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Making steamed mussels at home is an easy cooking skill to learn. Our basic recipe today has a blend of garlic, shallot, white wine and parsley to give these 20-minute mussels classic bistro flavor! The preparation is as simple as can be and the resulting plump and tender mussels in delicate garlic sauce are restaurant-quality! All you need is a little baguette to soak up all that savory garlicky juice and you’ll be in heaven! Table of contents Why We Love This Steamed Mussels Recipe Recipe Highlights Key Ingredients How To Steam Mussels with Garlic and White Wine FAQ and...

COLD WEATHER GLOVE ROUNDUP 2023 It’s that time of year again, cold weather glove review season is upon us. If you’re looking for options for winter mountain bike gloves, then you’ll like to check out this review as well as previous year’s Winter Glove Shootouts as we’re always on the quest to find the best cold weather riding gloves. This year however, we’ve got a few new ones as well as some old favorites, and quite possibly, Drew’s new favorite for really cold days on the trail. BUY NOW @ COMPETITIVE CYCLIST Disclosure: Our team selects all of the products...

Feast your eyes on these tasty deals from Macy’s! Dash over to Macy’s where you can score a whopping 75% off these Stonewall Kitchen Holiday Gift Sets! Prices start at only $3.99 and no promo code is needed! Note that these items are selling fast so if you see something you want, don’t wait. Each gift contains a yummy assortment of Stonewall Kitchen’s delectable jams, jellies, baking mixes and more! You could pick them up to make your honey a special Valentine’s Day breakfast or all of these items would make amazing additions to a gift basket. Don’t miss these...

It’s usually a good rule of thumb for your workout of choice to not give you nostalgic vibes. Jazzersize, step aerobics, the Thighmaster — you might remember these fondly, but you shouldn’t try to bring them back. These fitness fads didn’t actually get people fit because they hit the same muscle groups over and over with an intensity that never varied. Here’s an exception to the rule: Calisthenics, those moves you did on your high school PE test, is worth reviving. Calisthenics offer virtually everything your body needs to grow muscle, boost cardio, and improve your flexibility. And you don’t...

 I've kept this year's free tea towel design quite simple, because I'd like to think it reflects the gentle simplicity of our domestic lives throughout 2023. As the theme on the blog this year is 'a new year of gentle domesticity', it seems prudent that I should be encouraging both myself and all of you, to seek after gentler expressions of homemaking, amidst the regular rhythms and routines of keeping house. There's a number of words I could have chosen to embellish this year's tea towel, but memories of sitting at nana's table enjoying the very simple and delicious meals she would...