Spring isn’t just a season—it’s an invitation. A chance to refresh your space, reset your routines, and embrace what feels good. As the days get longer and the air turns softer, now is the perfect time to shed the mental and physical clutter that’s been weighing you down. Whether it’s a small shift in your morning ritual or a thoughtful update to your home, embracing the season doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Ahead, discover ideas for how to spring clean your life and learn to make simple, meaningful changes that bring more ease, beauty, and joy into your day. Why…
Author: Anna Mikhailova
These cheesy beer bread muffins are light, fluffy, and packed with savory flavor! The key is to not overmix the batter. Mixing until just combined will give you the perfect airy, melt-in-your-mouth texture that will keep you coming back for more. Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe Cheesy Beer Bread Muffins These beer bread muffins are quick, easy, and made with ingredients you probably already have. I tested them twice to make sure they’re extra fluffy, tweaking the flour so a full 12-ounce beer works perfectly. Just crack one open and pour it in! Well . . . not so fast,…
Whenever I ask readers what the number one thing holding them back from traveling is, I almost always get the same answer: money. This problem — and how to overcome it — is my most asked question. “Matt, I don’t know how to afford travel. Help!” I have answered this question in a plethora of posts, emails, tweets, and Facebook posts. Long-term readers might even be getting sick of me discussing this subject because it is one I talk about so much. But I know no matter how often I address this question, it will come up again. Since this…
I am thrilled with how incredibly delicious this Fench Onion Pot Roast turned out! The meat is melt-in-your-mouth tender, after slow cooking to perfection in the perfect caramelized onion gravy! Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe Ingredients Needed ***Onion Tip: We tested this recipe a couple of times to get it just right. When the onions were sliced too thin, they were almost nonexistent when everything was done cooking. I switched to cutting the onions thicker, about 1/2 inch slices, and it was perfect! How to Make French Onion Pot Roast Making French Onion Pot Roast is all about patience, and…
The decline in cognitive health, especially that leading to Alzheimer’s and other brain diseases, is one of the most feared conditions by patients and their families. It’s also one of the most expensive. But if we can predict it early there are things we can do to prevent or ameliorate it. The issue has been finding an easy and comprehensive way to monitor it as part of primary care. The team at Linus Health has been building a diagnostic solution for exactly that and claims that it’s now the right time to roll it out as part of general primary…
Sauce and smoke return to Chick-fil-A sandwiches next week, and some new, fruity beverages can help customers wash them down. Starting March 17, the Smokehouse BBQ Bacon Sandwich will come back to locations nationwide. This time, diners have their choice of original, spicy or grilled chicken fillets. Assorted Pineapple Dragonfruit beverages will also join the lineup for what is being described as a “perfectly sweet pairing,” but both are for a limited time, Chick-fil-A said in a press release. The Smokehouse BBQ Bacon Sandwich pairs chicken with “crispy bacon hand-tossed in a brown sugar and black pepper blend, topped with…
Rich, fudgy, and packed with deep chocolate flavor, Guinness Brownies are a must-try for any dessert lover! The stout beer enhances the cocoa, adding a subtle, malty depth of flavor that makes these brownies rich and irresistibly delicious. Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe Ingredients Needed How to Make Guinness Brownies This recipe is the best way to upgrade your regular batch of brownies. They’re so rich and delicious that everyone will be coming back for more! Here’s how to make them: Brownies Ganache Beer in Brownies? Here’s What to Expect! Guinness beer is the secret ingredient! You won’t believe how rich…
For many teachers, building relationships is a priority in the classroom – they put in time and effort to incorporate strategies into lesson plans and daily routines to forge bonds with their students. But what happens when there’s a breakdown in communication or a relationship degrades over time due to conflict or disagreements? Developing a relationship is one skill; repairing that relationship when it becomes fractured is another, according to author and high school history teacher Dave Stuart. He says teachers will inevitably need to fix a relationship with a student, and developing the skills to do that is essential.…
If you order up coffee on a mobile app while scrolling your social feeds, or can’t stop watching videos and reading news articles on your phone at bedtime, listen up! Researchers studied what happened when people agreed to block the internet from their smartphones for just two weeks. And turns out, 91% felt better after the break. “What we found was that people had better mental health, better subjective well-being and better sustained attention,” says Adrian Ward, a psychologist at the University of Texas at Austin. The researchers included 467 participants, ages 18 to 74, who agreed to the month-long…
