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These 24 Charts Are All You Need To Eat Healthy This Year

These 24 Charts Are All You Need To Eat Healthy This Year

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4 Ways to Cook Brussels Sprouts Steps Method 1 of 4: Boiled Brussels Sprouts Brussels Sprouts Step 1 Version 2.360p.mp4- Watch a 10 second video1Bring a pot of water to a boil. Strawberry Mango Breakfast Smoothie. - Sallys Baking Addiction Juicy strawberries, mangos, bananas, and your favorite granola come together in this healthy layered smoothie! A few of my favorite things join forces today in this cold, creamy breakfast smoothie. Strawberries, mangoes, bananas, and/or granola are usually always apart of my breakfast in some form or another. But today, I blended them into this gorgeous drink. Pretty drinks just taste better, right? I’m a sucker for smoothies. A Traveller, A Writer A Bit of a Character The captain of the Victory was a bit of a character, we were warned when we booked our passage from Colombia to Panama. Crossing the Darién gap, a hundred mile stretch of land spanning the Panama-Colombia border, is incredibly unsafe, and with a preference for a more adventurous option than flying, we opted for a sea crossing.

Easy Pickled Banana Peppers for Salads or Sandwiches - Cucina Kristina Enjoy deli-style sandwiches at home by adding a few of these easy pickled banana peppers. They are also a great way to add some crunch and flavor to an ordinary salad. The recipe below is for refrigerator banana peppers, but if you find yourself with a crazy producing banana pepper plant, I’ve included the instructions for canning them. By popular demand, I’ve updated the recipe below so that it can be used for refrigerator banana peppers AND canned banana peppers. Caramel Peanut Butter Truffles I used to think truffles were complicated. I used to think they required candy thermometers and careful attention and Maldon sea salt and only the finest and most expensive ingredients available. I thought they simply weren’t for me. I was wrong. It all starts with date caramel. Have you tried the stuff?

4 Ways to Cook Fresh Green Beans Ingredients Basic Green Beans, 3 Ways Green beans, washed with ends removedWaterSalt and pepper Green Bean Salad 2 cups (250 g) green beans, cooked1 tomato, diced1 red onion, diced1 cup (240 g) feta cheese, crumbled2 Tablespoons (30 g) red wine vinegar2 Tablespoons (30 g) olive oilSalt and pepper Fresh Green Bean Casserole Top 15 Vegan Breakfast Recipes of 2011 Not many people know that I’m a former stats geek. During my 2nd year of my undergrad program, I was absolutely terrified to take my first stats course. I thought I was going to fail, thus shattering my dreams of going to grad school. As it turned out, I ended up falling in love with (most) of my stats courses, studied my butt off, and excelled in them. I surprised myself because I’m not normally a math person, but stats appeal to me because they tell a story! Stats have a hook.

Helping Out: Volunteering in the South Caribbean - Puerto Viejo Satellite The Caribbean Coast has an incredible biodiversity. There are several organizations working in the area to protect it. Caring for infant animals whose mothers have been killed or disappeared until they can be rereleased into the wild is one of the aims of the center. Jaguar Rescue Centre Centre to rehabilitate mistreated, injured and/or confiscated animals, which are then reintroduced to their natural habitat in protected areas.

10 Absolutely Worst Foods to Eat" Movie-theater popcorn may be bad for you because of the oils it's popped in and the butter on top, but at least making it doesn't cause "popcorn lung" -- don't laugh, that's a real disease. It's also known as bronchiolitis obliterans. Butter-flavored microwave popcorn doesn't really get its flavor from butter; it gets it from chemicals and flavoring agents.

Cartagena travel guide Cartagena (Colombia) The city was the first Spanish colony on the American continent and one of the first sanctuaries of freed African slaves in the Americas. It is currently populated by an ethnic mix representative of Colombia's own variety. Cartagena, located on Colombia's northern coast and facing the Caribbean Sea, is the most visited city in the country by tourists.

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