COMEDY

Bob Newhart - The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart

Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant

Firesign Theater - Don't Crush that Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers; Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him; The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra; and How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All.

MUSICALS

42nd Street (original Broadway)
Grease (original Broadway)
Guys and Dolls (original Broadway and all-black version - 70s)
Hello Dolly (movie)
La Cage Aux Folles (original Broadway)
Man of La Mancha (movie)
My Fair Lady (original Broadway)
Out of This World (original Broadway)
Phantom of the Opera (original Broadway)
Phantom of the Paradise (movie)
Scrooge (movie)
Showboat (1988 opera version)
The Sound of Music (movie)
Victor Victoria (movie)
West Side Story (original Broadway)
The Wizard of Oz (movie)

Disneyland Double Feature - Walt Disney's Dog Songs And Incredible Journey Vinyl, LP 1961
1977 and 1979 Thousand Voice Choir
1978 Carlsbad High School Choir

Suzanne's Now Now Page

 

These are the things I'm focusing on right now.

1. Packing all of our stuff for our move in June.

2. Moving all of my websites over to their new spots and updating them.

3.  Keeping the house clean for potential buyers.

4. Walking my dog and taking care of her.

5. Trying to stay healthy.

6.  Keeping my site TVMEG updated regularly. 

7. Posting regularly on social media.

8. Keeping my personal blog updated (password-protected).

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Business Cards - ID cards and more

 These are ID, club, store, gas and other cards that I've had over the years or that were donated to me. My original page is going to take awhile to rebuild, but here are photos of them for now, with my comments. This was from around 2013. I'm sorry that they're so small! You can zoom in to see them.

 

 

 

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Almond Flour Banana Bread

 

I made this recipe this week...absolutely delicious! Even though it's made with almond flour, it's not that low carb because of the bananas, and because of the sugar. You can substitute Splenda or your favorite sweetener for the sugar. I made it with three bananas instead of two because they're small. I'm only going to eat one small piece at a time, so the carb count is not too bad. It's hard, though, because this is really delicious. It's dog-friendly, too! It's also gluten-free and dairy-free.

Original Recipe

My Business Card Collection

ABOUT ME: I picked up my first business card when I was about 10, while visiting in Tijuana with my dad.  I kept it because I liked a hat at this one shop, but my dad didn't want to buy it.  I hoped to go back and buy it some day (I never did!).  Then, later I wanted to collect cards to show them in San Diego County Fair in San Diego, where they have many hobby shows (I never did that, either!).  I didn't know there were other collectors out there until the 80's, when I worked with a guy in NY who said he collected them (or used to, I think).  I saw other card collectors later at our county fair, too.  Then I started collecting more actively when I found the IBCC and joined the club and mailing list (which is now on Facebook).  I was trading with 5-6 people regularly, but I haven't had time for that, for quite a while now.  I have more cards than I can display or go through, but I hope to get them organized sometime.   ~Suzanne

• Send Me Cards
• My Collection
• My Personal Cards
• Links

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SEND ME CARDS!

Please feel free to send me cards you don't want at: P.O. Box 1203 Port Washington, NY 11050.  However, I do not have time for new traders, sorry!  (Please visit IBCC as noted above to find traders.) If you send me cards through the mail, I might not reply for a very long time or send you any cards.  If you want me to send you money in return for postage, I can do that, but you must let me know in your email or letter. 

My Collection

This picture above was from when we lived in Lubbock (97-01) - I was sorting them on our small table. I have way more than will fit into this picture.  I sort them whenever I have a little time, using photo boxes.  When I get all of them sorted into categories, I will attempt to alphabetize them.  Then I will enter the data into a spreadsheet in the computer and possibly scan them in as well. I'm sure I will find MANY duplicates when I alphabetize them. I have thousands now and not much free time for sorting, so it will take quite a while.

Here's what the cards look like now in my closets in Arkansas.  I have a lot more boxes in another room, but they're packed up now, since we're moving soon.

 

 

Personal Cards

Here are cards I've had made up for myself!

Most Recent Cards from OvernightPrints

 

Older Cards - some of these were made with dcp-print.com.

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

This one is a postcard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to see some old ID cards and other personal cards for me and others

Links

Small Talk: Long Live the Business Card I was mentioned in this article!

Wikipedia

• Clubs and groups

International Business Card Collectors

The American Business Card Club

Business Card Collectors Forum

• Individual collectors

Ryan DeVries

Tim's Novelty Cards

28 of the Coolest Business Cards Ever Made

Cameron's Business Cards

Jan's Page

Chris's Page

Jason's Business Card Blog

Jason Friedman has a 2007 web series of how-to-videos via YouTube entitled “How to Collect Business Cards”.  Here are some of them:

• Finding Business Card Collector Groups

• Storing Bussiness Cards

•  Writing Letters to Collect Business Cards

• More Advanced Business Card Collecting

• Displaying Business Cards

Fabio is looking to trade or buy business cards. He lives in Italy and his English is not that great. Please email me by clicking on his name if you are interested.  You can use Google Translate to translate to Italian if that will help.  BTW I do not know Fabio, so please do not involve me in any trade disputes or questions. I haven't heard from him, so I have no idea if this is still his email address.

Find More BC Links on the IBCC Site!

• Buy/sell cards

 Face Media Group is based in the United Kingdom and offer a range of printed business cards. Their comprehensive range includes recycled, laminated and metal business cards. They can also design the perfect business card to suit your brand.

Free cards!

Show Off Cards

MOO Cards

Unique Business Cards

50 Unique Business Cards 

I had a very bad experience in the past with VistaPrint! Fair warning.  I have ordered cheap cards from them in the past, including magnetic cards--great deals!  However, I don't use them any more because they gave my credit card information to one of their ad companies, without my permission, and they then charged me for something I did not agree to, and VistaPrint did not help me out at all.  They continued to spam me both through email and snail mail for years, even though I repeatedly asked them not to.😠

Updated 4/14/24

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