Kate Mathis

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Total Time: 5 min

Ingredients

• 1 small (ripe) banana, cut in half
• 1/2 cup(s) (low-fat ) milk
• 1 teaspoon(s) creamy peanut butter
• 3 ice cubes

Directions

1. In blender, combine banana, milk, peanut butter, and ice cubes; blend until mixture is smooth and frothy. Makes about 1 1/2 cups.

Here are some ways to find your own path to happiness:

• Keep a perspective on beauty. Don't get too hung up on your appearance, because after all, beauty is pretty superficial, Deci says. And it may not be true that attractive people are more likely to get ahead. A study to be published this month in the Journal of Applied Psychology found that people with the highest intelligence scores earn more money during their lifetime, and report less financial strain, than people with high beauty scores.
• Favor meaning over materialism. Trying to keep up with your friends or that cousin who seems to have everything going his way is a setup for disaster. "The important thing is being who you truly are. That you really accept yourself for who you are, and live your life accordingly in a full and meaningful way," says Deci. In his study, researchers found that those who had strong relationships (which requires accepting people for who they are, listening, and being there when they need you — not just when it's convenient) and volunteered in their community were happiest.
• Schedule a sit-down with yourself. Know yourself deeply and fully, and explore aspects of yourself you've been afraid to pay attention to in the past. Knowing yourself helps you focus on things that are really important. Some people go to group therapy in their communities to speed up the process, but if you're determined enough, Deci says you can do this solo, too. "You've got to be ruthless. Ask something about yourself and come up with an immediate answer, but don't trust it for a minute. Ask if it's really so," he suggests. Question all your assumptions about what's important to you, and see if you can defend them. You may find that working 80-hour weeks to get a promotion is secondary to spending time with family and friends.

• 1/2 cup(s) (quartered seedless) red grapes
• 1/2 cup(s) (finely chopped) apple, such as Fuji or Gala
• 1/2 cup(s) (finely chopped) celery
• 4 tablespoon(s) (reduced-fat) mayonnaise
• 4 tablespoon(s) (plain nonfat) yogurt
• 4 (whole wheat) pita pockets, halved
• 8 large lettuce leaves
• 1 pound(s) (sliced oven-roasted) turkey breast

Directions

1. Mix fruit, celery, mayonnaise and yogurt in medium bowl until well combined. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour, or until you’re ready to prepare your lunch.
2. Line each pita half with a lettuce leaf and several slices of turkey. Stuff with a scoop of chilled fruit mixture. Wrap each pocket individually in plastic wrap.

• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1/2 pint sour cream
• 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1/3 cup chopped green bell pepper
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 8 (10 inch) flour tortillas
• 1 (12 ounce) jar taco sauce
• 3/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a medium, non-stick skillet over medium heat, cook chicken until no longer pink and juices run clear. Drain excess fat. Cube the chicken and return it to the skillet. Add the onion, sour cream, Cheddar cheese, parsley, oregano and ground black pepper. Heat until cheese melts. Stir in salt, tomato sauce, water, chili powder, green pepper and garlic.
3. Roll even amounts of the mixture in the tortillas. Arrange in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Cover with taco sauce and 3/4 cup Cheddar cheese. Bake uncovered in the preheated oven 20 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before serving.

1. You know his best friend — the guy he can't live without? Show up at his apartment wearing only a trench coat.

2. Hack into his Facebook profile and change his interests to freeganism, Paul Reiser, and face tattoos.

3. Decorate his car with a bumper sticker that declares "Small penis onboard."

4. Wait until he's dining with a new date, then call the restaurant and ask the maître d' to tell him that "his kids are on the phone and they're wondering how long they'll have to wait out in the cold."

5. Become really, really, really hot.

6. When you go over to his place to claim your assorted belongings, stealthily swipe all of his remotes.

7. Gain notoriety for your blog "Hilarious Things I Found in My Ex's Trash."

8. Casually mention to him that you finally got around to all those kinky sexual fantasies he was dying to try with you and, well, they're fantastic.

9. Pay your pregnant friend to pee on a stick that you leave for him with a Thanks for nothing note attached.

10. Write your names inside a big heart on his lawn...with gasoline. Have a match handy for when he arrives.

Inside-Out Burgers with Avocado and Sprouts

• 1 1/4 pound(s) 90% lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup(s) shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
• Salt
• Pepper
• 1 ripe avocado
• 1 tablespoon(s) fresh lime juice
• 1 cup(s) alfalfa or radish sprouts
• 1/4 cup(s) (loosely packed) fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
• 4 multigrain hamburger buns, split
• 2 small tomatoes, each cut into 4 wedges

Directions

1. Lightly spray ridged grill pan or skillet with nonstick cooking spray, then heat on medium until hot.
2. Meanwhile, on work surface, shape ground beef into eight 3 1/2-inch patties, handling meat as little as possible for best texture. Place Cheddar in center of 4 patties, leaving 1/2-inch border around each patty's edge. Top with remaining 4 patties, and press edges together to seal burgers well. Lightly sprinkle burgers with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper to season both sides.
3. Place burgers in hot grill pan, and cook 12 minutes for medium or until desired doneness, turning burgers over once halfway through cooking.
4. Meanwhile, in small bowl, mash avocado with lime juice and 1/2 teaspoon salt. In another small bowl, combine alfalfa sprouts and chopped cilantro.
5. Serve burgers on buns with sprout and avocado mixtures. Serve tomato wedges on the side.

"Men like to feel that they can provide everything for their women, from the sexual to the store-bought."

There are some people, who while coping with stress, instead make the situation even worse for lack of knowledge how to handle it. For example, people resort on smoking more frequently that usual, do drugs in belief that it could help them, eat excessively, or not eat at all leading to sickness. In some extreme situations, especially if it involves the family, with loss of job and financial crisis, some people take their lives.

There are some other ways in coping with stress that are available right in our home. Yoga is proven to relieve stress, running on a treadmill, walking out with your dog or pet, listening to music, or talking to friends. Stress Institute is also a place to seek for help, people who are more knowledgeable to handle the problem and give us lifelong advice in handling our lives more balanced.

The past few days felt like summer. The trees are all green and the sun kissed the leaves with gentleness at dusk. I am amazed, wanting to go back home and taste the sun on my skin. I have been sheltered the past winter, taking up half the time of the year, which sucks. To my surprise, the sun tan I got from my last vacation in Boracay still is visible. I am planning to have a very summery look haircut next week, as well as tan myself as much as I can. The weather looks nice from Monday, seems that it’s gradually getting warmer towards weekend. Which is great, I could sit in the sun for hours and acquire natural tan than of the tanning salon that makes the skin look like rubber.

Now, more than ever I want to go back to Boracay and spend the whole month! I found bathing suits where I could buy lots of varieties of swimsuits.I need a few pairs, badly. I always end up buying them when Im already on vacation and when they are more expensive! Not only that they are extrememly expensive when they are bought by the beach but with limited varieties and sizes.

I found a few that I wanted. So if you are planning to have beach getaway for the summer, check the site out.