½ cup yellow onion, diced 16 oz white button mushrooms, or fresh mushrooms of your choice, halved or quartered depending on size ⅓ cup red wine, or burgundy wine 1 tbsp unsalted butter salt and ground black pepper, to taste For Garnish: parsley, chopped Melt the butter over a skillet on medium heat. Add the onions and saute briefly until translucent. Add the mushrooms and saute for roughly 8 minutes until caramelized....
Preparation From subtle neutrals to darkened jewel tones and lush velvet accents to festive glittering objects, there are so many ways to decorate for the holidays. Not all of them, however, are expert-approved. Ahead, discover the styles, products, and aesthetics interior designers are choosing for their own homes and parties this year. June Reese of the Houston-based luxury boutique design firm House of June Interiors chooses seasonal items in line with her everyday taste: “My holiday decorating aesthetic is much like my personal and brand style: modern, bold, and sophisticated,” she says....
Preparation Color is truly the glue that binds all the details of your day together. To pick a scheme, think of what brings you and your other half joy: places in nature, artwork, books, heirlooms, textiles, or travel destinations. Make sure your hues jibe with your wedding space (alternatively, you can draw color inspiration from it). Then let your shades inform everything from invites to fashion to décor to sweet send-offs, says Charleston, South Carolina, planner Calder Clark....
Preparation It’s simply the truth: In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks save lives. They also, however, increase the occurrence of the phenomenon called mask mouth or mask breath. Ahead, Dr. Gerry Curatola, DDS, a dentist with Rejuvenation Health and Rejuvenation Dentistry, explains what this ailment is, what causes it, and, ultimately, what you can do to fight it. Mask mouth involves the disruption of the oral microbiome due to regular mask wearing, says Dr....
Preparation Whether you fancy English, hybrid tea, miniature, or any of the other thousand-plus rose varieties, these blooms are a staple in every garden. The fragrant, woody-stemmed plants pair well in mixed flower beds or hold court on their own. And if you’ve seen success with your roses in previous seasons, you may want to consider taking and establishing cuttings in an effort to expand your rose empire. Below, David Filter, the owner of English Garden Florist and a BloomNation affiliate, walks us through the process of doing so....
Preparation If there’s a dessert that speaks most to the holiday season, it’s cookies. That’s why cookie swaps are so popular this time of the year. Not only is sharing and swapping cookies with friends and family fun, but you get to leave with a selection of treats to enjoy and new recipes to try. Instead of getting invited to a cookie swap this season, consider hosting your own. Hosting a cookie swap can be as simple as inviting a few friends over for snacks, drinks, and some cookie exchanging—and tasting....
There’s nothing quite like a stack of fluffy pancakes in the morning. A WARM stack, that is! The tricky part is serving the whole family a warm stack of pancakes at the same time. The first ones to finish are usually a bit cold by the time everything’s done. So a few lucky family members get hot, fluffy pancakes while the rest are cold and flimsy. Don’t worry, there’s a fix for that....
Take my kid, for example. He’s a wonderful kid. He’s smart and athletic and talented. He’s at an age (almost 11) where we tell him to brush his teeth, comb his hair and put deodorant on, and 45 minutes later the teeth are finally brushed but he’s forgotten his hair and deodorant. Obligatory chores like taking the trash out are met with heavy sighs and rolled eyes (even though he knows that he won’t get any allowance if he displays those behaviors)....
Preparation In just a couple of days, stargazers will be in for a treat: The Eta Aqaurid meteor shower will make for an extra-starry night on Thursday, May 5. Bill Cooke, the lead of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office, explained that this meteor shower has medium brightness. This means that the darker the sky is at night, the easier it’ll be for you to spot the shooting stars, also known as Eta Aquariids, as they fall....
2½ cups dried black beans, no need to soak before using 1 medium onion, chopped finely 4 cloves garlic, chopped finely 1 fresh chili, or 1 tsp chili flakes, optional 1 tbsp ground cumin 1 tsp ground coriander 1 large bay leaf 1 tsp dried mint, optional 3 cups flavourful broth, or stock 1 lime, juice only 1 tsp salt, plus more to taste Add all ingredients except the lime to the instant pot and stir....
