{"id":16,"date":"2008-02-17T07:28:42","date_gmt":"2008-02-17T07:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/02\/sundays-puzzle-recipe-queen-of.html"},"modified":"2008-02-17T07:28:42","modified_gmt":"2008-02-17T07:28:42","slug":"sundays-puzzle-recipe-queen-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/02\/sundays-puzzle-recipe-queen-of.html","title":{"rendered":"Sunday&#8217;s Puzzle &amp; Recipe: Queen of Hearts Loves Her Tarts (and Dirt Cake, too!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/5C13729C256?z=0&amp;m=A42507787B.5B8E979\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/im\/pCut\/0.png\" alt=\"Click to Mix and Solve\" \/><\/a> We are off to visit my mother, Queen of Hearts today; she who loves her tarts and has spent a lifetime pondering the existential question, &#8220;What is the point of having coffee without cake?&#8221;<br \/>\nHere follows a &#8216;lower-cal&#8217; recipe that is BIG time FUN for the kids and the grown-ups!<br \/>\n<strong>Our Lady of Weight Loss Dishes the DIRT CAKE<\/strong><br \/>\nIngredients: 1 lg. bag of Animal Crackers (they are fairly low in calories) * 1 lg. pkg. instant vanilla pudding (sugar free) * 4 c. skim milk * 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, light * 1\/4 cup light brown sugar * 1 (12 oz.) 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Send in your fav recipes?<br \/>\nComment below or <a href=\"mailto:janice@ourladyofweightloss.com\">write me<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are off to visit my mother, Queen of Hearts today; she who loves her tarts and has spent a lifetime pondering the existential question, &#8220;What is the point of having coffee without cake?&#8221; Here follows a &#8216;lower-cal&#8217; recipe that is BIG time FUN for the kids and the grown-ups! 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