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1. Pour the sugar, water and peanuts in a pot.

2. Mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon till the mixture is well incorporated.

3. Set the pot on medium heat and stir occasionally.

4. Reduce the heat when moisture begins to dry up.

5. Once the sugar mix begins to feel grainy on the spoon, mix well and quickly pour out on a tray to cool.

6. The nuts harden as they cool, firming up with the mix.

Sugar coated peanuts are a welcome snack at any event or gathering, it is often favoured for its sweet and crunchy taste.

How to make sugar coated peanut

<h1>This recipe is interesting for several reasons.</h1>

It is not your regular muffin because it includes bananas and oats.

It is quite delicious and it would give your palate an interesting mix of flavours. It is quite easy and quick to prepare, here is how:

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1. Mix the oats flakes with milk and leave to swell for an hour.

2. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees C.

3. Beat the eggs with sugar. Add in some vegetable oil and beat some more.

4. Mash the bananas with a blender or fork.

5. Combine the oats, bananas and egg mixture.

6. Stir in the flour and baking powder.

7. Put the dough in the muffin tins.

9. Allow to cool and serve or store as desired.

If you are adventurous with food, you should definitely try this delicious and interesting recipe.

How to bake banana oat muffins

<h1>Fans of the apocalyptic movie celebrated a festival themed after Mad Max and it was out of this world.</h1>

The festival, Wasteland is the 'world’s largest post-apocalyptic festival', celebrated in the Mojave Desert. Quite obviously, the festival is inspired by George Miller’s blockbuster franchise Mad Max, which was recently remade.

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The festival has the same theme of a post-apocalyptic world that has gone utterly bonkers. The same atmosphere was recreated as east of Bakersfield, California, was thrown into chaos for a whole four days.

The area became a temporary abode for participants who simulated survivors struggling in the dunes. At the festival, costumes are compulsory and all participants have to remain in character.

The last festival, holding between September 22 to September 25, 2016 had a whopping 2,500 people in attendance.

During the day, the throngs of people are entertained by bass-heavy beats from the dance pit and at night, fires cast shadows on the participants.

If you loved the movie, Mad Max: Fury Road, you'd definitely love this festival based on the movie.

This "Mad Max" themed festival is awesome

<h1>If you know someone obsessed with the magical, fictional characters, here are gifts you can be sure theyd appreciate.</h1>

There is a wide range of Harry Potter-themed gifts that any fan of the multi million dollar franchise will appreciate. The gifts range from Harry Potter monopoly boards to pillows to Hermoine's necklace.

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Some of the gifts can be handmade, especially if you are artsy and are talented with your hands. Others can be custom made with professionals, including the recipients name to make it more personal and thoughtful.

2. Hermoine's time turner necklace:

5. Quidditch pillow cases for couples:

6. Harry Potter colouring book for children:

7. Pencils with Harry Potter quotes on them:

8. A bracelet of the golden snitch:

9. Hogwarts subjects inspired notebooks:

10. Harry Potter hat and glasses ring:

If you know someone who is absolutely crazy about Harry Potter, here are awesome gift ideas for them.

10 artistic gift ideas for fans

- 200 grams of grated coconut flakes

1. Beat the eggs and mix with sugar.

2. Add in the coconut flakes and mix.

3. Add in the flour and baking powder and mix thoroughly.

4. Allow the dough cool for 30 minutes.

5. Using wet hands, shape the cookies as desired.

6. Bake at 350F for about 15 minutes.

Everybody loves sweet treats, and they are not difficult to make at home at all.

How to make coconut cookies

<h1>If you are looking for a fancy hotel with hot baths and freezing air conditioners, perhaps you should not look here.</h1>

Null Shtern is nothing like the fancy hotels you are used to. This hotel literally has nothing in it, save for a bed and a few bedside tables.

There are no doors, no walls, no ceilings- nothing but the view of the Swiss Alps atop which the hotel is located. The only ceilings a guest will see is the view of the night sky and twinkling stars above him.

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According to one of the hotel's founders, the walls are absent because they want nothing to come between the hotel guests and their experience.

Not only are there no walls or ceilings, there is no toilet or bathroom. Guests have to visit a public restroom which is a five minute walk away from the hotel.

How ever, like regular hotels, Null Shtern provides room service in form of a personal butler who lives in a nearby cabin.

The hotel, which is located 6,463 feet above sea level in the middle of the Swiss Alps costs about 210 dollars every night.

The land had to be flattened by a construction crew before they could install the bed.

Would you pay to sleep in a hotel that has neither walls nor ceilings, some people would, and so the hotel has opened.

Hotel with no walls, ceilings open

<h1>Some food items in particular are difficult and messy to handle and prepare.</h1>

However, there are some that you just need the right technique to prepare them and it becomes easy to handle.

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It is difficult to remove the seeds from some fruits while it is difficult to remove the skin off some others. Here are the most effective ways to handle some fruits and vegetables:

After boiling potatoes, simply place them in really cold water. After some minutes, the skin will peel off easily in your hands.

