I don't know about you, but I never look forward to swim suit season. Shopping for swim suits is avoided at all costs, but then you get invited to that one beach/ pool party that can't be turned down without appearing extremely rude. And somehow, someone corners you into promising to go swimming with them.
I don't know if this happens to you every year, but it does to me. Finding a cute, flattering swim suit that still leaves things to the imagination has rarely, if ever, been successful for me. However I found this article helpful and maybe you will too. At least you have a guide as you make that shopping trip now!
Check it out:
http://fashion.about.com/od/swimwear/a/findswimsuit.htm
May 19, 2011
May 8, 2011
Little Tips to Make Your Cooking Simpler
Are you ever in the kitchen just starting to cook something that you have been thinking about all day, when you realize you are missing a crucial ingredient? One egg when you need two…heavy cream gone bad…or maybe something weird like buttermilk that you just don’t have sitting in your fridge.
Well I have come across a few helpful tips [and they work!] for these items.
Buttermilk?!
Combine just under one cup of milk with 1 TB lemon juice or vinegar. Let sit for 5 minutes. You just made buttermilk.
Oh no! I just ran out of brown sugar.
Combine 1 cup of white sugar with 1 TB molasses. Stir for long enough and you have brown sugar- home made!
Heavy cream gone bad?
Mix ¾ cup milk with 1/3 cup butter. Melt butter, pour into cup and stir. Equals 1 cup heavy cream.
Short on eggs? Substitute it!
Precisely 1/3 cup of applesauce equals one egg.
1/3 cup is the typical snack size applesauce container you buy at the grocery store. Best part? Now you can eat cookie dough without worrying about getting sick. I make it for my husband all the time and he loves it. Also, you can’t tell any difference in taste or texture from eggs-whether the cookies are cooked or uncooked!
Well I have come across a few helpful tips [and they work!] for these items.
Buttermilk?!
Combine just under one cup of milk with 1 TB lemon juice or vinegar. Let sit for 5 minutes. You just made buttermilk.
Oh no! I just ran out of brown sugar.
Combine 1 cup of white sugar with 1 TB molasses. Stir for long enough and you have brown sugar- home made!
Heavy cream gone bad?
Mix ¾ cup milk with 1/3 cup butter. Melt butter, pour into cup and stir. Equals 1 cup heavy cream.
Short on eggs? Substitute it!
Precisely 1/3 cup of applesauce equals one egg.
1/3 cup is the typical snack size applesauce container you buy at the grocery store. Best part? Now you can eat cookie dough without worrying about getting sick. I make it for my husband all the time and he loves it. Also, you can’t tell any difference in taste or texture from eggs-whether the cookies are cooked or uncooked!
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