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Cauliflower Parmesan Ingredients Cooking spray 1 large head cauliflower (about 2 pounds) ½ teaspoon salt, divided ½ teaspoon ground pepper, divided 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil ½ cup chopped onion 2 large cloves garlic, minced 1 ½ cups crushed tomatoes ¼ cup red wine 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella Chopped parsley for garnish Directions Step 1 Position rack in upper third of oven. Preheat to 450 degrees F. Line a large rimmed baking…

Cheesy Baked Potato Skins Ingredients Ingredient Checklist 4 large russet potatoes (about 3 pounds), scrubbed 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon ground pepper ½ cup shredded Cheddar cheese Sour cream, chives and/or crumbled cooked bacon for garnish Directions Step 1 Prick potatoes several times with a fork. Place on a microwave-safe plate and microwave on High for 5 minutes. Carefully turn the potatoes and continue microwaving until soft, 8 to 10…

Vegan Big Mac Recipe Ingredient List 8 Vegan Burgers 8 slices Vegan Cheese 4 large Burger Rolls 2 large Gherkins 2 tablespoons Minced White Onion Half a Baby Gem Lettuce For the vegan Big Mac Sauce 3 tablespoons Vegan Mayonnaise 1 tsp Garlic Powder 1 tsp Onion Powder 2 tsp Yellow Mustard 1 tsp White Wine Vinegar 2 tsp Paprika Method Start by mixing all of the Vegan Big Mac Sauce ingredients together in a mixing bowl. If you purchased thick vegan burger patties, slice them in…

Homemade Krispy Kreme Doughnuts 2 (1/4 ounce) packages yeast 1/4 cup water (105-115) 1 1/2 cups lukewarm milk (scalded, then cooled) 1/2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1/3 cup shortening 5 cups all-purpose flour canola oil Glaze 1/3 cup butter 2 cups powdered sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla 4 -6 tablespoons hot water Directions: Dissolve yeast in warm water in 2 1/2-quart bowl. Add milk, sugar, salt, eggs, shortening and 2 cups flour. Beat on low for 30 seconds, scraping…

Homecooked Wendy’s style Chili Ingredients 2 pounds lean ground beef 2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper 4 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce 2 (15.25-ounce) cans pinto beans, rinsed and drained 2 (15.25-ounce) cans kidney beans, rinsed and drained 2 (14.5-ounce) cans fire-roasted diced tomatoes with garlic 1 (7-ounce) can roasted green chiles, diced and peeled 2 teaspoons onion powder 2 teaspoons ground cumin 2 tablespoons New Mexico chili powder 1…

Home cooked White Castle Sliders Ingredients 1 1/2 pounds hamburger 1 onion, chopped 1 package Lipton onion soup mix 1 tablespoon peanut butter 1/2 cup milk Sara Lee Classic Dinner Rolls (they're in the bread isle at my supermarket), sliced in half Optional- Cheese slices Directions In a large bowl mix (with your hands or a spoon) the hamburger, Lipton onion soup mix, peanut butter, and milk. Spread the meat mixture on a cookie sheet with a lip. Abbott was my helper, he…

Big Mac® Clone Ingredients ⅔ pound ground beef (85% lean) 2 cups mayonnaise 2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish 1 ½ teaspoons white wine vinegar, or more to taste 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon ground paprika 4 hamburger bun bottoms 2 hamburger bun tops 2 tablespoons minced onion, or to taste ½ cup shredded lettuce, or to taste 2 tablespoons dill pickle slices, or to taste 2 slices American cheese salt and…

Copycat Chipotle® Chicken Ingredients 1 ounce dried chipotle chile pepper 1 ounce dried ancho chile pepper ½ cup water ½ red onion, cut into small chunks 4 cloves garlic 2 teaspoons sea salt 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 ½ pounds skinless, boneless chicken thighs Directions Step 1 Place chipotle chile pepper and ancho chile pepper in a bowl; pour in water. Cover bowl and let sit until peppers…

A Prayer for Looking Ahead This bedtime prayer asks God to help guide focus for the next day. Additionally, it calls for gratitude for the coming day and for a renewed spirit. These are all wonderful ways to approach the night and to look ahead at what’s to come. “Lord, help me to focus tomorrow on what really matters. I’m so grateful for another day. Please help me to keep that spirit of gratitude as I face the ebbs and flows of life; help me to see the good in the bad and…

One fast food burger can have meat from 100 different cows. It sounds like a crazy amount, but the ground beef used to make burgers, both in fast food places and grocery stores, is made of a collection of muscle tissues.