Simply cut down one side of a large pepper and carve out the insides to easily and completely remove the seeds.

You can serve watermelons easily by placing a large bowl of approximately the same size over one half of a watermelon.

There are some food items you are likely to have been preparing wrong, here is the easy and right way to handle them.

The fast, correct way to prepare 3 food items

<h1>It is important to take a lot of water so as to stay hydrated.</h1>

However, some people find it difficult to drink several glasses of plain drinking water. The solution to this is adding some flavour and taste to your water.

1. Lemon and strawberry flavoured water:

1. Cut one half of a lemon into thin slices.

2. Add it to a cup of chopped strawberries.

3. Squeeze out the juice from the fruits.

4. Pour in a pitcher and add some water.

2. Pineapples and mint flavoured water:

1. Remove the chunks from chopped pineapples.

2. Put in a glass with some mint leaves.

1. Cut half a slice of lemon and put in a pitcher with a cup of chopped pineapples.

2. Add a spoon of ginger powder and squash them all together.

It is a health requirement to drink a lot of water, and flavoured water is great if you want some taste in your water.

3 ways to make water taste better

Garden egg stew can also be enjoyed with white rice, boiled yam, boiled potatoes, boiled plantains and even dodo.

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The tasty sauce is quite easy to make. Here is how to.

- Eggplants (garden eggs) in whatever quantity you want

- Plenty pieces of smoked or dried fish to garnish

1. Wash and cut the garden eggs into halves and then boil till soft.

2. Pound the softened garden eggs in a small mortar till texture is coarse. Using a blender will likely give you a very smooth paste.

3. Put a medium sized pot on medium heat, pour in oil and heat up.

4. When the oil is hot, put in chopped onions and crayfish and fry for a few seconds.

5. Pour in the pounded egg plant paste. Stir fry for a bit.

6. Add salt and seasoning to taste.

7. Garnish with the de-boned pieces of dried or smoked fish.

8. Allow to cook for a while till the stew is properly fried.

Garden eggs (egg plant) are great not only for weight loss, but this vegetable fruit can be made into a sauce that leaves you wanting more.

How to make garden egg sauce

<h1>A lot of customers find it hard to get up from their comfortable positions to get a cold refreshment while relaxing at the British seaside.</h1>

In the sweltering heat, with over 50,000 people visiting Bournemouth beach, many people have had to line up on a queue for about 20 minutes to get an ice cream.

Ice cream seller Nigel Stephenson, has decided to solve this problem by delivering ice cream cones with a drone, even though he has had some challenges flying these machines.

He recently started experimenting with this method of serving ice cream earlier this year and the drone delivered ice creams have been dubbed 'conecorde'.

"I had time on my hands because of the weather and I started thinking about how people who buy ice creams often worry about leaving their things behind on the beach when they come up to the shop," says Nigel.

"I also noticed the number of people who were using mobile phones. So I thought, why not let them order their ice creams from us via an app, then deliver them directly to where they are on the beach?"

"I've always been someone who loves new toys and gadgets, and drones just seemed like the perfect solution."

Nigel may be receiving professional help from the owner of Kurnia Aerial Photography, a company that has used drones for just about everything, even inspecting sewer pipes.

Nigel Stephenson, who has been selling ice cream for 35 years has devised an ingenious method of delivering his wares to his customers.

Seller delivers cones with drones

Vipula says he chose the scene and theme to mark the 100 year anniversary of the World War 1.

The sculpture took three weeks to create and he used 24 kilograms of butter. Vipula was rewarded with a gold medal at the competition for his creativity.

Not only is Vipula a chef, his food art advanced with his culinary career as his designs became more intricate as his career as a chef progressed.

Vipula Athukorale, a 51 year old chef won a gold medal at the Culinary World Cup for this masterpiece.

Chef recreates World War 1 battle scene with butter sculpture [Photos]

<h1>Food is the most basic human want, so it should not come as a surprise that it affects every aspect of your life and health.</h1>

Not only can healthy eating improve your sex life, it can also have a direct effect on your vagina and vaginal hygiene.

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Here are five foods that are great for your vagina:

Your vagina contains 'good bacteria', and so does yogurt. Greek yogurt contains active cultures of bacteria/ probiotics that ward off organisms that can cause diseases and infections in the vagina.

Eating a cup or two of yogurt will help maintain healthy pH levels in the body.

Cranberry juice helps balance the pH in the body and its acidic compounds help ward off urinary tract infections.

A glass or two of unsweetened, organic cranberry juice daily is recommended for improved vagina health. If you can lay your hands on them, eat a handful of cranberries instead.

Soy contains phytoestrogens, a synthetic form of estrogens that helps keep your vagina lubricated. You might want to include tofu and soy milk in your diet.

4. Sweet potatoes:

The Vitamin A in sweet potatoes will help keep your vagina and uterine walls healthy. How? Vitamin A is an antioxidant that will help the cells in your lady parts function better.

