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Last Minute Easiest Mexican Black Bean Dip

With the holidays and holiday parties just around the corner, you will be happy to have this simple, quick, and easy Mexican black bean dip on hand that can be made last minute to help spread the cheer! Tired of hummus? I'm always on the look out for healthy appetizers and this bean dip is very tasty, low in fat, and pairs nicely with (GF) baked corn chips or a variety of crudités. This bowl is

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November 2022: First Three Weeks

Posts Copied from FacebookHomeschooling and MiscellanyIt is really hard to start school on time when you discover that you 7-year-old has dressed up as Jacob Marley, including dragging around a box of coins on a "chain," and is planning an entire sibling production of "A Christmas Carol."After our watching the movie "Coco" for the first time and learning a Mexican-themed memory song in school during the same week, Thomas is playing a guitar and singing Mexican-esque music throughout the house basically continually.Thomas reading at his brother’s ice hockey game. That boy reads, reads, reads! Visiting a relics display This cardboard box has been supplying entertainment for weeks. Boys coloring a turkey (which later the dogs chewed to bits) Joseph found...

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The best day yesterday was!

Saturday 26th November 2022 Focus on the good days! Sometimes you get those days where everything just goes right and things are great, yesterday was one of those days from the moment we woke up. You can tell I've got my cooking mojo back, cos I have a burn on both wrists, which means I've got my super cooking mojo on!  We had a wonderful email to start our day so we celebrated with this omelette, stuffed with gammon ham, onions and cheese, oh and that's clover and it's not light!   In case you haven't read any of this week's blogs, I've had a free '3 meals for 4 people' box, all I had to pay was the delivery £4.99, I checked...

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Fourteen design installations and events to visit during Design Miami 2022

With Design Miami and Art Basel Miami Beach set to begin next week, we've rounded up a series of must-see installations and events, from a tequila tasting room designed by Tatiana Bilbao to a Virgil Abloh exhibition put on by Nike. Running during Miami Art Week, Design Miami is a yearly festival that attracts designers and enthusiasts worldwide. The event coincides with its sister festival Art Basel Miami Beach. Both of the primary showrooms for the events will be sited on the Miami Beach Convention Center grounds, with a variety of satellite events, performances and galleries showcasing work in the area. "I think it really is part of this overall equation of establishing Miami as an important contributor to go...

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Rosa Manriquez on Overcoming Homophobia & Fighting for a Brighter Future [Video]

  . . When Rosa Manriquez sat down with us six years ago, she told the story of how she went from resenting the gay ex-husband who abandoned the family, to embracing her lesbian daughters. We recently caught up with her and got to hear a bit more about how she overcame her own homophobia and the work she’s doing to contribute to a more welcoming tomorrow.   Transcript provided by YouTube: 00:00 [Music] 00:05 welcome to this week’s story update 00:07 where we’re going to be speaking with 00:08 rosa manriquez and before we do let’s 00:11 take a look at her story 00:14 i’m rosa manriquez and i’m from los 00:17 angeles 00:18 and when people ask me...

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