4.67 / 5 Stars | 3 Reviews
by GIFUOH
“A great, quick, and easy cocktail sauce for shrimp. Also works well on clams, lobster, and other shellfish. The vodka adds an extra kick, but is not overpowering sauce. The fresh tomatoes add a more natural taste to the cocktail sauce.”
When you get stressed out, reaching for something sweet — a candy bar, a cookie, a bowl (or pint) of ice cream — may be your first inclination. And a small study has shown that there’s a reason why.
It turns out that sugary food and drinks actually can “quiet the stress signals in your brain.”
Mornings are when I crave carbs: potatoes, toast, and congee, please. But I would love to find a way to incorporate more vegetables. Turns out that breakfast can actually be one of the easiest meals for adding vegetables, since you’re probably cooking and eating it at home.
And while avocado toast is an obvious and delicious choice, there are way more vegetables out there that should get some attention in the morning. Here are five easy ways to fill up on veggies before you even leave the house!
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It’s May 4th — and Star Wars Day, naturally. (Do I need to spell it out for you?) It also happens to be the day we kick off our Beer School! The perfect merge of these two happy days, then, is a roundup of Star Wars beer steins, starting with this colorful memento of the best film in the trilogy.
4.36 / 5 Stars | 263 Reviews
by grneyedmustang
“Pico de gallo, made with fresh tomato, onion, and jalapeno, is perfect for serving with your favorite Mexican dishes.”
We love our canning jars for everything from storing grains in the pantry to shaking cocktails in the park. But by far one of our most favorite ways to use our pint- and quart-sized canning jars is to pack them with salads. Yes, that’s right, leafy green salads. Dressing goes on the bottom, veggies and other salad goodies get piled on top. Everything stays separate and dressing-free until you toss the salad together in the bowl — never eat another soggy lunch salad again. Even better, these salads last for days in the fridge so we can make a week’s worth of lunches ahead of time.
There are any number of reasons why you might want to stash some cookie dough in the freezer. Maybe you like having treats on hand in case company stops by. Maybe the first day of fall kickstarted your holiday baking gene. Maybe you want a special treat to give your son or daughter at college, or a friend who just had a baby. (Side note: Give new parents frozen cookie dough and you win. Forever.)
But we’re friends here, so let’s be honest: Frozen cookie dough in our freezer means warm, gooey, fresh-baked cookies any time we want one. Or three. (No judgement.) Here are the best ways to freeze your favorite cookies for later.
If there was ever such a thing as legal crack, I think brown sugar-glazed bacon would be it. Not that I have much of a reference point, but I could not stop shoveling these sweet, savory strips of heaven into my mouth. Truth be told, I had to hide it from myself, which left me thinking about it, dreaming about it, until I had some more.
