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Thanksgiving Treat Dog Food Recipe

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Okay, this is a dog food recipe I wouldn't turn my own nose up at.
It's packed with turkey and cranberries and all.
Read the story of Sydney and her special diet.
As lensmaster azpoppy starts off:
"My dog Sydney is half Australian Shepherd and half Belgian Shepherd (Tervuren type). I trained her to be a [...]

Beauty Treatments… with Thanksgiving Leftovers?

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

That's right.
When you're done eating Thanksgiving dinner... put it on your face!
A whole new spin on how to use leftovers.
Here's how pumpkins, cranberries, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes and green beans can be used as DIY beauty treatments. There's even a recipe for a turkey fat mask... but that's only for the more adventurous among [...]

Savory Roasted Sweet Potatoes (and $1000 for JDRF)

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Sure, the recipe on this lens sounds pretty good. But no matter how savory or sweet, it's not about the potatoes. Not really.
Here's the backstory and confluence of events.
Christene wanted to enter a lens in the Cookoff, to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
But she doesn't cook! (Says she).
So she thought: I don't have to [...]

Five Kernels of Corn (and $1000 for KIVA)

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Today's lens of the day has a winning trifecta:
A story. All great lenses tell stories. This one is the legend of the Five Kernels of Corn.
A lensmaster who has really made a name for herself for her generosity and charitable leadership on Squidoo.
And it's a winner in our Thanksgiving Cookoff for Charity, which means it [...]

Pumpkin Spice Coffee (And the first Cookoff winner)

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Today we launched the Official Squidoo Thanksgiving Cookoff (for Charity) to help us give away $1000 to charity every day through Thanksgiving, with a $5000 grand prize vote-off at the end of the month.
To enter and raise money (for free) for your favorite charity on our list, just make a foody lens. Great apple [...]

Homeless in America

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Today's LotD selection is about the spirit of permission and idea spreading.
GrowWear's lens Homeless in America features powerful black and white photos and quotes from photographer Tom Stone. "All images are from American Poverty, a set of 186 photographs of the homeless and poor in San Francisco. Ten images are presented below along with Tom's [...]

I’m A Bread Head

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

A short list of a few things I really enjoy about Annalise's I'm A Bread Head lens, in no particular order:

There's a short and personable introduction to the lens. "One of the things I constantly hear from my friends is how amazed they are that I bake my own bread. People are so intimidated [...]

500 Hats: A 30 Day Challenge To Save Our Home

Monday, August 24th, 2009

To those of you who have written in love letters and requests (and a few flat out pleas) for Lens of the Day lately, thanks! We're back in action. And this one's for you. For those of you who are surprised to be getting this in your email boxes, it's because you signed up for [...]

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