And we thought it couldn't get better than waffles with a big dollop of ice cream and rivers of maple syrup. While waffles are great year round, now that fall is in full swing, why not add a seasonal kick to your favorite breakfast/brunch treat?
Don't put up with another winter of discontent. There are simple things you can do to lift yourself out of the doldrums.
Starbucks is spicing things up ahead of this holiday season with a little augmented reality joy. This week the company launched its first Instagram filter, called Holijoy, delivered like an early Christmas gift and packing four seasonal lenses.
Big-box retailer Target has been on a bit of an augmented reality advertising shopping spree via Snapchat lately.
Everyone loves getting Christmas cards, and it's even better when they're handmade. This tutorial shows you how to make an elegant card that evokes feelings of winter in a snow covered forest, and expresses the seasonal Peace on Earth message.
Sure, junk food offers lots of calories for not much money. But you can create your own "happy" meals that are tasty, nutritious, and inexpensive. Certain foods to think about are oatmeal, evaporated milk, frozen and canned vegetables, seasonal fruits, bananas, apples, nuts, meat, peanut butter, beans, brown rice, and tuna. Watch this video nutrition tutorial and learn how to feed your family cheap, healthy meals.
Don't spend a lot of money on gift wrapping this year! You can take a stack of plain brown paper bags and use inexpensive markers, paint and seasonal stencils to decorate them for the holiday season and turn them into decorative gift bags.
This is a lovely idea that allows you to celebrate the whole year on your Christmas tree! These cute handmade paper ornaments feature a tiny calendar surrounded by flowers, beads, accents and symbols of the season the month falls in.
You don't have to be a scrapbooking wizard to make this! All you need are 32 brown paper lunch bags, and a small collection of paper crafting supplies. Make your own seasonal Christmas album, and record every day of the month!
This is an easy and seasonal craft you can do anytime--make a lovely Thanksgiving wreath! All you will need is the basic wreath form you can find at a craft store, plus artificial flowers, vegetables, and a hot glue gun.
This is a great seasonal arts and crafts project that you can do to turn a basic barette into a Thanksgiving themed hair clip. By using just a little bit of fall colored ribbon and some brown felt, you can make a cute turkey barette!
Coffee as a table decoration? You bet. You're probably used to having coffee in a cup as a hot drink or a cold latte, but coffee - rather, coffee beans - has so many uses than just for food.
Halloween doesn't have to be the only fall holiday in which you employ pumpkins. Pumpkins make excellent Thanksgiving decor, especially when paired with other autumnal hues from seasonal flowers and stems.
If you're looking for a new dish to try, why not get into the seasonal spirit and cook some pumpkin? Whether you're planning on making fresh, holiday pumpkin pies or pumpkin bread, adding fresh, cooked pumpkin is a tasty alternative to using the canned pumpkin puree you can find in most grocery stores. There are a variety of different ways to cook raw pumpkin, and perhaps one of the easiest involves boiling or steaming.
The chrysanthemum is a beautiful Chinese flower which often appears in artwork to represent autumn and the spirit of survival. Follow along with this this tutorial and learn how to add this seasonal subject matter to your next Chinese still life painting.
Why buy a brand new wallet when you can make one? And out of duct tape! Take the original duct tape wallet idea and kick it up a notch with help from this tutorial presented by Seasonal Science on how to make a multi-colored duct tape wallet. Show off your unique style at school with this unique accessory!
This how-to video from a Piece of Craft shows a way to take some fall seasonal gourds to make a decorative centerpiece for you Thanksgiving tabletop. You will need artificial leaves and berries, candles, and gourds. Watch this video hosting tutorial and learn how to craft a turkey shaped Thanksgiving table-top centerpiece.
Winter and springs rains may leak into your basement and cause damp and moldy air. This how to video shows you the DIY basics on making seasonal improvements to your home. Watch and learn how easy it is to keep the water out and the air nice and clean.
Tanja puts together a simple and seasonal raw tomato soup. Learn from freshtopia how to make your tomato soup simple and good. Freshtopia how-to videos are excellent videos that wonderhowto.com has borrowed for sharing the love of cooking great food!
Real flowers are seasonal and paper flowers can dust or tear, but a yarn flower will stand the test of time. Learn how to crochet a water lily by watching and following along with this video crafting tutorial series.
This video tutorial with teach how to make a box that will hold nuggets or a Kit Kat bar. Learn how to make a craft box out of art paper for Easter, Halloween, or for other seasonal arts and crafts projects.
Learn how to create an eye-catching Christmas card with a difference, as Corinne Bradd shows the easiest way to add dimension. The quirky three tiered tree design is sure to delight, and you can adapt the technique to make other seasonal favorites, such as an angel or snowman.
Turn two leaf charms into elegant, autumn-themed earrings with a few green and white crystals, jewelry wire and an earring base! This tutorial shows you how to make a pair of beautiful seasonal earrings for yourself, using two separate styles!
