We've all walked into a restaurant with the best of intentions only to order something absurd, like a cheese-injected burger topped with bacon on a brioche bun. It's delicious for the few minutes it takes to eat the thing, and then you're left with a bellyful of regret and an inability to directly look at the numbers on your scale. Turns out that getting yourself to make healthy choices isn't as hard as one might think.
I don't drink a lot of milk, so when I do, it's always whole milk. I'll drink two-percent if it's the only kind available, but skim? I'd rather have none at all. Tons of people buy reduced fat milk because they're trying to eat healthier, but to me, the extra calories are totally worth it. And, contrary to popular belief, whole milk is actually better for you anyway. Just like diet soda, the downsides of reducing the number of calories in milk outweigh the benefits. Studies have found that co...
If you look at the label on your favorite processed snack, there's a good chance you have no idea what half the ingredients are. It's nothing new, but with natural and organic foods becoming huge trends, we're hyper-aware of all the "chemicals" we eat.
Personally, I think Velveeta is pretty gross. Nothing about its texture, flavor, or color resembles real cheese. But your taste in cheese isn't the important part—what matters is having something good to eat while you watch the game.
Why can't all electronic devices be waterproof like my watch? There are watches worth three times as much as my iPhone that I can wear into the hot tub without a worry in the world, but cleaning most of my electronics requires a lot of caution.
Sea otters are the largest members of the weasel family. When people started hunting sea otters for their fur, their population fell from roughly 225,000 to about 1,500, until the International Fur Seal Treaty took effect in 1911. Since the international ban on otter hunting, the population has rebounded back to roughly 107,000.
Now that you know what a staff is, how many lines and spaces are in a staff, and what the different clef's are, it's time to learn where the notes go in each one. It's crucial to understanding note placement and everything else that involves using the staff to learn the sayings for each space and line. For the Treble Clef spaces, it's "FACE", for Treble Clef lines it's "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge", for Bass clef spaces it's "All Cows Eat Grass" and for the lines he uses "Green Birds Don't ...
A nice juicy, grilled slab of meat is every man's idea of a perfect dinner. The flaming fire, the torched meat and the smell of charred delight, but barbecuing can be really unhealthy, mostly for the prostate. So, what better time to learn how to grill your meats to prostate perfection than November… um… Movember?
How do you amp up your current cardio/strength training routine to make sure you burn extra calories and shed extra fat? By jumping. Though jumping sounds easy, after you try this routine and repeat it a few times we'd be surprised if you weren't completely winded and sweaty. Do these exercises after your usual routine to really kick things up:
In this video, a man answer questions sent in by viewers, about various plants. First he covers how to braid a ficus tree trunk. To do that you must grow the trees close together, then trim off the bottom limbs, and braid the trunks. Next he talks about growing miniature roses indoors. Miniature roses must be carefully watches for mold, insects, and over-exposure to sunlight when grown indoors. Then he answers a question about carnivorous plants. He covers the Venus fly trap, and demonstrates...
How to prepare and crack Alaskan King Crab legs
Catching sight of a hummingbird floating from flower to flower is one of those rare gifts from nature. In this quick and easy guide, use a little bit of science and learn how to make a hummingbird feeder that will attract all the birds in the yard.
Roti is a simple unleavened flatbread, which is an integral part of Indian cuisine. Making roti is actually easier than you may think. Join Sheba as she shows you how to make roti (preparing dough and cooking).
Even if you haven't heard of Facebook's game "Snake" before, you've probably played it at one point or another. The idea is that of a snake - at first one dot, then many in a slithering string - swirling around your screen and the object is to guide your snake to eat the red apple.
Watermelons are delicious and juicy, but they also cause a mess when you try to carve them most of the time. Not if you do it this way! Watch this video to learn how you can cube a watermelon without getting sticky juice everywhere.
You can cook a skillet of toasted pecans to add a tasty crunch for salads and desserts. Toast pecans with a little butter and sugar in your oven. You can even eat them as a tasty snack! This recipe can be made in your oven, on the stove top or even a microwave!
Want to stop SVCHOST.EXE from eating all of your Microsoft XP computer's processing power? It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to from the folks at Britec can present a complete overview of the process in just over five minutes. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look.
A seafood wrap is the best way to eat lunch! And Woman's Day Magazine tells you just how to make this simple seafood salad sandwich. It only takes three ingredients, which include flour wraps, lettuce leaves and a pound of deli-style seafood salad. That's it. Just wrap up the lettuce and seafood salad in the flour tortillas and serve!
This meal isn't just easy to make, it's easy to clean up, too! And that's because this chicken parmesan recipe only requires three ingredients, which include frozen breaded chicken patties, a cup of fire-roasted tomato and garlic pasta sauce, and a cup of shredded mozzarella and asiago cheese. You won't believe how easy this is to make, and to eat!
