Candy-filled maraca cookies

Shake Things Up
On Cinco De Mayo!Fill these hollow maraca cookies with Nerds candies, and they'll sound as good as they taste.

Candy-filled maraca cookie recipe

Yields approximately 36 cookies

Ingredients:1 tube sugar cookie dough1 cup green candy melts1 cup tan candy melts1 cup red candy melts1/4 cup black candy meltsNerds candiesPirouette rolled wafer cookiesRed Life Savers Gummies1Prepare dough

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Roll 1-inch balls of sugar cookie dough and place inside the bottom half of a lightly greased cake ball pan. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes.

2Shape dough

Using a melon ball tool, lightly press the insides of each cookie to flatten and hollow. Allow cookies to cool in pan for 5 more minutes. Using a sharp knife, carefully loosen and remove cookies. Repeat baking steps with remaining dough.

3Fill with Nerds

Group the cookie halves into pairs, and fill the bottoms with Nerds candies. Melt tan candy melts in a microwave safe bowl, 30-seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, until melted. Dip the open edge of the top cookie halves in candy melt.

4Form the maraca rattle

Attach to the bottom pairs filled with Nerds. Allow to cool and harden. Any drips can be cleaned up with a knife after they're firm.

5Create the maraca handle

Cut Pirouette cookie sticks in half. Insert a red Life Savers Gummies candy on the tip of each cookie stick.

6"Paint" the maracas

Melt green candy melts in the microwave. Dip the bottom 1/3 of each cookie ball in the green candy melt.

7Attach the handle to the rattle

Flip them over and attach a Pirouette cookie stick with Life Savers Gummies. Place in a drying rack or in a mini cupcake pan to cool and harden.

8Coat the rest of the cookie

Reheat and melt the tan candy melts again in the microwave. Dip the cookie balls with attached Pirouette sticks into the tan candy melt and coat the remaining cookie area.

9Allow them to dry

Flip upright and place inside small glasses to cool and harden.

10Add the finishing touches

Melt red candy melts in the microwave. Dip the top 1/3 of each cookie ball in the red candy melt. Flip upright again and place inside glasses to cool and harden. Melt black and white candy melts in microwave. Using a paintbrush, add decorative stripes and dots to your maraca cookies.

11Shake and eat

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Lemon Broccoli and Peppers

Lemon Broccoli & Peppers RecipeTry this delicious lemon broccoli and peppers recipe.

Ingredients:
1 pound broccoli florets
1 medium red bell pepper, in 1-inch dice
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon lemon zest

Directions:
Microwave broccoli and peppers with 2 tablespoons of water in a covered microwave-proof dish until tender-crisp. Drain. Meanwhile, melt the butter. Stir in lemon peel, lemon juice, and pepper. Drizzle over broccoli mixture, and serve. Serves four. Per serving: 7.8g carbohydrates; 0.7g fiber; 3.6g protein; 6.2g fat; 15.3mg cholesterol; 30.2mg sodium; 89.8 calories

Get a perfect butt by Valentine's Day

Top
butt-
sculpting moves

Nothing makes jeans look better than a toned tush. If your behind needs a boost, we have the scoop on the best sculpting moves to add to your workout routine for a better butt.

We asked Angeles Burke, an A.F.A.A. certified group fitness instructor and Celsius Fitness Ambassador, for her top butt-sculpting moves.

Glute kick-backs

For this move, get on your hands and knees and place a light dumbbell behind your right knee. Keep your back and neck flat and in a straight line, and slowly lift your right foot up to the ceiling while squeezing to keep the dumbbell in place. Try not to arch your back or move too fast to make sure the movement is doing its butt-sculpting job. Burke says this move should be done at a slow and controlled pace. After 15 repetitions, switch to the opposite side.

Weighted step-ups

Start with a bench that’s at least 1 foot off the ground. With light dumbbells in each hand, place your right foot on top of the bench while keeping your left foot on the ground. Keeping dumbbells down by your sides, press through your right heel up to the top of the bench, hold for one second and then bring your left leg back about 6 inches while squeezing your glute. Relax and lower yourself with control. Keep your right leg on the bench until you complete 12 repetitions and then switch to the opposite leg.

“The key is to keep all your weight in your heel to ensure you are targeting the glute to get a nice rounded booty,” explains Burke.

Weighted around-the-world lungesMake a note: Burke stresses that when you lunge, be sure to get into a wide stance so that your knee stays behind your toes and weight is in your heels at all times. She also advises pushing off the ground as much as possible with your heel and staying as tall as possible with good form.

Grab two light dumbbells and hold them down by your sides. Start with your feet directly underneath you and then lunge forward with your right foot, making sure to stand straight with your shoulders rolled back. Come back to starting position, then lunge to the right side at an angle. Return to the starting position and then lunge back with your right leg. Perform the same moves on your left side to complete one repetition of around-the-world lunges. Do four to six repetitions.

