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So easy!
Serves 1
TOMATO PESTO CHICKEN
INGREDIENTS
12×18 inches parchment paper or aluminium foil
1 chicken breast
5 ounces asparagus
1 roma tomato, sliced
2 tablespoons pesto
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
PREPARATION
1. Preheat oven to 400°F/200°C.
2. Fold the parchment paper in half, then open up.
3. Cut the ends of the asparagus and lay them on one half of the parchment paper.
4. Drizzle on oil and sprinkle on salt and pepper.
5. Lay the chicken on the asparagus, season with salt and pepper, and spread on the pesto. Top with tomato slices.
6. Fold the parchment paper over the chicken, and cinch the paper together by folding it over itself along the edges.
7. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until internal temperature of chicken reaches 165˚F/75˚C.
8. Enjoy!
BARBEQUE
INGREDIENTS
Parchment paper or aluminium foil, 12×18 inches
1 chicken breast
1 small potato, sliced
1/4 onion, sliced
3 tablespoons barbecue sauce
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
PREPARATION
1. Preheat oven to 400°F/200°C.
2. Fold the parchment paper in half, then open up
3. Quarter the potatoes and thinly slice the onion.
3. On one half, lay down the cut potatoes, drizzle on oil and sprinkle on salt & pepper.
4. Lay the chicken on the potatoes, season with salt and pepper and spread on the barbecue sauce. Top with sliced onions.
5. Fold the parchment paper over the chicken, and cinch the paper together by folding it over itself along the edges.
6. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until internal temperature of chicken reaches 165˚F/75˚C.
7. Enjoy!
GARLIC PARMESAN CHICKEN
INGREDIENTS
Parchment paper or aluminium foil, 12×18 inches
1 chicken breast
1/2 zucchini, sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons parmesan
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
PREPARATION
1. Preheat oven to 400°F/200°C.
2. Fold the parchment paper in half, then open up.
3. Slice the zucchini into rounds and lay them on one half of the parchment paper.
4. Mix the minced garlic and butter in a small bowl and spoon half of the garlic butter on top of the zucchini. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
5. Lay the chicken on the zucchini, season with salt and pepper and spoon on the rest of the garlic butter. Top with parmesan.
6. Fold the parchment paper over the chicken, and cinch the paper together by folding it over itself along the edges.
7. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until internal temperature of chicken reaches 165˚F/75˚C.
8. Enjoy!
FAJITA CHICKEN
INGREDIENTS
Parchment paper or aluminium foil, 12×18 inches
1 chicken breast
1/2 red pepper, sliced
1/2 yellow pepper sliced
1/4 red onion, sliced
3 tablespoons salsa
1 tablespoon Mexican cheese blend
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
PREPARATION
1. Preheat oven to 400°F/200°C.
2. Fold the parchment paper in half, then open up.
3. Thinly Slice the peppers and onion and lay them on one half of the parchment paper.
4. Drizzle on oil and sprinkle on salt & pepper.
5. Lay the chicken on the peppers, season with salt and pepper, and spoon on salsa. Top with cheese.
6. Fold the parchment paper over the chicken, and cinch the paper together by folding it over itself along the edges.
7. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until internal temperature of chicken reaches 165˚F/75˚C.
8. Enjoy!
Do what you want and live your best life.
I call bullshit, because look how flawless she looks.
Again, I call BULLSHIT!
These men prove otherwise.
Do you see this young man, serving FACE!
Like, do you ever just stop mid-flirt and run away?
Taking up arms against misogynist trolls since always.
No like seriously, Ross, have you ever spent a Thanksgiving with your son?
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But that doesn't count because Ben wasn't actually born yet and Ross was still in love with Carol.
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But no, Ross. Your "thing" is totally "being a good father."
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She naps so well through her first Thanksgiving that Rachel completely forgot she was there.
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Japan, quite simply, is an incredible country.
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This means that the water gets used twice. What a genius idea.
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No more having to move your car because the hose is just out of reach!
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Meet your new favorite internet cats.
Their owner, James, told BuzzFeed News he and girlfriend Lauren adopted the pair when they were 10 weeks old.
"They've been inseparable since they were adopted and they always do everything together," he said. "They sleep, eat, and tear apart my Christmas tree as a unit."
You’re not the only person who doodled “Mrs Bloom” over their exercise books.
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Playboy Playmate Dani Mathers pleaded not guilty Monday to one count of invasion of privacy for allegedly secretly photographing a 70-year-old woman in the shower at a Los Angeles health club and posting the photo to Snapchat.
Mathers, 29, could face six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
In July, prosecutors say Mathers used her cell phone to post the nude picture with the caption, "If I can’t unsee this then you can’t either," along with a photo of herself holding her hand over her mouth. After the post went viral, Mathers tweeted that she was sorry and needed to take some time to reflect on her actions.
“Body-shaming is humiliating, with often painful, long-term consequences,” Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feur said in a statement to BuzzFeed News earlier this month. “It mocks and stigmatizes its victims, tearing down self-respect and perpetuating the harmful idea that our unique physical appearances should be compared to airbrushed notions of ‘perfect.’ What really matters is our character and humanity. While body-shaming, in itself, is not a crime, there are circumstances in which invading one’s privacy to accomplish it can be. And we shouldn’t tolerate that.”
Mathers's attorney entered her plea on her behalf in court Monday. A pretrial date was scheduled for Dec. 21.
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Lorelai never stood a chance. (Warning: Spoilers ahead!)
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She babbles on a bit more, but you get the idea.
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Castro met the Trudeaus when Justin was already four years old.