A macrobiotic diet is a healthy way of eating that promotes good digestion and weight loss. In this tutorial, learn all about this diet and why the celebrities love to follow it. If you are considering a healthier lifestyle filled with grains and veggies, this is perfect for you. Check out this clip and consider the option.
In this tutorial, learn how to make a scary, high maintenence dish - wild mushroom risotto. This meal is a little tough to make but is totally worth it when you eat a spoonful of that creamy goodness. In this clip from the Food Network you will learn some useful tips to make the process much easier and come out with a perfect dinner every time. Enjoy!
We all remember that "special" kid from 2nd grade who always wore homemade clothing and ate glue because it tasted funny. Well, although we don't recommend you ever go chugging the Elmer's, glue is useful for more than just gluing things together.
What's better than milk chocolate chips? Milk chocolate chips dipped in even more chocolate, of course! Learn how to have your chocolate and eat it too by watching this video on baking scrumptous deep kisses in chocolate.
This quick video for the home chef teaches us how to ripen fruit quickly. Not quite as quickly as this video ends, but more quickly than it would otherwise. A must for anyone who has ever slapped their forehead at the sight of the pile of green bananas at the supermarket and lamented the days and days that they would have to wait to eat them.
In this video from Raw Radiant Health, Natasha explains how to begin a raw food diet. First, you need to decide when you want to start. Clearly define your goals and stick with them. Once you set a starting date, you can prepare your kitchen beforehand. Your fruit should be ripe. She always has ripe fruit in her kitchen, but she also keeps things that are jut beginning to ripen, so that there is always food that can be eaten immediately, and also food that can wait a while before eating.
Fairly recently Apple introduced Multimedia Messaging on the iPhone and iPod touch, allowing people to send pictures and other media through text messages. What does this mean for users? Well, if you want to take a picture of yourself eating a hamburger and then send it to your vegetarian friend, you can!
Some Chinese dishes that sound healthy are surprisingly fat-laden. These tips will help you avoid diet land mines.
Don't let that tomato plant go too wild! This how-to video shows how to transform a wily tomato plant into a well-pruned plant. This video also shows how to train the plant to grow up a string. Start eating better tomatoes, even in a smaller space.
All stuffed up and wanting to breathe – but without the chemicals? Here's how to get relief fast! Learn how to clear up a stuffed nose with this home remedy.
Weight loss will occur naturally with healthy choices and exercise. So weight loss should start with a healthy metabolism. Learn how to get started losing weight from a registered dietician in this diet and health how-to video.
Spend time in the kitchen with your kids and teach them to eat healthy. This how to video demonstrates how to make a ricotta fruit dips with your kids. All you need for this fruity ricotta dip is your favorite fruit, yogurt, and ricotta cheese.
Holiday cookies are a treat to eat and a pain to decorate. This how to video shows you how to decorate baked and cut poinsettia cookies with royal icing. The various colors used to decorate the poinsettia cookies makes this a tedious task, so follow along.
Baked beans can be much more than the regular ones you're used to. This baked beans recipe takes an old country classic and spruces it up. These beans are easy to make and delicious to eat! In this how to video, Rita Heikenfeld shows you how to cook "Bodacious Baked Beans".
This simple yet tasty recipe will have you in and out of the kitchen and eating yout mahi mahiin no time. This is a great broiled mahi mahi recipe that uses olive oil, herb blend, kosher salt and fresh ground pepper.
In this tutorial video, Emmanuel Abidemi of Bolat restaurant shows how to scoop up stew using your hands and bits of doughy fufu. This is a great treat because of it's diverse flavors and African influences.
In this tutorial video, the nice people at Solga restaurant show us how to wrap lettuce around beef short ribs cooked tableside. These are a delicious Korean treat for any time of the year.
Make homemade cranberry jelly with tips from this how-to video on not being hungry. Have you ever eaten a black banana on Thanksgiving? This Thanksgiving, enjoy it to the max with homemade cranberry sauce.
Make garlic ginger chicken wings with tips from this how-to video, even if you'd prefer to eat garlic ginger rabbit wings. You have to remember that rabbits don't have wings and you should settle with a chicken instead--even if you don't like chicken.
Check out this how-to video to survive off of saffron cous cous salad for a week. Just use a small pinch of saffron. Too much, and your food can take on a medicinal flavor. The bill for this will be about $11 for meat, frozen peas & carrots, a can of corn, an onion and some garlic. (And, yes, the saffron is expensive.)
Watch this how to video to learn how to make jello that glows! Its completely safe to eat, makes a great party treat and is super simple to make.