Sumo squat walks

Stand with your feet in a wide stance, then drop your glutes down so that your thighs are parallel to the ground. Hold that position and then take 12 steps forward and 12 steps back, while remaining as low as possible and keeping all the weight in your heels. “This is a pretty silly-looking move, but it will get your booty burning,” says Burke. If you want more of a booty-boosting challenge, she suggests holding weights in your hands while you do your sumo squat walk. Aim to go back and forth three times.

Lying ball leg-lifts

Place a large stability ball behind an object that you can grab onto for support (Burke uses two heavy dumbbells). Lie flat on your stomach on the ball and grab your stable object of choice. Keep the majority of your upper body on the ball (allow your legs to hang off) and tighten up your core muscles and glutes as you begin to lift your legs. Keep legs straight and try to not touch the floor for 10 repetitions of lifts.

“This move should be performed very slowly and with good form,” advises Burke. “Try to not hyperextend and overarch your back to get your legs up. Let your booty do the work.”

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A fried feast for Hanukkah

Celebrate The
Holiday Of LightsLatkes are the most famous food for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, but any fried food goes! This year, celebrate the holiday of lights with an international fried food fest.

Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 165 BCE. Though they had just enough oil to light the menorah for one night, by some miracle it stayed lit for eight nights. To honor the holiday, a menorah is lit for eight nights and fried food, to commemorate the oil, is consumed. This year, look to Jewish communities around the world for fresh Hanukkah inspiration, or create your own traditions with your family’s favorite fried foods.

Tip: When frying any food, make sure the oil is very hot. This way the food absorbs less and is fried and crispy without being greasy.Fried chicken

If fried chicken only seems appropriate for summer picnics, think again! Italian Jews traditionally make pollo fritto for Hanukkah. Instead of a buttermilk marinade, which isn’t kosher (meat and milk cannot be mixed), brine the chicken or soak it in beer to get an equally juicy bird.

Get the recipe for crispy beer-battered fried chicken >>Fried zucchini

Latkes may be the most famous Hanukkah food, but you can grate and fry plenty of vegetables. Turkish Jews often make leek patties for the occasion, sometimes mixing boiled, chopped leeks with ground beef. Try this recipe for fried zucchini patties, which are slightly more nutritious than traditional potato pancakes.

Get the recipe for fried zucchini >> Donuts

In Israel, fried, jelly-filled donuts are the most popular Hanukkah food. But making donuts at home can be a messy and time-consuming affair. Instead, try this quick and easy recipe, which uses store-bought biscuit dough as the base.

Get the recipe for quick fried donuts >>Precipizi

In addition to pollo fritto, Italian Jews also celebrate Hanukkah with precipizi. These lightly sweetened dough balls are fried and dipped in honey that hardens to create a satisfying and sticky exterior. Get the recipe below!

Precipizi (Italian fried dough balls) recipe

Makes 20-24 dough balls

Ingredients:2 eggs, lightly beaten1-3/4 cups flour2 tablespoons sugar2 tablespoons olive oil2 tablespoons rum or other clear spirit1/2 cup vegetable oil1/4 cup honeyPowdered sugar (optional) Instructions:

In a large mixing bowl, combine the eggs, flour, sugar, olive oil and rum. Knead until you get a smooth, soft dough.Shape into 20-24 small balls about the size of olives.Heat the vegetable oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pan over high heat.Add the dough balls and fry until golden on all sides, working in batches if necessary (do not crowd the pan). Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate as they finish cooking.Carefully wipe the pan clean with a paper towel and add the honey.When the honey is hot, add the dough balls back into the pan and stir to coat.Pour onto a baking sheet and allow to cool. As they cool the honey will harden slightly.To serve, arrange however you'd like (they make a pretty tower) and top with powdered sugar, if desired.

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Strawberry soda recipe

It's Simple To Make Your Own Soda Just about any flavor of soda can be made at home with the help of a flavored simple syrup. And just like the name implies, it's simple to make.

If you feel like you've been missing out on homemade soda because you don't own one of those fancy do-it-yourself machines, don't fret. Soda is a pretty simple thing to make — flavored syrup is mixed with sparkling water. That's it.

The syrup is the key. Making your own syrups at home puts you in complete control of the sweetness and flavor combinations of your bubbly concoction, without high fructose corn syrup, unidentified natural flavors or preservatives.

We've used sweet, in-season strawberries in our recipe below, but any in-season or frozen fruit can be used; try peach, blackberry, blueberry or cherry.

Strawberry soda pop

Yields 8 (8 ounce) servings

Ingredients:3/4 cup organic sugarPinch of salt3/4  cup water2 pints fresh strawberries, hulled and chopped5 cups sparkling water, ice coldIce cubesFresh strawberry slicesDirections:

In a medium saucepan heat the sugar, salt, water and strawberries over medium heat. Bring to boiling, stirring occasionally; reduce to a simmer. Cook 20 minutes or until the strawberries are just tender. Remove from heat; let stand 30 minutes. Transfer strawberry mixture to a blender and pulse until smooth. Strain strawberries through a fine mesh strainer, discard seeds.In a large pitcher gently stir together the strawberry syrup and sparkling water. Fill serving glasses with ice; pour strawberry soda over ice. Garnish with fresh strawberries, serve cold.

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