Crunchy Betty
Food on Your Face
Let's make a pact today. You and me.
From now on, when we have a beauty issue, we'll look in the cabinets - first - before we run out and buy an expensive (or even bargain) product to fix us.
And, I know, I know ... …
A year ago, I learned how to make chai. I made it for myself, patrons at my friend's creperie, my friends and family - pretty much anyone who didn't turn around and run away from my cinnamon-stick wielding passion.
I was …
I've been called a LOT of things in my life, and "prude" is not one of them.
However, because I try to maintain a teen-friendly website, I'm going to go ahead and ask the under-18'ers to do something else, while the rest …
Soap and water get your hands clean, but there are just some days where you need a little extra.
Like when you're driving across the state of Kansas and have no other option but the rest stop in the middle of nowhere, and …
"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it." - Lewis Carroll
On paper, you would think his life was a happy one.
As a rule, he did most things right. He and his wife took long walks daily - fresh air when it …
Do I stink? Reek? Smell slightly like rotting fish?
That's the question you're asking yourself, right?
If you're new here, what you're reading at this moment is a conclusion to my homemade deodorant experiment. For …
Have you ever scratched your upper arm in the filtered light of a window at dawn only to look down and see - fingers pressed into the skin - faint evidence of burgeoning cellulite?
HAVE YOU?
That would sure stink, …
To be fair, there are as many home remedies for coughs and colds as there are sniffly noses in the world.
By no means are we going to cover them all today. I doubt you have eight straight reading hours to devote to …
Over the last year, I've found myself becoming less and less of a makeup wearer. I'll put on cosmetics maybe once a week. Even though it's infrequent, I am an absolute obsessive about the quality of the cosmetics I do …
You live in India 200 years ago.
Tomorrow, you’re getting married. Maybe it was arranged, but so what? He looks like Mohinder Suresh from Heroes. You wonder how you know this, since the television won’t be invented …
There's this recipe I love, and I hesitate to even mention what it is, because it is SO awful for you. It involves ramen noodles. And eggs. And lots and lots of butter frying. (Okay, the eggs and butter are okay, but the …
Fiance was working in the film industry in California a few years ago. Now he's taking some time to "find himself" (in front of the XBox, mostly). While he's doing that (apparently by playing Red Dead Redemption for hours on …
Think about your days. They probably go something like this:
You wake up a little groggy, and you make some coffee. Then you wake the kids, make breakfast, and get them off to school. At some point, you work. The same …
There are a few things you can absolutely count on happening in your life: You'll scrape your knee, you'll fall in love, you'll drink too many margaritas and end up sobbing hysterically in a back alley about a boy you …
Have you ever noticed how the universe sometimes really wants you to go down a certain path? Everywhere you turn, there are reminders of a track you almost chose, still have the opportunity to choose, but are resistant for …
Nothing strikes fear in the heart of me quite like Christmas. I wish I could be less grinchy about it, but mandatory gift-giving doesn't do much to heal my soul, and I'm pretty sure two month a year of straight-up, white-hot …
Woohoo! We made it through a whole week of facials based purely around produce you can buy at the farmers market. Now, granted, we could have done SO much more - but I'm exhausted. And out of produce. Those tomato slices you …
So I spent the day with carrots - cutting them, grating them, chopping them, and otherwise pulverizing the heck out of them to find some recipes that worked. My heart and soul I poured into this crunchy endeavor.
And …
Potatoes. They're lumpy, dirty, pocky, and misshapen. Clearly not the winner in the Miss Veggieverse Pageant. However, today we're going to award these big dumpy doofuses Miss Congeniality - because they're just so darned …
