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What if I told you could expand your culinary horizons beyond ramen and Natty Light while keeping things quick, easy and tasty? Would you be interested in that? Yeah, we thought you would.

Banana Smoothies Are the Jam

By Nick Schonberger
5/28/08
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Banana Smoothies. We all love them. We are all guilty of having spent way too much on one. Even though Jamba Juice seems to have a “2 for 1” promotion literally every week, copping a “smooth” a day feels like buying Starbucks with British sterling. Better to go the D.I.Y. route to accrue the health benefits

15-Minute Thai Green Curry

By Nick Schonberger
5/23/08
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In the “Cooking” section of The Gradspot.com Guide to Life After College, there is a discussion of quality basics to keep in the pantry: rice, pasta, crushed tomatoes, etc. These are all great staples. They pantry is also a grand place to keep a few other bits and pieces that may not be essentials but also won’t go off.

Ice Cream for Dinner, and Other Small Tips for Saving Big Money

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9/16/08
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Graduation from my Masters program is near. No permanent job is in sight. Money-saving schemes loom to the fore of my awareness. Fortunately, I am a rat! “Resourceful”, “scavenger”, “survival”—no, “danger”—is my middle name. Here are some money-saving tips

The Most Annoying People at Starbucks

By Christopher Schonberger
5/22/08
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Check out Holy Taco’s 8 Types Of Annoying People You’ll Find Inside Starbucks, including “The Over Happy Line Greeter/Order Taker” and the “Complicated Order Guy Who Needs His Coffee Right the F*#k Now.” Having been the “

Free Donald's? The Greatest Day Ever Continues...

By Christopher Schonberger
5/15/08
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It’s a perfect storm! Just as I’m beginning to feel physically ill from free iced coffee day at Dunkin’ Donuts (you can’t argue with the Flavorcaster, even when it says “blueberry”), this news hits me: It’s also FREE CHICKEN SANDWICH DAY at McDonald’s

Grads Run on (Free) Dunkin' Donuts

By Christopher Schonberger
5/15/08
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Gradspotters, today is the greatest day of the entire calendar year. A day on which the most delicious drink on the face of the earth literally flows like water. I’m talking about FREE ICED COFFEE day at Dunkin’ Donuts!

Demystifying the Farmers Market

By Mandy Erickson
5/14/08
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Now that farmers markets are open for the season, forget buying fruit and vegetables at the supermarket. The tomatoes may look perfect, but they have a texture like gritty Jell-o and a taste indistinguishable from lettuce

How to Be the Bobby Flay of Summer

By Nick Schonberger
5/07/08
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With Memorial Day just a few short weeks away, I can already begin to smell the glowing embers of a hot charcoal grill (though maybe that’s because my neighbors are literally grilling right now). Summer barbecues are wonderful, not just because of the simple, back-to-the-earth feeling evoked by meat

Top Ten Ways to Drop $600

By Christopher Schonberger
5/06/08
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Starting this month, those coveted $600 tax rebates from the government will start hitting the mailboxes of recent grads who kept it real last year and didn’t make very much money. The big question is

You Say Tomato, I Say Petrol Bomb

By Nick Schonberger
5/02/08
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As established in last week's recipe for mac and cheese, even the most traditional comfort foods can have their variations. Sometimes, this is welcome. Other times, people get a bit territorial about their favorite dish. Take for example the story