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Stay-at-home mom Danielle Guenther decided to turn her photography hobby into a business two years ago. As a lifestyle photographer, she takes beautiful pictures of families. But it’s the awkward moments some parents might wish to hide that Guenther is most interested in.

The collection is called “Best Case Scenario.”

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Stay-at-home mom Danielle Guenther decided to turn her photography hobby into a business two years ago. As a lifestyle photographer, she takes beautiful pictures of families. But it’s the awkward moments some parents might wish to hide that Guenther is most interested in.

The collection is called “Best Case Scenario.”

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Why are we so limited in our ideas about breakfast? Eggs, oatmeal, and granola aren't the only ways to eat a nutritious first meal — why not grab inspiration from your favorite dinner salad, or the grilled cheese you love? We asked Jerry James Stone to give us five non-breakfast breakfast recipes this week, and now we want to eat these Monday through Friday next week!

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An incredible 26 grams of protein and 155 calories | The recipe is here | Image: dashingdish.com

One great tip from people who try to eat healthy or keep their weight down is to have snacks at the ready that won't break the calorie "bank" for the day. Everyone gets to the point in which they're hungry and don't feel like or have the time to make something. But if you have something stashed away in the fridge, freezer or glove compartment for such occasions, you can grab that instead of absent-mindedly eating a bag of chips or the like while tuned out and staring at a screen. 

This article has some great ideas for low-calorie snacks, many of which are packed with the fiber and protein necessary to keep you full. Are many of these foods off your radar or not something you buy at the store? Give them a chance once or twice — you might be surprised at how satisfying they are. 



Delicious and refreshing in summer. One serving is 100.5 calories and 7.4 grams of protein.
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So, do you want to know the secret to truly amazing, mind blowing, crazy good hash browns?

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Item: Lékué Cheese Maker
Price: $30
Overall Impression: In the past, I've had mixed results with Lékué products, including a disastrous turn with a microwave oatmeal cooker. So I was skeptical going into this test. Luckily I was pleasantly surprised. The cheese maker is a pretty basic gadget. You mix a milk of your choice with a souring agent (they recommend lemon juice, vinegar, or yogurt), and then use the microwave to speed up the curdling process.

I'm not convinced that this is a kitchen essential, but it is easy to use and fun to be able to serve queso fresco that you made. Plus, you can have a fresh batch in less than two hours, with only about 20 minutes of hands-on time. Then you can have the best breakfast tacos.

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Slow cookers are one of the best tools for low-effort cooking . Although you might not think a frittata would turn out well in the slow cooker, the result is actually a more flavorful egg dish.

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Exercising is all about finding motivation. This custom bicycle stand you can build at home will let you watch TV while you work out, but only if you keep pedaling.

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Since the dawn of civilization, humanity has been growing food to stave off hunger. While most of us go to a store for this now, growing your own food can be as rewarding as it is delicious. If you’re not sure where to start, this chart will give you all the essential info.

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It might not be warm enough to put my tea collection in the back of my cupboard, but this gorgeous agua fresca has me excited about the months to come. You only need four ingredients to make this happen: cantaloupe, kiwi, water, and agave. Blend the ingredients, pour it into a tall frosty glass, and add a goofy-lookin' straw.

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This is the Sushezi, or what the Internet has deemed the "Sushi Bazooka" for obvious reasons. It looks like something straight out of Japan, but it's actually a product of a New Zealand company.

You open it up, put a bed of rice down, add your fillings, and then push it together to "load" the barrel.

Rocketnews24 reports that the contraption doesn't "blast the sushi roll out of the barrel" but that "it’s more of a slow ooze, rather than an explosion." How disappointing. Still, it looks pretty cool.

Watch the slow sushi ooze coming out of the barrel in this video by Seiken TV. It gets really good around the 2:48 mark:

You can also use it to make chocolate salamis, ginger-nut logs, and similary-rolled foods. It's available on Amazon for $26.

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As expected, Google has finally announced the details of its wireless smartphone service that will, at least at first, piggyback on the networks of Sprint and T-Mobile. It’s called Project Fi and plans with unlimited talk/text, unlimited international texting, and WiFi tethering will start at $30/month, with each gigabyte of data you use costing an additional $10. And if you don’t use your full allotment, your account gets credited accordingly.

Google has details of the plans available here.

In terms of pricing, there is currently only one base tier for phone/text, and that’s $20/month. Each gigabyte of data costs $10/month. So the lowest cost plan is $30/month (phone/texting + 1GB of data). A 2GB/month plan would cost you $40, and so on in increments of $10. But if you don’t use the full amount of data for a month, your account gets credited.

“Let’s say you go with 3GB for $30 and only use 1.4GB one month,” writes Google. “You’ll get $16 back, so you only pay for what you use.”

