Plan Family Meals with This Deliciously Healthy NIH Guide

December 18, 2013 3:20 pm

Many people have the best intentions when it comes to eating healthy, but have a difficult time planning to create their own healthful menus. The NIH knows that if healthy foods taste good, people are more likely to eat them, which is why they created the Deliciously Healthy Eating guide.

This NIH guide is an all-inclusive resource for discovering flavorful, healthful meals that are simple to create. It is packed full of nutritious, low-calorie recipes that taste just as good as unhealthy foods, from Oatmeal Pecan Waffles to Quick Beef Casseroles. Browse the website by food categories like beef, poultry, vegetables or pasta to find recipes using ingredients that you have on hand, or search by meals like breakfast, lunch and snacks to plan for every time of day.

The recipes are broken down by cook time and number of servings. They include nutrition facts like calories, total fat, cholesterol, sodium, and carbohydrates to make it simple to know what you're eating.

Deliciously Healthy Eating Guide [National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute]

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Six Places to Find Stylish Glasses Online

December 13, 2013 12:02 pm

Purchasing prescription eyeglasses is now easier than ever with the launch of online eyewear boutiques. Providing high-quality, trendy frames at reasonable prices, many of these boutiques offer a "virtual try-on" feature wherein you upload your photo and test styles against your features and face shape.

Still sound too risky? Below, find six online sites that offer free at-home try-on — usually with free shipping, both ways — enabling you to choose up to six pairs of glasses to model in your bathroom mirror before committing to a single frame. 

1. Warby Parker

2. Fetch Eyewear

3. Tortoise and Blonde

4. Glasses.com

5. Lookmatic

6. Classic Specs

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The Museum of Printing History: A Monument to the Page in Houston

December 12, 2013 11:16 am

The Museum of Printing History lets you explore the history, science, and art of printing from the earliest days of the form until the present. A tour of the museum lets you see a page of the Gutenberg Bible pulled just as it was in 1455 and watch the Declaration of Independence printed on a 19th-century iron hand press. Artifacts exhibited include Mesopotamian cylinder seals, ancient papyrus fragments, Asian movable type, illuminated manuscripts, a 1450 Gutenberg press replica, old master etchings and engravings, and Ben Franklin’s “Pennsylvania Gazette”. The Museum is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Admission is free for self-guided tours.

The Museum of Printing History
1324 West Clay Street
Houston, TX 77019
(713) 522-4652
http://www.yelp.com/biz/museum-of-printing-history-houston

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