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Living (and loving) Life
Well, winter is just around the corner, and if you happen to live in a temperate zone that means you’ll likely be shoveling snow before long.
Personally, I don’t mind shoveling snow. In a weird way I actually enjoy it.
But one thing I don’t enjoy is constantly having to whack my snow shovel on the ground in order to knock a chunk of compacted snow off of it!
As luck would have it, I’ve discovered an easy way to prevent snow from sticking to a shovel in the first place…
Living (and loving) Life
Have you ever visited an unfamiliar city or town and felt uneasy about having to leave your car parked on the street?
Well, I’ve been in that situation many times over the course of my lifetime, and a police officer friend once gave me a great piece of advice…
Living (and loving) Life
Have you ever been invited over to someone else’s house for dinner?
If so, they probably served something that you really liked along with another item or two that you weren’t all that fond of.
That’s why it’s always best to start out by taking small portions of foods that you’ve never tried before to see if you’re going to like them.
I’ve seen some foods that looked absolutely amazing but ended up tasting horrible.
And trust me, there are few things that are less pleasant than feeling obligated to eat something that tastes awful simply because you don’t want to hurt your host’s feelings.
There are two important advantages to starting out with small portions when someone invites you over for dinner: [Read more…]
Have you ever found yourself needing to open a tin can but for whatever reason you didn’t have a can opener available?
I have too, and it can be very frustrating.
I’ve since learned that there’s a simple way to open most any tin can using nothing but an ordinary metal spoon like the ones in your silverware drawer.
It’s no secret that I love to eat, and one of my favorite meals is a rack of tender and juicy baby-back barbecue ribs!
I’ve tried cooking my own baby-back ribs at various times, and truth be told, they never turned out that great for me.
The problem is I’m sort of impatient when it comes to cooking, and as you probably know cooking great “fall off the bone” ribs takes some time.
Well, I recently stumbled across a fantastic video that shows how to use an Instant Pot to cook a rack of absolutely delicious and super-tender baby-back ribs in just one hour!