By: Joe Dockter
Yellowstone vacations are fun and camping can be a way to experience the park up close. A few simple rules have been established to make sure campsites are available for everyone. Following these rules can make Yellowstone vacations even more fun. Read the rest of this article »
By: Michael R. Mitchell
That darned spare tire is a problem that many men face and can be the most annoying to overcome.
The women who have love handles and a pooch of a belly might call it a “muffin top.” Some tips to losing love handles are described below, which are going to help you get in the best shape you can be and to never lose that shape again.
By: Diane Palmer
Growing tomatoes in a rural area, can be hard if you often have “unauthorized visitors” in the night, such as deer, rabbits, foxes, raccoon etc.. Even towns and cities can be plagued by these visitors, who also think your beautiful tomatoes are “just right”.
Have you ever noticed, that they will often wait until your large juicy tomato is ripe for picking before they snack?. They will wait until you have done all the hard work of raising a great vegetable garden. Then they invite all their friends and have a buffet style midnight snack on your tomatoes and other vegetables, while you are sleeping.
In the morning, it looks like the leftovers of a party, you get to clean it all up and you were not even invited!
So.. What do you do?. besides erecting a scare crow, or taking shifts guarding your prized tomatoes and other vegetables with a big stick to scare them off? Try this:
GREAT TIP: How to safeguard your growing tomatoes: Many animals, including deer, rabbits, foxes and raccoons, and sometimes cats and dogs (although they mostly dig in your garden rather than take the tomato) HATE the smell of vinegar, even when it is dried.
So get yourself a large jug of white distilled vinegar, (it does not cost much and is worth it) pour some in a bowl and soak a few rags with the full strength vinegar, do not dilute it.
Place the vinegar soaked rags on stakes around your garden, especially near your tomato plants. (But not on the plants, just in the area) The more stakes the better. Then re-soak them every week or so, until you can harvest your tomatoes and other vegetables.
This will put off the party animals, at least until next year, unless of course you get one with no sense of smell!.
By: Kamen Loze
itamin B2, also known as Riboflavin is a water soluble vitamin. It helps to regulate red blood cells growth and helps to maintain healthy eyes and skin. B2 maintains a strong immune system with added protection from free radicals. The vitamin is necessary for the production of flavin mononucleotide and for flavin adenine denucleotide. Riboflavin is essential for the proper formation of red blood cells and hence helps produce anti bodies. It is also required to maintain the mucous membranes that are located throughout the digestive tract.
By: Karen Ciancio
Warm weather brings thoughts of cool food and recipes that don’t require a lot of indoor cooking. Who wants to tend a long, slow cooked meal when the sun is out and the warm weather beckons?
Here are three warm weather salads that have become some of my favorite summer salad recipes.
None of them require you to be any where near an oven or hot stove except to boil some water, and all are perfect for even the hottest summer days.
Serve them as side vegetable dishes or as a light lunch with a green salad and crusty bread.
Shrimp and Avocado Salad
This is a lovely salad recipe that is great as a side salad or as a light luncheon recipe. Serve it in lettuce cups for lunch along with some fresh crusty bread and a great dessert. Just perfect!
1 pound frozen cooked shrimp, thawed
1 cup celery, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons Italian salad dressing
4 tablespoons mayonnaise
salt and pepper to taste
1 avocado
2 teaspoons lemon juice
Combine the shrimp, celery, Italian dressing and mayonnaise. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Chill, covered until ready to serve.
When ready to serve, peel and dice the avocado. Mix immediately with the lemon juice to prevent the avocado from going dark. Add to the shrimp mixture and mix gently.
Serves 6
Cucumber Salad
This recipe is delicious, but oh so easy. It’s a great recipe to serve company at a barbecue because it gets made ahead and sits in the fridge for a few hours until you are ready for it. The best summer entertaining recipes are ones that don’t require the host and hostess to be in the kitchen cooking while guests lounge outside.
3 large cucumbers, peeled and thinly sliced
1 1/4 cups red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1/2 head of lettuce, shredded
1 tablespoon honey
good pinch black pepper
1/2 teaspoon fresh dill, chopped
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Toss all the ingredients thoroughly in a large salad bowl. Chill for 2 hours before serving.
That’s it!
Lime Jello Cottage Cheese Salad
This is a lovely light salad recipe that is perfect for a summer barbecue but also works well all year on a buffet table. The addition of cottage cheese may sound odd, but it is a great flavor mix with the Jello. The crunch of the celery and green pepper add another layer of flavor and fresh taste.
1 - 3 ounce package lime jelly powder
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup cold water
1 teaspoon vinegar or lemon juice
1/2 cup mayonnaise
salt and pepper
3/4 cup chopped celery
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped
Blend with beater and chill until firm 1″ from edge of dish. Turn it into a bowl and beat it until it becomes light and fluffy. Fold in 1 cup cottage cheese, celery, onion and green pepper. Chill fully before serving.
Don’t forget that most of your favorite summer salad recipes are great all year round too.
