Food & Cooking
29 fruit smoothie recipesFruit smoothies are a delicious treat. Unlike a lot of sweets, they involve actual food in the form of fruit. In fact, the very best recipes are the ones are the ones that don’t add a ton of sugar, ice ...
70+ Egg RecipesThere are a lot of ways you can eat an egg, and even more recipes that feature egg as a main ingredient. The nutritional content of eggs is excellent, and researchers now know the high cholesterol in eggs doesn’t translate ...
Crafts
14 Free quilt patternsOne of the great things about quilts is that you can make them from the good parts of old sweaters or other materials that have seen better days. You can mix these fabric pieces in with brand new ones, or ...
6 crafts you can make from recycled plastic bottlesI stopped buying bottled water a couple of years ago. I now drink filtered tap (because water here tastes bad, not because I’m afraid of the quality of it) and only buy bottles when I find myself unexpectedly on the ...
Money
Make your own pre-cooked frozen dinnersEven though some frozen dinners are less unhealthy than others, they’re still pricey. You pay for that convenience. There’s a better option: make your own frozen dinners. The advantages to making your own are: you can control what goes in ...
Identity theft protection tipsThe best way to deal with identity theft is to prevent it in the first place. That’s not always possible, but there are definitely a few things you can do to protect yourself and minimize the chances of anyone getting ...
Household
Apartment gardening tipsGrowing a garden in an apartment might sound like an impossibility, but it’s not. Even if you have no sunlight or no place to put any soil, there are options for you. In most cases, you can get started very ...
Homemade furniture polishStore-bought furniture polish doesn’t come cheap. It’s also not particularly environmentally friendly, and can irritate some people – you may develop respiratory symptoms, a feeling of depression or irritability, or just a general sleepiness or malaise. Those are all actually ...
