The husband questions a recipe featuring oatmeal. Boring, he says. Challenge accepted. Baking oats over a layer of buttery cinnamon apples proves the opposite of mundane. In fact, some fans (daughter and son) posit this slightly sweet breakfast recipe just might stand in for dessert. Especially if served with a scoop of whipped cream or…
A Handful of Florida Beaches Are Ranked Among the Deadliest in the Nation. What to Know
By Jeff Kleinman From Miami Herald Miami—The beach in Fort Lauderdale has been ranked among the top 10 deadliest in the nation in a travel survey. It’s the only one in South Florida to make the Top 10 list, which is dominated by other beaches in the state. Shark attacks, surf fatalities and hurricanes were…
This Flourless Chocolate Torte Has an Unbeatable Fudgy Texture
This chocolate torte is super simple and made with just a handful of ingredients. It’s different from a typical cake, in that it doesn’t contain any flour, making it naturally gluten-free and extra fudgy. I had a gaggle of 10-year-old girls at my house while I was testing this recipe, and all of them unanimously…
In a Rush? Try This Quick Pasta Dish
When I am in a hurry and have the ingredients on hand, this pasta dish is easy to put together. It’s a standby in my recipe rotations for quick meals. Feel free to use any short tubular pasta. I am partial to fusilli for this dish. While there are many like-sauces on the market shelves,…
Pull Apart This Sticky-Sweet Treat and Share With Your Friends!
Monkey bread is a knotty-looking loaf of sweet bread made from balls of dough coated with cinnamon, sugar, and melted butter. It’s traditionally served warm so that the sticky baked pieces can be pulled apart. The name “monkey” refers to how you eat this sweet treat—with your hands. Monkey Bread Serves 8 Ingredients 1/2 cup…
There’s Nothing Quite Like Homemade Beef Broth
Beef broth is one of the key ingredients in beef stews, pot roasts, and a variety of comforting beef dishes. Although there are many good-quality beef broths available to buy at the store, there is nothing quite like making your own and adapting the flavors and seasonings to your own taste or what you’ll be…
Light-as-Air Pandan Chiffon Cake Is Fluffy Perfection
Pandan—a tropical plant with long, spear-like leaves—infuses this light and fluffy cake with its distinctive herbal flavor, jasmine-like aroma, and light green color. This variation of the chiffon cake is popular in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, where pandan is plentiful and found in many desserts and drinks. In the United States, frozen pandan leaves are…
Tips From a Therapist on How to Manage Travel Anxiety
Thinking about getting back into the travel game but feeling a bit anxious about it? Jules Jean-Pierre, a marriage and family therapist and mental health counselor who works in Orange Park, Florida, offers tips for managing everything from general anxiety to predictive anxiety and ways to deal with them to make your trip relaxing. When…
Lettuce Belongs in More Than Just Salad!
For ground beef that’s moist and tender instead of tough, we turn to an ingredient that’s more common in cookie and cake recipes: baking soda. Mixing the raw ground beef with baking soda changes the meat’s pH (how acidic it is), making it harder for proteins to link up as the beef cooks. (Too many…
The Zugspitze: Germany’s Breathtaking Rooftop
One of my favorite places to be in Europe is atop the Zugspitze—the highest point in Germany. Standing on this 9,700-foot peak, you can’t help but marvel at the thought that you’re the highest person in the entire country—number one out of 82 million. From here, facing south, I feel like a maestro conducting a…
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