Author: Ben Halladay

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Super Nachos

[edgtf_social_share] With only a few games left before The Super Bowl, it is time to pull out all the stops and get out your best ever recipes for nachos & dips. Here is one that everyone will love! “Super Nachos” The Chips Go for a variety of corn chips & blue corn chips The Salsa (Pico de Gallo) 4 vine ripe tomatoes, seeded and then chopped to suit your style 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped, you can choose medium to hot...

The Top 10 Cleansing House Plants

[edgtf_social_share] The holidays have come and gone and so has that fantastic Pine or Douglas Fir Christmas Tree Scent you woke up to the past few weeks. What you might not know, is that your tree was serving a purpose in cleansing the air in your house… just a bit. The wintertime is now upon us, and that changes our living dynamic. While we all need to get outdoors to experience some fresh air and sun, it is a bit harder this...

Fighting the Winter Blues

[edgtf_social_share] The holidays are great, but can be exhausting. Traveling, family gatherings, buying a tree, decorating the house, shopping for gifts, airport trips and the non-stop onslaught of FOOD from Thanksgiving to New Years can put the best of us into the overload zone. The fact is that now is a great time to focus upon yourself a bit. You need to relax some, detox from the stress the holidays bring, and focus some inward energy upon yourself & the new year. A...

Three Great Winter Drinks

[edgtf_social_share] Once in a while it is a good idea to indulge yourself on a cold winter night. If you are going to drink, it might as well be one of these three (3) top choices. You can thank me later. Single Cup Hot Buttered Rum 5 teaspoons of melted butter 1 tablespoon of light brown sugar 5 ounces of confectionary sugar 5 fluid ounces of Jamaican Rum One pinch of ground cinnamon One pinch of ground nutmeg Heat slowly as you...

Selecting an Interior Designer

[edgtf_social_share] Let’s say you are building a new home in Fairfield County Connecticut, or perhaps you are finally ready to renovate a kitchen or bathroom, create additions to an existing structure, or simply need a creative overhaul that you have been contemplating for a long time. In a DIY era, these are all projects that take on a life of their own, they can be complicated, time consuming, and in the end analysis you may find it will be more economical to...