 Mabel White 2002
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Atkin's Diet Updates
Because everyone seems to be
back on the Atkins Diet, myself included, I created a carbohydrate chart I called
the CARB-MASTERtm & CARB-MASTERIItm. These links are actually the front and back
pages of what will soon be a laminated chart. It was designed to be a
great motivational and reference tool for Atkins' buffs. The chart is
still being cleaned up for aesthetics and is almost ready for distribution.
I find chart to be an extremely useful tool and have trademarked this
recent work. If you click the names above you can see how neat the charts
are. This set is sorted by grams of carbohydrates. I am
creating a second chart that will be sorted
alphabetically.
 Ross Chocolates is another very important new liaison for the Mabel
White Company. Developed by Robert Ross in British Columbia, these are
simply the best and most well known low carb chocolates in the industry! Bob
is a diabetic and several years ago he became very tired of having so few choices
choices when it came to sweets. His now famous chocolates contain no sugar
and almost no carbohydrates. I love them and cannot tell the
difference. Carla Ross, his daughter, just told me they are coming out
with four types of truffles soon and I asked her if they could produce chocolate
dipped spoons to stir coffee for the Mabel crowd. That was do-able and you
will see them offered here soon. Presently I know of no company that has
such spoons and I can see where that kind of treat would really help ease
the potential boredom that the high protein diet can offer.
The Atkins' Diet for the Busy Professional is presently my best selling book on
Amazon. This book does not attempt to replace Dr. Atkins' book, it is simply
a regimen for people that cannot stay in one place long enough to really stick to
the diet. The purchase of Dr. Atkins' book is also highly recommended for
anyone serious about losing weight and not starving while doing it! This
diet is a very alkaline diet, recommending very few acid inducing foods. I
consider it a very healing diet. I know it healed a small, but painful
ulcer I developed years ago. I did not even expect to be freed from that
medical condition when I first went on the high protein diet, I was simply trying
to loose weight and I did. I lost 30 pounds in 30 days but I WANTED
to! Motivation always makes the difference in anything we pursue.
Amish Soft Pretzel Recipe:
This is a very cute recipe sent to us from one of our readers who have family gatherings centered around making these
Amish pretzels. They tell us it is a family tradition
to get together a few times a year and make these. The
recipe, they report, is straight
from the Amish hub Lancaster and has been handed down through their family for
years. To see the original version
click here and click this link for our conversion.
Sweet Tomatoes Recipes: If you have ever been down south to
a Sweet Tomatoes Restaurant you would appreciate this recipe book. Sweet Tomatoes
restaurants are set up buffet style but offer many interesting light salads and
such. I liked their style so much I wrote a cook book based on their ensemble
so I can make these combinations myself for entertaining. This is one of my
favorite cook books to use at home but since many people do not to seem to know
the concept, it is not a big seller. Click here for the recipes.
The Story Behind the $250 Neiman-Marcus Cookie Recipe: This is the funniest story we have
hear in a long time and you almost have to read her e-mail to appreciate that
recipe that is included in this file. The consumer thought she was paying
$2.50 for the recipe straight from Nieman themselves and discovered a $250 charge
on her account they refused to remove. Therefore, she feels we should all
enjoy the recipe for their chocolate chip cookies since she did, in fact, pay $250
for it! Click here for that recipe.
Apothecary
Day
Based on my book The
Self Apothecary, and 101
Soap Making Recipes, we have been busy making our own shampoo,
conditioner, and many other bath products from our test kitchen. We find
making your own bath items does produce a much higher quality product than most
stores offer and with great savings. When our staff mentioned what we were
doing over one weekend, people who barely knew us wanted to come over and
play! Some were even a few thousand miles away! But we did have
fun and proved most of our points. The primary result was that we CAN
make the same great things on our own, if not better than, the nice products we
see in the stores.
 Some of the recipes we were
testing were actually from our customers. We did note one e-mail describing
how to make a relaxing body spray. The recipe did include one cup of vodka!
We assumed if the lavender in the spray did not relax you then you just have to
drink it! We did have fun and among many things we answered this long
standing question: Why do some bath bombs fizz like a dream and some just
sit there and appear to do nothing? We found the fizz to be directly related
to the amount of citric acid used, and more importantly, what grade! A
company up in Montana sent us several grades gratis so we could figure out if cost
of a higher grade even mattered. It did.
 As a result of that work
shop we determined to always make our own soaps, lotions, shampoos and creams and
to locate nice permanent jars or bottles to store our products in such as the ones
displayed in our apothecary section of this site. At the time of this writing we
cannot find anyone around to edit because they are all taking baths! Click this link to learn how to Make Your Own
Perfume!
What's
New?
 Hands down the popular Everything Collection on CD
Rom. The Mabel
White Everything Collection was formerly accessible only on line
but became so popular we decided to produce a CD Rom to mail to the great people
who have purchased the entire library and will purchase in the future. This
e-Book on CD Rom basically contains just about every idea we have in all of our
works.
I find the Apache Supply Company
to offer the best craft supplies and customer service in the industry. Many
times I have found I need help mid-project and very few companies offer 911support like
Apache does. One of my most memorable experiences was when I just started
learning how to pour hot wax in a mold to make a candle. I did not know what
the little hole at the bottom of the mold was for and I forgot all about it when
my husband offered to situate the mold while I poured the hot wax into it.
Subsequently most of the wax went right through the hole at the bottom of the mold
and ended up on his lap! I had never seen him so mad! The hole I found
out later was to hold the wick up straight and I was supposed to put putty over
the end of the wick and that hole. This would have never been an issue if I
had called Apache toll free at 800-861-0903!
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