The most expensive pizza in the world is $12,000 dollars. That’s because it takes 72 hours to make, and it can only be made in your home by 3 Italian chefs. The pizza is topped with 3 types of caviar, bufala mozzarella, lobster from Norway and Cilento, and pink Australian sea salt.

Is “hearting” posts the only way we can “share tips” anymore? That seems to be but not every post I click hearts on seem to get tipped. I noticed this has been how my noise cash works since I got back after spending a week in hospital.

Most supermarket wasabi is actually horseradish. Real wasabi is challenging to make and expensive. As an alternative, most wasabi for sale is colored horseradish with flavorings

Pound cake got its name from its recipe. The early recipes of pound cake called for one pound of butter, one pound of eggs, and one pound of sugar.

American photographer Harry Whittier Frees dressed his cats – as well as the cats and dogs of his neighbors – in small, people-like clothing and gave them props before photographing them. The black-and-white pictures of these cats and dogs were often given witty captions by Frees, making them the (unknowingly) first LOLcat memes!

An Egyptian necklace dated as being 5,000 years old has been found to have been made out of meteoritic metals. The nine beads were found to contain high levels of nickel, cobalt, prosperous and germanium – all characteristic metals of a meteorite. Even more interesting is how the beads were made. They were rolled from thin sheets of metal which contradicts what historians believed about the smithing abilities of Ancient Egyptians, having previously believed the beads to have…

On August 20, 2013, the world record for the world’s biggest Lego tower was smashed by a group of students from Delaware, USA. Their tower measured 112 feet in height and was constructed using more than 500,000 pieces of Lego!

There is a hybrid-sport birthed from the comic book of a French artist and filmmaker called Chess Boxing. This consists of six four-minute chess rounds interposed with five three-minute boxing rounds. A contestant wins when they get a knock-out or technical stoppage within the boxing round, or through a check-mate or forfeit within the chess rounds.

It is estimated that in the Amazon Rainforest alone there between 20-40 million different species of animals, most of which are insects, as well as over 40,000 species of plant!

Colombian drug-lord Pablo Escobar kept four Hippos in his estate before his death in 1993. Deemed too much hassle to move by authorities, his Hippos were left there and have since bred and escaped becoming an invasive species of Colombia.

The wild boar was once thought to be extinct within Ireland, but over 50 of them have been found and caught roaming the country in 2013 alone! They are thought to have been re-introduced to the country illegally by poachers.

You are three times more likely to get a virus on your computer from a Religious website than from a Porn website.

In 2007, a 1000-gallon inflatable swimming pool was stolen from someone’s back-garden without a single drop of water being found!

The bumblebee bat is not only the world’s smallest bat, but it is also the world’s smallest mammal. These cute little creatures weigh only 2 grams. They are 29 to 33mm in length, with a wingspan of approximately 170mm!

In the Vietnam War, American soldiers believed the playing card The Ace of Spades to be a symbol of superstition and fear amongst the Viet Cong soldiers. So much so that Charlie Company of the army’s 2nd battalion ordered crates of this single card in bulk so they could scatter it in Viet Cong terrain and litter the bodies of dead Viet Cong soldiers with it. The Ace of Spades was not feared by the Viet Cong.

In the bioengineering department of the University of Illinois, researchers have created small ‘biobots’, partly out of the synthetic gel and partly out of muscle cells, that can move on their own. Whilst only a small scientific step, this is the building blocks for ‘nanotechnology’: tiny devices that could exist within the human body, freely detecting illness and administering medication.

In 1995, strange 7-foot circular patterns were discovered on the ocean’s floor. Deemed the ‘crop circles of the sea’, these mysterious patterns went unanswered for until early 2011 when it was discovered that 5-inch long male puffer-fish were the culprits. After studying these animals, scientists have discovered that the meticulous creation and upkeep of these patterns by the puffer-fish serve as an attraction for the opposite sex as well as a nest for the female…

In mid-2013, an earthquake-proof church was constructed in Christchurch, New Zealand, using mainly cardboard as the primary building material! Constructed from 98 giant cardboard tubes coated in multiple layers of waterproof polyurethane the ‘cardboard cathedral’ cost $6 million to build and is designed to last for up to 50 years!

New research provided suggests that NASA craft, Voyager 1, has left our solar system – making it the first man-made object to leave the solar system! Launched in 1977, the Voyager 1 probe is not set to run out of propellant energy until 2025, meaning by then it could have delved even deeper into interstellar space.