Lemon chicken is one of those Chinese dishes everyone loves, but most of us don’t want to spend the time to make. Here’s a great way to get a great lemony Chinese flavor without spending a lot of time in the kitchen.
First, make a lemon glaze by mixing 1/2 cup honey, 1/3 cup soy sauce, 1/4 cup each pineapple juice and brown sugar, packed, juice from one lemon, two tablespoons each apple cider vinegar and olive oil, a teaspoon of ground black pepper and a half teaspoon of garlic powder.
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August 2014
There’s no reason to spend hundreds of dollars getting your teeth professionally whitened. You don’t even have to buy a tooth whitening kit. You can get whiter teeth by making your own whitening paste with ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen and bathroom cabinets!
Doing this yourself does require a bit of patience and commitment, though. But stick with it and you should be thrilled with the results.
Begin by making your own tooth whitener for pennies by mixing Read more [...]
As we age, our facial skin becomes looser and more wrinkled due to the breakdown of the underlying collagen. Granted, protecting our faces against sun exposure and keeping a good skin care regimen going are important in preventing future wrinkles, but what can you do to get rid of those you already have?
One solution is radio wave technology, a relatively new, non-invasive way to reduce the appearance of wrinkles by tightening the skin and increasing the body’s production of collagen.
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Cellulite—those dimply fat pockets that make your skin resemble an orange peel—affects most of us, commonly appearing on the hips, buttocks and legs.
It’s not caused by being overweight. Even skinny people can have it. It used to be that doctors would tell you that there was nothing to be done about cellulite—just grit your teeth and bear it.
Now, there’s Mesotherapy, which involves local injections into the mesoderm, the middle layer of skin, to help get rid of cellulite, wrinkles, Read more [...]
So, you lost a tooth. Don’t despair! If you don’t have the bucks to have a dentist install an implant or a bridge right now, you can replace the tooth yourself.
You’ll have to have one tooth on each side of the missing tooth for this procedure to work. If that’s the case, you can replace your missing tooth in less than an hour.
This is not to suggest that you can or should be your own dentist in all situations, or that a replacement tooth made by you will last as long as one made by Read more [...]
You don’t have to buy a lot of different outfits to look pulled together and chic at your office job. A few carefully chosen wardrobe basics can be combined in numerous ways so you don’t have to repeat a look for days!
First, be sure that the leather goods you buy are of good quality. A stylish belt, a pair of heels and a classic leather purse are always in fashion. Shop sales, consignment shops or even eBay to find items that appeal to you at bargain prices.
Then, add a black pant Read more [...]
Nobody should have to work hard on Labor Day, let alone slave over a hot stove or grill to prepare food for family and friends!
Instead, make one easy dish and turn to your local deli for the sides. This slow cooker barbeque is perfect for a Labor Day feast:
Slow Cooker Barbeque
4 pounds baby back ribs
2 cups ketchup
1 cup chili sauce
1/2 brown sugar, packed
4 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 teaspoons each dried oregano and Worcestershire sauce
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Season Read more [...]
Turkey, veggies and naturally sweet fruit can form the basis for many an enjoyable school lunch for your children. A turkey wrap, veggie and cheese pita pocket and a fruit salad or fruit leather for dessert are nutritious, filling, and low fat as well as tasty.
A perennial favorite, fruit leather is easy to make. Here's how to do it:
Choose fresh fruits such as apricots, peaches, plums, berries, apples, pears or grapes. Rinse the fruit. Then remove any pits from stone fruit, peel and core Read more [...]
The so-called Vampire Facelift can make a huge improvement in your appearance. Not a surgical facelift complete with scalpels and operating room, a Vampire Facelift is delivered through injections of your own platelet-rich blood plasma (PRP).
Though such injections have been used for some time in orthopedic surgery, they are relatively new as an aesthetic procedure.
The Vampire Facelift procedure encourages collagen production, adds growth factors to the injected areas and provides more Read more [...]
Tired of wrinkles and crepey-looking skin? Maybe you should take a look at a non-invasive radiofrequency therapy called Thermage that can be used on many body areas to tighten aging skin and make it appear more youthful.
Thermage treatments are customized to your needs. They make aging skin appear tighter and more youthful and are a great solution if you want your skin to look sleeker, smoother and younger without spending a lot of time recovering.
Thermage can be used on both the upper Read more [...]
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