Protect your most important investment with seasonal maintenance. A regular schedule of periodic inspections and maintenance of windows can help prevent the most common, and costly, problems before they occur. Organized by season, this workshop covers topics such as repairing walkways and steps, cleaning out gutters, and checking the heating, AC and plumbing systems--everything you need to maintain your home year-round. Discover tips for checking window seals to save on heating in this how to...
This is a video tutorial on how to make a Christmas card ornament with paper. Learn how to make this seasonal Christmas greeting card that also doubles as holiday tree ornament.
If you're bored of the same old starches, then shake things up with an amazing vegetable couscous. Light, fluffy, and subtly flavored with fresh veggies, this couscous will please the palate, but won't keep you trapped in the kitchen all day.
"Jardiniere de legumes" is a delicious, healthy garden vegetable dish, that's simple to prepare. You can use any fresh, seasonal vegetables you like. It is healthy and delicious. Watch how to make it.
Why should women get all the pretty hats at Easter time? You can make a fun and seasonal Easter hat for a boy quite easily! This video shows you how to take a plain hat and turn it into a birds nest hat. You will need: a hat (a plastic party fedora will work just fine), a wide strip of ribbon for the brim, a pair of scissors, some raffia, artificial leaves, a stuffed or toy bird and some craft glue.
Seitan is known as gluten meat, or wheat meat. Basically, it's a vegetarian and vegan substitute for regular meat. Since National Vegan Day was November 1st, commemorate the holiday by making this delicious vegan seitan, kale, and squash dish.
Move over November, Movember is here to stay. Join the fight against men's cancer and grow your own moustache. But that's not all. Movember is a time to learn about staying healthy, and more importantly… being healthy! In this video, you'll learn how to prevent prostate cancer with the perfect morning shake.
Thinking about baking some cupcakes for Halloween? Whether you're looking for simple seasonal cupcakes that aren't overly decorated (these are very plain orange and white colored cupcakes) or need a delicious recipe for cupcakes that you will be decorating, this recipe is perfect.
You don't have to wear a costume or a tacky headpiece to look festive on Halloween. Whether you feel like you're too old to dress up or simply want to make your Halloween look more glamorous than in your face this year, this spiderweb eye look is pitch perfect.
Mmm mmm. There are loads of things we love about fall - the cooler weather, the leaves changing color, the return of the pumpkin spice latte at Starbuck's - but one of our favorite things is the seasonal comfort food. Soups are a must-have when the temperatures drop, and what better soups to chow down on than pumpkin soup and broccoli soup on a cool fall night?
Nippier fall weather - and the beginner of sweater season - means we're sure to be consuming lots more warm, sweet comfort foods to keep us nice and toasty even when it's dreary outside. From pumpkin spice muffins to warm apple cider, there's a lot to choose from during the fall season.
Don't let ripe orange pumpkins have all the fun this fall season. Ready your dinner table for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or just a fun fall get together by drilling a few holes in gourds to make them into candleholders.
A seasonal how-to for creating easy, perfect paper snowflakes. This is a fun Christmas craft this holiday season. To begin, start with a square sheet of paper. Fold the sheet corner to corner. Fold again to create a new triangle. Cut like crazy! For all sorts of patterns and ideas check out this accompanying article:
This is a "Southwest Yard and Garden" episode that details the proper selection of gardening tools for fighting seasonal weeds. Horticulturist and host Curtis Smith takes us to meet with Ron Jobe, an Albuquerque Master Gardener, to discuss the options available for such a task. Ron covers the various conditions a gardener is faced with, including the soil and the weeds themselves. Some suggested tools are: the Wing Hoe, Skimming Hoe, Raker, Pointed Hoe, and Stirrup Hoe. The use of each is off...
For most people who deal with seasonal cold weather, it makes sense to prepare one's car brakes/ABS for the winter weather. Ed Kriston from AAA Mid-Atlantic discusses typical brakes and anti-lock brakes. Kriston goes over the general makeup of how brakes work and what components make up the brake system. He goes over how to tell if there is sufficient brake pad to get you through the winter. To make sure your car brakes or anti-lock brakes are prepared for the cold weather, follow the steps i...
This video cooking tutorial shows how to prepare a thirty-minute chicken breast with marsala wine and mushrooms gourmet meal as instructed by the entertaining and charming Chef Dario, Southwest Florida's number one Italian Chef. The ingredients are red pepper, tomato, provolone, proscuitto, chicken, marsala wine, mushrooms, spinach, seasonal fruit, and sweet vermouth. Learn how to prepare this delicious dish by watching and following along with the step by step directions.
Quince is a fruit very similar to apples and pears in that it grows on a deciduous tree, but it is far too astringent to eat raw. Quinces are usually cooked for a long period of time until they lose some of that acidic flavor and become tender.
