Spring Cleaning Time

 Are you ready for some warm weather?  If you are, you can start prepping now for your apartment's spring cleaning.  Check out this week by week chart to get your house ready for summer and spring.  Keep reading to learn some tips and tricks for your spring cleaning marathon. I don’t know about you, but by mid-February each year, I’ve had it with winter. I’m tired of the short days, the cold weather, and flu season. Maybe most of all, I’m tired of the dirt and grime that seems the settle on everything — my house, my car, my kitchen floors — after the snow becomes mixed with road salt, soot, and dirt and finds its...

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Winter Colors Show

These are your last days to see the Winter Fire Colors Show at the Mediterranean Conservatory.   The event runs until February 24th at the ABQ BioPark Botanical Garden.  It is even included in your admission price! Warm up with the blaze of colors in the Mediterranean Conservatory starting Jan. 19. When Jan 19, 2013 09:00 AM - Feb 24, 2013 05:00 PM     Where ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden 2601 Central NW Albuquerque, NM 87104 Description Join us each day for the annual Winter Fire Colors Flower ...

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New Brownie Recipe

Do you always make the same brownies for dessert?  Check out this great recipe for double chocolate cherry recipes.  I have my go-to brownie recipe and I generally don't mess around with it. If I'm going to make brownies, it's what I reach for. But then there are days (like today) when there are dried cherries in the pantry and I begin to wonder what would happen if I jammed a few different kinds of chocolate, some quinoa flakes, and said dried cherries into one pan of brownies? The answer: something quite wonderful.  In the most recent issue of Cooks Illustrated, they featured a Classic Brownie recipe, discussing in great...

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Yesterday was World Nutella Day

 Do you love Nutella? Check out these great recipes you can use with Nutella!  Yesterday was World Nutella Day, and tell us how what recipe you plan to try! I don't spend a lot of time pointing out so-called "food holidays" that celebrate specific foods, like National Hot Chocolate Day, because they always seem a little fake and to be honest, they make me a little grumpy. But I can make an exception for one of my favorite treats: the creamy combination of chocolate and hazelnut, more popularly known as Nutella.  Yes, it's World Nutella Day. How are you going to celebrate? Lest you also become grumpy and point out the...

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