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Last-Minute Love Bites

You forgot Valentine's Day? Here's a 10-minute fix. Right in your kitchen, where you probably have the ingredients. Everything you need to make PB & J Truffles. Really. Delicious. Love Bite Size. Who wouldn't want one placed gently in their mouth by ... you?
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Love Handles

Want to lose them for Valentine's Day? Great! That'll be next Valentine's Day. Because Better Cheaper Slower is The Slow Fix. Because there are no quick fixes that actually work. If you plan to be around next year at this time, click and think about this. Because if you started last Valentine's Day, you might have lost the handles by now.
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Over easy. Many-Vegetable Frittata

The most beautiful and delicious way to use everything in the vegetable drawer that'll spoil if you don't do something soon. Cook the eggs real slow. Low temperature. They'll be light, soft. Moist, not wet. Almost souffle-like.
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Morocco on your plate

But not for long. Even skeptics join the Clean Plate Club after this one. Moroccan Orange & Olive Salad. Amazingly delicious flavor combination, maybe an addictive one. I could eat this once or twice a week.
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Sauce on the bottom: Pasta Giardiniera

Not a recipe. A technique. A really simple, basic one that makes every pasta dish superior. Try this next time it's pasta time at your house. Better, richer flavor for any sauce you use. For no extra cost and just two extra minutes of your time.
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Living Room Olympics: Skating. In place.

Let the games begin. The good news: you're too late to qualify for the team. So let's skate in place. Your place. No skates. No ice. No mittens. But almost all the exercise benefits of real skating. In front of the TV. While you watch the Olympians skate around ovals.
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Super Bowl Snack of the Year: Duqqa Dip

Two steps: dip bread into olive oil to moisten it, then dip it into this mix of oven-toasted, crushed walnuts, dried cherries and cumin seeds. Say what? Trust me - it's addictively delicious and its nutritional content sounds like an intensive health food intervention. Go team!
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Warm Winter Hiking. Cactus included.

I knew the Coronado National Forest was full of them. I just didn't know they looked like cartoons. Here they are. Thousands of them. For miles. Walk this whole 16-mile trail outside Tucson, Arizona. 5 or 6 great hours. More than 2,000 calories burned. The temperature: in the high 60s F. About the same as Phoenix, 100 miles away. A little too warm for football. Ya think?
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Bananas Gone Wild

Banana Ceviche. Really. Delicious. Sweet and soft. Bright and spicy. A great Super Bowl snack. Super tasty and satisfying. Way Better than junk snacks. And Cheaper. Bananas. They're not just for Cheerios any more.
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