Tag: Lifestyle

Braised Baby Turnips & Greens

View the print ready version of this recipe on Buttered Veg. The Buttered Veg website is a celebration of vegetables. Today, we are celebrating baby turnips and greens. These, my friends, are some bitter beauties. Turnips are one of those vegetables that have a bad reputation for some people. There’s a funny story in my…


How to Take Care of Your Breakouts, Blackheads, & Whiteheads!

To all the scrubs I used to love before, you’re not so bad after all—when used correctly. To kick off our new “love to hate” series, we’ll be dishing out the deets on physical scrubs, why they’re considered “controversial,” and share our take (and favorite products!) on why they can actually be beneficial for our…


Fairytale Castle Built by American Hotelier for His Wife Was Abandoned for 73 Years in Heartbreak

The story of a stunning castle, lovingly built in 1900 by an American hotelier for his wife, ended in heartbreak when the wife died suddenly at 31. The project was abandoned, and the castle stood empty for seven decades. Boldt Castle is the jewel in the crown of Heart Island, a five-acre private island among the…


Cheddar Herb Hasselback Potatoes

Getting creative for dinner is always a fun way to test out your cooking skills, but sometimes nothing beats a good old-fashioned plate of meat and potatoes. But you can get creative with that classic combination? Instead of baked potatoes, mashed potatoes or any other potato recipe, consider hasselback potatoes for dinner tonight. For the unfamiliar, hasselback potatoes…


Braised Lamb Shanks

It’s almost February, which means you might be hiting a wall when it comes to fulfilling those New Year’s cooking goals. After a couple weeks of experimenting in the kitchen, you’re back to making chicken every night of the week. If you’ve been feeling uninspired in the kitchen, this recipe for lamb shanks is sure to reinvigorate…


Install a New Glass Door on Your Fireplace

Bring a refreshing new look to an ordinary fireplace by replacing an old enclosure with a new glass door. A new glass door makes it safe as well as attractive, because it keeps kids and pets out of harm’s way and prevents runaway sparks and ashes from damaging carpeting or nearby furnishings. At home centers…


Yesterday’s Prisons Are Today’s Destinations

People entering the red-turreted building with barred windows pass by members of a chain gang dressed in striped shirts and trousers who are swinging long-handled sledgehammers. Once inside, the visitors go through a processing procedure to register them as new inmates at St. John’s Old County Jail in St. Augustine, Florida. But rather than being…


Shining Light on New Treatment for Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs

Superbugs face a new threat as scientists from the University of South Australia (UniSA) develop a light-activated treatment that destroys some of the most infamous and potentially deadly bacteria globally. The antimicrobial light therapy was tested on defiant infections caused by antibiotic-resistant (AMR) strains of staphylococcus aureus (Golden Staph) and pseudomonas aeruginosa, two of the six most lethal…


Sweet and Sour Glazed Tilapia

If you’re pescatarian, chances are you’re constantly looking for ways to dress up fish in the same ways most people jazz up chicken. Sure, fish has a plethora of health benefits and it’s high in protein, but it doesn’t always feel as versatile as other proteins. After weeks of cooking with soy sauce glazes, citrus, breadcrumbs and butter, what else can…


Tres Leches Cake

View the print-ready version of this recipe. Every person in my family would rank Tres Leches Cake in our top favorites of all time! I love that it’s not overly sweet, it’s super easy to make, I can make it in advance, and its absolutely delicious! We make it really often, especially when we’re having…