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Everything You Need to Do to Host a Great Super Bowl Party
The Super Bowl is fast approaching and if you've agreed to host a Super Bowl party, you might be feeling the pressure right now. There is no need to stress, though. If you're not sure what you should do as a host to make the game a great experience for everyone, here are a few ideas.
Top Tips to Minimize Food Waste
How much food do you throw away each week? It's easy to lose track of the food you scrape from your plate and the food items past their best that you discard. You are no doubt getting rid of more food than you realize. Throwing food out doesn't just push up the cost of your weekly grocery bill, but its degradation in landfill also contributes to greenhouse gas production and water pollution. Thankfully, you can take action to reduce the amount of food that goes into your trash. Here you'll find some inspiration for how to use up fruits, vegetables and baked goods that aren't quite so fresh as when you bought them.
7 Effective Ways to Cut Down Your Portion Sizes
Many people spend hours each week sweating in the gym, but still struggle to see the weight loss results they are looking for. The fact of the matter is that while exercise is very important, diet and portion control are also vital weight loss factors, and even a few hundred extra calories a day can completely cancel out all of the calories you burn in the gym. Thankfully, there are a number of simple, effective strategies for trimming down your portion sizes without spending the whole day hungry. Below are some of the best ways to easily cut calories without turning it into a part-time job.
10 Money-Saving Financial Resolutions You Can Actually Keep
New Year's resolutions are an annual rite of passage at this time of year, but making those promises is only the beginning. If you want to truly improve your situation in the year to come, you need to be realistic with your promises.
It does not matter what those annual promises are - if you cannot stick with them, your situation will not improve, and things could actually get worse. The dieter who vows to eat nothing but salads will surely be tripped up by the first chocolate chip cookie, and the saver who plans to go from zero savings to thousands will face the same challenge.
If you want your financial resolutions to be successful, it pays to start small and ramp up your efforts. Here are 10 money-saving financial resolutions you will actually be able to keep.
Give a Homemade Gift Basket this Christmas
Can’t decide what to give this Christmas? Does a new sweater sound a little dull, another lotion or candle just seem humdrum? Any gift would be appreciated by the recipient but may appear uninspired. Why not give your gifts a lift by presenting them as part of a homemade gift basket?
Creating a gift basket and tailoring the contents for each special person in your life can be as much fun for you as it is for the receiver. And it needn’t cost a fortune. While a pack of seeds may raise an eyebrow on its own, as part of a gift basket it could raise a smile. Assembling small gifts which suit your budget and presenting them as part of a gift basket gives each recipient a treat to last the whole year.
