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Mabel’s Cranberry Apple Crumb Pie

Submitted by admin on November 9, 2011 - 9:00 pm
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Growing up, a very dear family friend, Mabel Garis, always made a special dessert at Thanksgiving time. It was her amazing Cranberry Apple Crumb Pie. A few years ago I asked her if she might reveal the secret recipe, and she kindly obliged. Today I’d like to share this deliciously sweet-tart recipe with you. I hope that you will enjoy it this Thanksgiving as much as I have, over the years.

Ingredients:
3 cups fresh cranberries
3 cups coarsely chopped pealed apples
1 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 tsp. salt
whipped cream of vanilla ice cream

Combine first 3 ingredients
Turn onto a buttered 9″ pan
With pastry blender or finger tips blend together the remaining ingredients
Sprinkle on the fruit and bake for 1 hour at 350F

Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream

Buen provecho!

Friendship, Gratitude & my iPhone

Submitted by admin on November 3, 2011 - 10:30 am
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Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
– Egyptian Proverb

I have to say that I have been blessed with amazing, lifelong friends. Some I met in grade school and some as an adult. No matter where, or how I met them, I feel so fortunate to have them all. Friendship really does make life fuller and helps when times are tough. I hope that you always feel surrounded by friends and that you are a good friend to many.

I recently found a great FREE app for my iPhone called “Thankful For”. It’s basically a little journal where you can post anything that you are grateful/thankful for. What’s great is that you can chose which notes are kept private and which get shared in a gratitude newsfeed. It’s super uplifting to read what others are thankful for, whether it be a sunny day, electricity or their favorite dessert.

Click Here & head on over to the Apple Apps Store to download your Thankful for app!

5 Quick & Easy Ways to Burn 100 Calorías, (without even trying)

Submitted by Ana Caban on September 8, 2011 - 11:09 pm
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It’s a Dogs’s Life! Enjoy a stroll to the dog park with your furry friend and quema (burn) 30 calorías in 10 minutos. While he plays do 5 minutos of jumping jacks and burn 40 calories. Hoof it back to your crib and you’ll burn the other 30.

Play them off! With the new Kinect Sports: Calorie Challenge from VBox Live ($4; Xbox.com) you can go cabeza-a-cabeza against a virtual treat, and burn off the item’s calorías (100-plus for the Super Soda avatar, for example). Enjoy activities such as running or boxing.

Jump like a kid! Did you know that jumping on a trampoline not only tones your legs, butt and abs but also burns 100 calorías in only 27 minutos. And, it’s super fun, of course! So go ahead, be silly and jump around!

Be a tourist! Climb the steps of the Great Wall of China (or any ancient ruin) and burn 100 calorías in only 14 minutos. No ruin in sight? Hit your local museum, where you can quemar the same number of calorías absorbing the art for 37 minutos.

Meet a pal on the mat! Join a friend in a local park for a mini-workout. Start with 5 minutes of jogging (30 calorías) then have her hold your feet for 5 minutos of ab-work (40 calorías). Finish up with 3 minutos of lunges (30 calorías). You had fun and you’re done!

These are just a few ways to get your body moving and up your metabolism. Curious what your waking day metabolic profile is (how much energy you expend in YOUR day)? Stay tuned for my NEW Metabolic Profiling Program! Coming soon!

Calling all Los Angeles Ana Caban Fans!

Submitted by Ana Caban on August 10, 2011 - 4:42 am
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Do you live in L.A.? Would you like to train with me, for FREE? Well, this may be your lucky day. I am currently enrolling test group participants for a new workout concept and I’d love for you to participate. This is an exclusive group of individuals who will be trained by me 3x/week for a 6-week period.

All participants must:

1. Be available to train with me, in Eagle Rock, Mondays and Fridays at 8:00AM and Sundays at 10:00 during the weeks of 8/22-10/2.

2. Be willing to sign an N.D.A. (non-disclosure agreement).

If you are interested in being a part of this test group please email me at info@anacaban.com. Again, there is no fee to participate in this group. Please include your name, age and telephone number in email.

Muchas gracias,