While Google is using existing wireless networks from Sprint and T-Mobile for Fi, it says the system will constantly be searching for the optimal connection, which may sometimes be a WiFi hotspot. So the idea is that Fi will switch between the two to minimize the amount of data being used over the cellular networks and to provide you the fastest available connection at any given time.

“As you go about your day, Project Fi automatically connects you to more than a million free, open Wi-Fi hotspots we’ve verified as fast and reliable,” writes the company. “Once you’re connected, we help secure your data through encryption. When you’re not on Wi-Fi, we move you between whichever of our partner networks is delivering the fastest speed, so you get 4G LTE in more places. Learn more about our network of networks.”

Of course, until we see it in action, we have no idea how seamlessly these transitions will work or if the use of WiFi will result in significant changes to wireless data use.

Right now, Fi is an invite-only service and you’ll need to have a Google Nexus 6 device. To request an invite, first go to this site to see if your area is covered, and then go here to actually request the invite.

It has not been a great couple of weeks for Blue Bell Creameries, and it’s just gotten worse: A month after the company issued a recall of certain ice cream treats believed to be linked to an outbreak of listeriosis — a recall that kept expanding — the company is now pulling all products off the shelves after two more ice cream samples tested positive for listeria.

The company issued a voluntary recall Monday night for all of its products on the market after two chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream samples tested positive for the potentially deadly bacteria.

Again, it’s not just ice cream that is being recalled — it includes frozen yogurt, sherbet and frozen snacks distributed in 23 states as well as internationally, because those items “have the potential to be contaminated,” the company says.

In a video statement, Blue Bell’s CEO Paul Kruse said the company “cannot say with certainty” how the listeria was introduced to its facilities.

“We are heartbroken over the situation and apologize to all our loyal Blue Bell fans and customers,” Kruse said, adding later, “We’re committed to doing the 100% right thing, and the best way to do that is to take all of our products off the market until we can be confident that they are all safe.”

Retailers like Sam’s Club, Walmart, H-E-B, Kroger and other grocers decided to remove Blue Bell products in recent weeks. Soon after, Blue Bell issued the third expansion of the recall after further tests found listeria in more products.

So far, three deaths in Kansas have been linked to ice cream contaminated with listeria, while five other sin Kansas and Texas fell ill with listeriosis.

The products being recalled are distributed to retail outlets, including food service accounts, convenience stores and supermarkets in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wyoming and international locations.

Consumers should not eat any Blue Bell products — if you have them in your freezer, throw them out or return them to the store where you purchased them for a full refund, even if no one has gotten ill from eating them.

For more information consumers with questions may call 1-866-608-3940 Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. CST or go to bluebell.com.

A statement from Blue Bell CEO and President Paul Kruse from Blue Bell Creameries on Vimeo.

FDA Investigates Listeria monocytogenes in Ice Cream Products from Blue Bell Creameries [FDA.gov]

Before you get all intimidated by the idea of making stuffed flatbread, you should know that this recipe only requires five ingredients. That's right, just a little flour, water, butter, leeks, and salty feta stand between you and what could be your new favorite comfort food.

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Today, I took my 2 year old to the potty in a public restroom. I was just about to set her on the toilet when the automatic flush went off, scaring her and causing her to pee all over both of us. FML

The first thing you should do upon moving into a new house or apartment is rip the showerhead off the wall and replace it with something decent. If you haven't gotten around to that yet, this 8" rainfall showerhead from A-Flow has fantastic reviews, great looks, and a $20 price tag today. That's $10 less than usual, and a great investment for something you'll use every single day. [A-Flow Luxury Rain 8" Square Stainless Steel Shower Head, $20]

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Thai food was my gateway to cooking. I was traveling to Los Angeles frequently for work and discovering the pleasures of wildly spicy and tangy laap, the pan-fried noodle flavors of pad kee mow, and the sweet relief of creamy Thai tea. The flavors sang, intense and heightened — all new to this Midwestern girl.

Back home I had a friend, Joe, who was Thai and who brought curries and noodle dishes to weekend dinners with friends. It was Joe who offered me my first glimpse into how these dishes were built. It was tantalizing and fun — a delicious way to understand what my Thai, Indian, and Chinese friends wanted to eat; and how, ultimately, one dish, like green curry, can be something new that wakes you up, then something that you learn by teasing it out like a knot, and then, after you've learned it by heart, continues to be a point of connection that ties you with your past and your present.

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An elderly lady was invited to an old friends home for dinner one evening.
She was impressed by the way her lady friend preceded every request to her husband with endearing terms such as: Honey, My Love, Darling, Sweetheart, etc. The couple had been married almost 70 years and, clearly, they were still very much in love.
While the husband was in the living room, her lady friend leaned over to her hostess to say, 'I think it's wonderful that, after all these years, you still call your husband all those loving names'.
The elderly lady hung her head. 'I have to tell you the truth,' she said, 'his name slipped my mind about 10 years ago, and I'm scared to death to ask what his name is.'