https://www.instagram.com/p/BHIYbcJBfYZ/?taken-by=lgemme_confidence_mentor How to skin a tomato! To blanch tomatoes, start by boiling some water Once boiling, turn off the stove, taking the pot off the heat, and put the tomatoes in After 10 minutes, or once the tomato skins start to split open, put them into some cool water. I used room temperature water (no such thing [...]
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So unexpected (plus a recipe)
Me? Write a cookbook? Well, after deciding a meal my husband made was too pretty to eat and took out my new studio lights to take pictures - I was hooked. I have awakened a new passion the past few days to design recipes and artistically and visually capture the love I have for food, [...]
USDA unveils new online weight planning tool
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) have partnered to add the NIH Body Weight Planner to USDA's SuperTracker online tool as a goal-setting resource to help people achieve and stay at a healthy weight. Created in 2011, the SuperTracker tool empowers people to build a healthier diet, [...]
8 tips that help you avoid gaining the “freshman 15”
You've graduated high school and you're off to college! Believe me when I say from the bottom of my heart, congratulations. You've worked hard for it. And it's one of the most exciting times of your life. You have the college experience to look forward to, and the rest of your life in front of [...]
5 minutes of this a day can keep the doctor away
Meditation improves mental and physical health Breathing can help prolong your life. Well, especially when you combine it with meditation. In an age where we are constantly multi-tasking, plugged in, inundated with images, facts and emails and enduring constant over-stimulation, it’s no wonder we’re exhausted and a little frayed at the edges each day. And when [...]
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