On a cold winter’s night, warm up with stewed beans and ribs

I came to beans later in life. As a young person, I never really liked them. I associated them entirely with overly sweet baked beans, or slimy three-bean salad at the deli counter. All of the beans at my house were canned. I was in my twenties when I was finally introduced to the magic that can happen when a dried…

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Author: Stacey Ballis on The Takeout, shared by Virginia K. Smith to Lifehacker

Five Ways To Improve Your Kitchen For Under $20

Hello to my people who are making cooking resolutions?!? Oh there you are! Regardless of what those resolutions may be (meal prep, trying your hand at a big baking project, sneaking more vegetables into your diet, whatevs!) it’s not a bad idea to make some small — and inexpensive! — but impactful upgrades to your…

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Author: Jolie Kerr on The Inventory, shared by Ana Suarez to Lifehacker

Let’s Debunk Three Myths About Seemingly Illegal Things You Can Do While Driving

As a motor-carriage operator, there’s a lot of laws that must be acknowledged and respected: no open flames in the car, try to keep any raptors or other birds of prey secured while driving, take down your big cardboard sunshade before driving, that sort of thing. While I’m not certain any of those example laws are…

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Author: Jason Torchinsky on Jalopnik, shared by Virginia K. Smith to Lifehacker

How to Set Up Your 2020 Fitness Training Journal

Workout apps are fine, but I’m a strong believer in an old fashioned training journal. Since last spring, I’ve logged my workouts in a hardback graph paper notebook, and I found that the blank pages gave me plenty of space for charts, reflections, reference material, and more. So here’s a peek at how I’m setting up my…

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Author: Beth Skwarecki on Vitals, shared by Beth Skwarecki to Lifehacker

Cook SPAM in Your Waffle Maker

I have always been suspicious of artists who claim they can’t create anything of value while sober. I’ve never found my drunk writing to be any better than my sober writing, but I have to admit that some of my best ideas come to me once my inhibitions have been lowered by alcohol. Could a sober mind create SPAM…

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Author: Claire Lower on Skillet, shared by Claire Lower to Lifehacker

Stupid Exercise Moves, Ranked

Welcome to that time of the year: when swarms of self-professed out-of-shape people vow to get swole or simply in better shape (or even more simply, less bad shape), which means gyms nationwide are flooded with new membership and false promises of a societally structural body packaged under the banner of health and…

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Author: Clover Hope on Jezebel, shared by Virginia K. Smith to Lifehacker