Homemade Potato Chips... from the Microwave?

You Will Need: Something to make thin slices with (eg. a cheese grater or mandoline) A potato (or two or three..) Cooking oil Pastry brush Parchment paper Plate Microwave Sea salt Other seasonings such as vinegar, chili powder,...

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Should You Neuter Your Pets?

According to Animal World Network, for every human baby born there are seven puppies and kittens born. Everyone knows there are way too many stray dogs and cats out there, but have you considered the health and environmental impacts of all that? ...

How to Reduce Your Waste

Chances are, you know garbage is bad. Landfills are the smelly armpits of humanity, and everyone knows it. So why are we still wasting so much stuff? Dragging that huge plastic garbage bag out to the curb...

Build Your Own Scratching Post

Unfortunately for cats, many people get fed up with destructive scratching behaviour and simply have their pet's paws mutilated in the barbaric veterinary procedure known as "declawing". What many people don't realize is that scratching is like...

How to Buy an Aquarium as a Gift

Buying someone an aquarium can be tricky business, and the success of your gift depends largely on how well you know the person and how far you are willing to go in preparing the tank for their home. Fish make wonderful pets for people who are...

The World's BEST Homemade Caramel Popcorn (Recipe With Pictures)

3/4 Cups Unpopped Popcorn Kernels (or a package of microwave popcorn) 1/2 Cup Butter or Margarine 1 Cup Brown Sugar 1/4 Cup Corn Syrup 1/4 tsp Baking Soda 1/2 tsp Vanilla OPTION: Nuts such as almonds, peanuts, walnut pieces, or whatever you...

Tips for a Low Maintenance Fish Tank

Aquariums have developed the reputation of being murky algae-covered death traps for fish. Unfortunately for many, busy lives do take over and the novelty of the new pet will fade over time and aquarium maintenance becomes a neglected household...

Boiled to Death? Try Steam!

Steaming veggies is like a compromise between raw and boiled. It tastes better, the vegetables look infinitely more appetizing, and you don't lose nutrients by dumping them down the drain in the boil-water....

8 Ways to Have Fun With Cardio

1. Find Music that Makes You MOVE Forget the generic workout tunes...if they haven't worked yet, they won't work ever. Find music you really like that makes you want to dance. Anything! It doesn't even have to sound like workout music. If it gets...