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Nutrition for Teens: The Key Nutrients More than any other age group, teens need a lot of energy. Energy comes from calories. So how many calories should a teenager eat, anyway? On a daily basis, teenage boys need about 2,500 to 3,000 calories; teenage girls need about 2,200 calories. “In fact, early adolescence is the most critical time for calorie intake in a person’s life,” says Holley Grainger, M.S., R.D., of Cleverful Living with Holley Grainger....

But this change in how we view and interact with our interior spaces could last long after the current health crisis passes. “It’s unclear whether people will be spending more time at home on the other side of the pandemic, but it is clear that the collective stress has made an impact,” says designer and real estate developer Amalia Graziani of Noor Property Group. Here are a few ways that design experts predict interior design will change after coronavirus....

1. Outdoor Kitchens Cooking has become an increasingly popular outdoor activity. In fact, a 2021 design trends report by the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) found that 60% of homeowners are looking to add outdoor kitchens. But there are multiple types of outdoor kitchens available. A satellite kitchen provides additional cooking elements, like grills and pizza ovens, to supplement the main interior kitchen. Satellite kitchens are often situated just outside the door of an indoor kitchen for convenience....

7 Tips for How to Mail Cookies Wondering if you can mail cookies by USPS, UPS, FedEx, or other such services? Sure! But you risk them arriving a bit dried out or as a pile of broken pieces unless you… Choose sturdy cookies. Avoid any cookie recipes that are fragile (macarons), flaky (lacy Florentines), cream-filled (sandwich cookies), or delicate (butter wafers) when shipping cookies through the post. The best cookies to mail are those that are at lower risk for breaking or smushing during transit....

Though it’s tough to decide which ones are the best of the best, these are our top picks for best-blooming hydrangea varieties that reliably look spectacular year after year without much care. Buy It: Blushing Bride Hydrangea ($30, Nature Hills) Buy It: Gatsby Star Oakleaf Hydrangea ($36, The Home Depot) Buy It: Incrediball Smooth Hydrangea ($29, The Home Depot) Buy It: Limelight Hardy Hydrangea ($35, The Home Depot) Buy It: Little Honey Oakleaf Hydrangea (from $16, Greenwood Nursery) Buy It: Little Quick Fire Hydrangea ($28, The Home Depot)

1. Add Texture Starting with her first-floor interior design studio, Paloma Contreras and her husband, Fabian, took their cues from the airy home’s big windows and tall ceilings and went all in with white walls. Paloma specs the “pretty and crisp, yet warm” shade as Benjamin Moore’s White Dove. Soft pleats give a large pendant a traditional bent, but the midcentury Eero Saarinen table evens the style scales. Subtle doses of pattern, like nailhead trim, marble, and gray leopard-print carpet, add a sense of texture....

An internship opportunity with D’Luxe, a Miami luxury magazine startup, gave Adria a chance to spend a summer covering restaurant openings and events. The internship led to her first job as an editor for Recommend, an industry publication for travel advisors. Following a stint in advertising as a copywriter and social media manager, it wasn’t long before Adria was writing about Miami’s newest restaurants and cocktail bars for the luxury-focused website Just Luxe, where she had the opportunity to get an up-close glimpse into different cultures....

** As a substitute for a baking stone, use an inverted baking sheet placed on an oven rack. For easy pizza assembly, invert another baking sheet on the counter and cover the underside with parchment paper (for baking). Mist the paper with cooking/baking spray, then prepare the pizza on the paper. Transfer the pizza and the parchment paper to the heated baking sheet. Parchment Tip: Closely watch pizzas that are layered on parchment paper while baking....

⅓ cup granulated sugar 2 tablespoon margarine or butter ½ cup ground almonds

A successful siding job mainly requires careful layout and observance of a few simple guidelines as you work. Our how-tos provide you with all this information—and more—so you can successfully install siding on your home. We’ll help you pick up a few key habits and then introduce a variety of siding options, including wood, vinyl, and panel. Before Installing, Plan Layouts Lay out the job when applying horizontal siding to avoid odd slivers of material above doors and above or below windows....

1 medium mango Olive oil ¾ cup butter, softened

3 cup powdered sugar 2 tablespoon butter, softened 2 tablespoon milk 1 teaspoon vanilla Caramel-Pecan Apple-Cinnamon Rolls: Prepare as directed through Step 4. For caramel mixture, in a small saucepan combine 2/3 cup packed brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and 2 tablespoons light-color corn syrup. Cook and stir over medium heat until brown sugar is dissolved. Pour into the prepared baking pan, spreading evenly. Sprinkle with 2/3 cup toasted chopped pecans....

Arborvitae Care Arborvitaes grow best in consistently moist, almost swampy soils. While they love full sun, they can also manage in part shade. Their biggest downfall is drought conditions, especially during and leading up to winter. If fall has been dry, give these plants (especially young ones) supplemental water, which also helps prevent one of the biggest problems with arborvitaes: winter burn. Planting these trees in dry soil or in areas exposed to winter winds will likely cause burn....

¾ cup butter, softened 7 ½ cup powdered sugar ½ cup cocoa powder ⅓ cup milk 2 teaspoon vanilla Milk Creamy White Frosting 1 cup shortening 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla ½ teaspoon almond extract 1 16 ounce package powdered sugar (about 4 cups) 3 tablespoon milk

1 tablespoon salad oil 1 tablespoon rice vinegar 1 tablespoon soy sauce 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil ¼ teaspoon sugar ¼ teaspoon grated gingerroot or 1/2 teaspoon chopped pickled ginger