5. Fruits, vegetables and a lot of water:

By now you must know that fruits and vegetables are an important part of your diet that you must never skip. Fruits and vegetables are packed full with vitamins, minerals and nutrients that your body can not do without.

Pineapples and watermelons are great for vagina hygiene as they improve the taste and smell of the vagina considerably.

Drinking a lot of water will keep the membranes of the vagina well lubricated and hydrated, allowing those parts function properly.

Just in case you didn't know, the food you consume can affect your vagina health, positively, or adversely.

5 foods that are great for your lady parts

<h1>Visiting a new place alone can be a thrilling experience, but it may also prove to be a dangerous one.</h1>

For safety and emergency purposes, here are three tips for a solo trip/ vacation.

1. Research your destination:

It is important to research your destination thoroughly; get as much information as you can lay your hands on. Check actual statistics for violence and crime rates and be sure to look up safety information on the city you plan to visit.

If you're a woman, from your research, you'd know cities with high rates of rape and gender specific violence to avoid.

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2. Have travel insurance:

Travel insurance save your life - literally. If you happen to lose your luggage, get robbed, get thrown into a political crisis or if a natural disaster occurs while you’re abroad, travel insurance is the cover you need.

If the worst happens and you die while on vacation abroad, a good travel insurance plan will ensure that your family brings your body home without getting buried with paper work, or huge costs.

However you must be sure to read through travel insurance policies carefully and check for loopholes. A lot of insurance plans don’t cover certain countries or accidents from certain types of adventures.

3. Check in with someone back home regularly:

Make sure a relative or friend back home knows your itinerary and check in with them at designated times so that they know you’re okay. Give them details such as your flight number, hotel address, places you plan to visit etc.

You and said person should agree on how often you check in, whether daily, hourly, every six hours or every two days. Make sure you are consistent once you agree on a plan so that you don't cause them to raise false alarms.

You should also agree on how long they should wait after not hearing from you before they alert the authorities.

Be polite and friendly to people especially those you meet on the plane

Travelling alone is not always fun, neither is it always safe. Here are three things to do before and during a solo trip.

3 safety tips for a solo trip

<h1>Cooking accidents happen, sometimes we get a little distracted and leave a pot on the fire for longer than we should.</h1>

Or we miscalculate and don't add enough water to boiling rice before running off to watch TV for a few minutes.

Whatever the cause may be, everyone has probably ended up with a badly burnt pot that seems impossible to clean.

There's no reason to spend hours sweating and scrubbing a badly charred pot. Here are easy ways to get rid of burnt remnants in a pot:

1. Set the pot to heat:

This works very well for rice pots. Jollof rice is not jollof rice if the bottom of the bot is not slightly burnt at least. To get rid of the burnt residue, simply set the pot on your cooker and leave on medium heat.

In no time, the rice will become harder and crispier, making it easy to peel or scrape it off as a layer. Then you can wash your pot normally.

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2. Soak in water:

For a thin layer of burnt food, all you need to do is soak the pot in warm water overnight or for many hours. Pour enough water into the pot that it covers the level of the burn stains/ residue.

If you can afford it, you may soak the pot in oil instead, this works better for cast iron pots. The scorched food will loosen out after some time and you can wash your pot normally.

3. Boil cleaning agents in the pot:

For really stubborn stains, instead of soaking the pot, set it to boil for some minutes. Pour in water, mix with detergent and vinegar or baking soda.

After some minutes, remove from heat, scrape off the burnt food and wash normally.

Scrubbing a pot with charred remnants of food stuck stubbornly to it is a frustrating chore, no doubt. Here is how to easily clean a burnt pot.

How to clean a burnt pot

<h1>For people who are trying to completely quit alcohol and those who do not consume alcohol at all, socialising at bars is often a challenge.</h1>

Most establishments serve a variety of alcoholic drinks and beverages, but they also have nonalcoholic drinks too.

While others enjoy a glass of wine or a bottle of beer, here are five drinks you can request for from the bartender/waiter.

Chapman is one of the most popular drinks in Nigeria now. It is served at every other party and in every other bar. Chapman is usually made with alcoholic bitters but for children and teetotallers, Chapman is made with nonalcoholic bitters or grape juice.

This is another type of drink that has gained popularity in recent years. Made from milk or ice cream base, this cold, sweet beverage is definitely worth a try. There are a variety of milkshake recipes and flavours to choose from.

With smoothies, there is an endless possibilities; there is no limits to the variety of smoothies you can have. From basic smoothie recipes to a combination of your desired fruits, you can have as many flavours of smoothies as you want.

A can or two of chilled fizzy drinks would not be a bad idea. There are numerous types and flavours of soft drinks to choose from.

Alcoholic wines are generally made from fermented grapes. However wine can be made from fermenting other fruits and even cereal.

These wines are usually named after the fruits that for their base for example, sparkling cider refers to apple wine.

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