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Valentine’s Day Do’s and Don’t’s for guys
For some, Valentine’s Day is the prettiest day of the year, for others, it’s just the opposite – the very epitome of cheesiness. No matter how you look at it, there’s no way to go around a romantic date on February 14 if you’re in a relationship so better get over it, and start planning [...]
Christmas and holiday season \ Eating \ Weight gain
3 crucial tips to keep the holidays from destroying your diet
The holidays are a tough time of year to stay on a diet. Temptations are everywhere and the urge to indulge is encouraged by festive events and celebratory roommates, friends, and family. There is shelter from the calorie storm! Keep these three tips in mind to moderate the weight-gain fallout from your holiday revels: Eat [...]
Cooking \ recipes \ Thanksgiving
Planning an alternative Thanksgiving menu
Simple is the word of the day. As much as I love Thanksgiving and the meaning beyond its physical manifestation, the idea of cooking such a big bird just freaks me out. If you’re anything like me you’re going to love these easy, yet deviously impressive recipes to replace your mainstream Thanksgiving dinner. The key [...]
handling poultry \ safe cooking \ Thanksgiving dinner \ Thanksgiving turkey \ Thanksgiving turkey safety \ turkey cooking temperatures
Don’t be a turkey – cooking safely this Thanksgiving
Food safety is important every day of the year, but around Thanksgiving time we’re reminded to properly store, defrost, prepare, cook and serve your holiday turkey without giving your guests the unwanted gift of food poisoning. There’s no worse way to spend the rest of the holiday weekend than vomiting incessantly when you could be [...]
Brain \ Dopamine \ Eating \ Food \ Health
Eat smart, foods to eat to keep you sane
With school in full swing and the holidays around the corner, let’s talk “smart” food choices for the approximately 3lbs in our body that gobbles up about 20 percent of our daily calorie intake… your brain. Smart foods help keep memory and intellect sharp and mood buoyant. Certain foods can help you stay slim and [...]
American Diabetes Association \ Health
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month
As you wake from your sugar filled, Halloween sleep and stare at the 7 Smarties wrappers on the counter, it is only appropriate that November 1st marks the first day of National Diabetes Awareness Month. As a little kid with a super-sized sweet tooth, I’ll never forget the day my grandmother pulled out her blood sugar test kit and [...]
Weird hangover cures you can make at home
You look up “hangover cures” on the Internet and there are a million weird ones, but most of them require impossible ingredients or specialized expertise or alien technology. Booooo! We have some legitimate weird hangover cures right here for you and you can prepare them easily at home and probably they absolutely do not work [...]
Comfort food \ Cooking \ Halloween \ Pumpkin
Autumn is a foodie’s dream
Simply by replacing summer makes autumn a very unpopular kid. This thief of the warm, long days, the friend of rain, and messenger of frost on the morning green grass, is actually not that bad. It has some pretty good reasons to be happy about and moments to look forward to, how does fall charm [...]
Chicken soup \ Common cold \ Cooking \ Immune system
Smart foods to help you battle a cold
Soup isn’t your only option when you’ve got a cold to get rid of. Miserable. That’s how you feel when the cold hits full force, rendering you dizzy, fatigued, and snotty nosed. Gross. That’s how you look when you have a cold and you haven’t slept well in a few nights. Relieved. That’s how you’ll [...]
entertaining \ Finger food \ recipes \ tapas
Tantalizing tapas for entertaining with easy cleanup
Party till the break of dawn. Sleep in without fear of cleaning you apartment. Problem: You’re bored. You want to throw a last minute shindig in your rental. You won’t want to spend the rest of tomorrow scrubbing dishes and soaking pans. As a matter of fact, you want to toss everything into the dishwasher, [...]
Food and Drink Related \ Popsicle
Booze popsicles let you look like a kid, drink like a man
Is it just me or has it been hot out there? If it’s just me then this article is poorly timed, but if it really is super hot out there then I have just the idea to cool everyone off: frozen liquor on a stick. I tried putting everything in the freezer and with [...]
Man Cooking: 3 pasta recipes that fill and impress
Tucking a few pasta dishes under your belt will help you entertain like an Iron Chef (or at least feed yourself). Everyone cheers when a man knows how to make spaghetti. It’s because knowing how to make pasta (and understanding the basics of making a sauce) opens the doors to all sorts of culinary wonders. [...]
Plants to get you through the summer
Aside from the refreshing shade the bigger ones shed, plants have their miraculous ways of curing mostly any type of disease or sickness. Some of them you can grow in your own apartment, not more pretentious than regular ornamental plants. Aloe Vera: half-ounce of aloe vera gel with five drops of oil applied to the [...]
Fun facts and ideas for National Ice Cream Month
National Ice Cream month gives us reason to celebrate one of the nation’s coolest, sweetest treats. There simply isn’t a need for a post about ice cream. We already love it. We usually eat it without much prompting. No one needs to sell the idea that “ice cream is awesome.” We know that. But here [...]
Summer cocktails you can do yourself
It’s officially summer and the craving for refreshing beverages goes up just as the thermometer’s mercury. For me, the cocktail season has started and my apartment resembles a beach bar with little umbrellas and funny looking cocktails accessories everywhere. I like making larger quantities which I deposit in the freezer to have them ready at [...]
3 easy work night dinners
As a teenager, I never understood why my mother was always asking us what we wanted for dinner. As an adult, even without kids, I get it. Coming up with a meal plan for days on end can be a real challenge. The best I can do is three or four days ahead, and that’s [...]
BBQ \ leftovers \ Memorial Day
What to do with all that leftover BBQ?
These tasty recipes give yesterday’s grilled fare a fresh take on life. Leftover barbecue is, in my opinion, nearly better than the first day. The seasonings and sauces have really set in so the flavor is bolder than the day before. Reheating meat properly can be a trick, though, and if there is lots of [...]
BBQ \ Memorial Day \ Vegetarianism \ Veggie burger
How to handle a vegetarian at your BBQ
There is a way to accommodate our dietary preferences without being awkward. Memorial Day is synonymous with busting out the grill! Grab some hunks of meat and light those bad boys up, right? But what about that vegetarian friend? Panic! What do vegetarians eat when the theme of the day is grilled meat? Before you [...]
Cinco de Mayo \ Margarita \ Recipe
Welcome to Margarita-ville!
Cinco de Mayo is upon us, and, shamefully, you still don’t know how to throw a mean margarita. Not to worry! We’re here to help you with that awesome drink that makes for any memorable party. And by memorable we mean complete blackouts, as in “Oh, God! Where am I?!” 1. There’s no such thing [...]
Drink \ Wine \ Wine tasting \ Wine tasting descriptors
A troglodyte’s guide to wine tasting
For how long have you been the odd man out in wine tasting?! Do you aspire to be a pretentious know-it-all and impress the ladies? Not to fret, we are here to help you with your bacchanal conundrums. See? We’ve already started teaching you a lesson. Step 1: Be Pretentious! You will always be impressive [...]
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