Also see 15 Day Quarantine Menu Plan including complete grocery list, plus how to sanitise food. What food to stock up on for Coronavirus quarantine Whether you agree with food stocking or not, it’s hard to avoid thinking about it in these uncertain times. And after sending a somewhat lengthy email to several friends and readers with some recommendations for what food to stock up on in the event of a Coronavirus quarantine (whether mandatory or voluntary), I thought it was time I shared it with all my readers....
Preparation The mental and physical health benefits of getting outdoors include everything from a stronger immune system and better lung health to an improved mood and a more agile brain. So whether you’re an early bird, a night owl, or someone whose favorite time of day falls somewhere in the middle, fill your outside time with hobbies and activities that offer a broad range of benefits. Ultimately, it matters less what time of day you decide to explore the Great Outdoors—it’s just important that you do....
Preparation Sometimes a recipe calls for pecorino but you only have Parmigiano in your refrigerator. When you shop at the cheese store, you notice that Grana Padano cost a lot less than Parmigiano. There are probably a lot of reasons why you’d like to know what makes these three famed Italian hard cheeses different, including whther or not you can sub one for the other in recipes and grate any of them over your pasta dinner....
2 pork sausage 2 cups corn, drained 2 cups cream of potato soup 1 cup cream of potato roasted garlic soup 1 yellow onion, large, diced 4 cups half and half 4 cups 2% milk 1 tsp. butter, for sauteeing salt and pepper, to taste In a large frying pan, sautee onion in butter until just beginning to turn translucent. Add sausage and reduce heat while allowing to slowly brown and carmelize, about 30 to 45 minutes....
*** This recipe is part of a Christmas Special where I show you how to make 3 mains and 4 side dishes that take 1.5 hrs to prepare and can be largely made ahead. So this Christmas, you can spend less time in the kitchen and more time with your family! 🙂 *** Stuffing is not huge in Australia. We know what it is, but it isn’t at the forefront of our minds....
Watch the short video showing you how to make this S’Mores Ice Cream Cake, then scroll to the bottom of this post and print out the recipe so you can make it at home! It’s tough to be in Arizona for the summer. We tend to have our warmest weather in June, July, August and September, and that hot weather is definitely here now. Temps this week have been over 100 already and not terribly comfortable....
I make this using a store bought seafood marinara mix – prawns/shrimp, mussels, fish and calamari. But you can use any seafood you want! Creamy with no cream. The editor of Super Food Ideas magazine calls it a Nagi Special. 🙂 Because I do so many creamy-no-cream recipes! I make most of my creamy dishes and sauces without cream using a béchamel sauce using melted butter with flour (a roux) to thicken milk to create a creamy white sauce....
Preparation Whether you’re recovering from a hard workout or looking to relieve tightness in your body, a good stretch can offer some much-needed relief for sore muscles and joints. But what if your body is feeling a bit more than achey—should you be stretching to relieve pain? The answer depends on what type of pain you have. According to Amanda Freeman, founder and CEO of SLT and Stretch*d, tightness and minor aches and pains are best treated with a stretch....
Preparation Shooting stars and eclipses always catch our attention from right here on Earth, but there are plenty of equally as important things happening out in the galaxy that we may not know about. According to the Daily Mail, a 1,115-foot asteroid will be passing by our planet tonight. While it’ll safely move past Earth today, scientists say this same asteroid (dubbed “Apophis” after the Egyptian “God of Chaos”) could actually hit our planet in 2068....
All of this goodness rests in between two slices of chewy, grilled rye bread. Seriously, could it get any better? A Reuben sandwich is scrumptious all by itself, but there are some classic sides that will transform your sandwich into a savory feast. Wondering what to serve with Reuben sandwiches? We’ve got you covered. Ready your plates and your palates – here are 8 tasty side dishes that will take your meal from good to great!...