Trudeau's father, former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was a close friend of Castro's both in office and afterward. Castro even attended the elder Trudeau's funeral in 2000, where the above photo was taken.
But according to a hoax that appears to have started on Reddit, the ties between the Trudeaus and Castros supposedly go even deeper, with some people falsely claiming that Fidel Castro is in fact Justin Trudeau's real father through an affair with his mother Margaret.
There is no evidence to support this theory, and the timeline doesn't work.
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Justin Trudeau was already four years old when this photo was taken in Havana.
In his book Three Nights in Havana: Pierre Trudeau, Fidel Castro and the Cold War World, author Robert Wright writes that Pierre Trudeau and Castro's first dealings were in 1970, when the Canadian prime minister negotiated for Cuba to take five members of the FLQ terrorist group off his hands.
"Yet only in January 1976 did the two men meet face-to-face for the first time," according to Wright.
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Welcome to Stars Hollow, Kent.
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1. Stars Hollow would be located in the Kent commuter belt, and be a bit shit.
2. It would never snow in Stars Hollow, Kent, but sometimes a bit of brown slush would gather on the pavement.
3. Instead of pretty fairy lights in the trees, the crappy town Christmas decorations would be up all year round because the council couldn’t be arsed to take them down.
4. Many dramatic scenes would take place at town bus stops.
5. Lorelai wouldn’t have to move into a shed at the back of a hotel with her baby, but would live in a small council flat, much to Emily's horror.
6. Emily and Richard would have a large house in Tunbridge Wells, and cover the cost of fees for Rory to attend Marlborough College. They would insist on referring to their town as Royal Tunbridge Wells.
7. Dinner at Emily and Richard’s house would always be an overcooked roast dinner that nobody really wanted to eat, with lots of sherry, port, and horrible fruit cake.
8. They would have a sour-faced housekeeper straight out of a Dickens novel called Mrs Braithwaite. She would be extremely expensive, but they’d retain her to keep up appearances.
9. Emily and Richard would have a portrait of Thatcher over the fireplace.
10. Lorelai and Rory would drink constant cups of PG Tips, instead of coffee.
11. Lorelai and Rory’s snack of choice would be Monster Munch.
12. They’d be obsessed with watching EastEnders, Corrie, and Neighbours. They would occasionally stay in on the weekends to catch the Hollyoaks omnibus.
13. To accompany their binge-watching they’d get takeaway all the time from Al’s Kebabs. They’d also eat at least one chicken tikka masala a week, and when they wanted to splash out, go for a Pizza Express.
14. Rory’s first kiss would be at age 14, in the park with the broken children’s climbing frame, after a few tinnies.
15. Rory would lose her virginity in the toilets of a club in Magaluf.
16. Lorelai would not be allowed to drive her banged-up Jeep because it would have failed its MOT. There would be a scene where Lorelai spends several hilarious minutes on the phone to the DVLA. She’d eventually give in and buy a Ford Focus.
17. Rory would study classics at King’s College, Cambridge. She’d be arrested for getting into a fight at Cindy’s during freshers' week, but it would all be sorted out because her grandfather went to school with the provost of the college.
18. Her friends would all be awful drinking-society types.
19. After Cambridge, Rory would attend City to study journalism, followed by an internship on the arts desk at the Telegraph. She would be sent to cover the Edinburgh Fringe, where she would be put in the uncomfortable position of reviewing Kirk’s latest avant-garde act.
20. Rory would write an article for The Guardian’s Comment is Free and end up having to delete her Twitter after publishing it. She would go on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour to defend herself, and end up making things worse.
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21. Luke would own a greasy spoon called Luke’s Caff that would do a cracking £4.99 fry-up popular with local builders.
22. Despite her incredibly posh accent, Lorelai would insist to anyone who would listen that she was really working-class.
23. Jess would be the kid who skipped school to play with his indie band in shitty Camden clubs.
24. In later life he would run a coffee-slash-bicycle shop in Dalston, and be extremely judgmental about fashion, especially men’s trousers.
25. Paris would study medicine, and become a leading voice during the junior doctors’ strike. She would constantly be invited to speak on Channel 4 News due to her ability to eviscerate other guests in debate.
26. The Dragonfly Inn would be a slightly awful B&B. The kind where breakfast is served between 5:30am and 7am, you get locked out if you dare stay out after curfew, and you're reminded of it years later when it appears on Channel 4’s Four in a Bed.
27. Lorelai would know there was a damp problem down the sides of the beds, but would ignore it.
28. The “head chef” of the B&B wouldn’t be Sookie St. James, but a woman called Sandra Perry who would cook exactly three dishes: wet shepherd’s pie, mince and onions, and beans on toast.
29. Stars Hollow's only pub would be a Wetherspoon's called The Old King's Nut. This is where most of the village people would interact.
30. Doose’s Market would be a Tesco Express. Dean would eventually get fired from his job after the introduction of self-checkout machines made him obsolete.
31. Dean would then spend his days sulking in The Old King's Nut drinking slightly flat, room-temperature ales.
32. There would be a lot more trifle at town events.
33. Only the old people would turn up to town meetings. They would mostly go for the free tea and biscuits.
34. A great town fight would break out about halving the number of bin collection days. The Stars Hollow Gazette would take a firm editorial stance against the council, calling its bin collection plan “a shambles”.
35. The town sign would constantly be getting graffitied by local youths.
36. Instead of a lovely bandstand, the focal point of the town square would be an old phone box covered in strip club ads and filled with needles.
37. Emily and Richard would vote Conservative, Rory would be a proud Lib Dem, and Lorelai would vote for the Monster Raving Loony Party every election, just for a laugh.
38. Paris would run for the local council. She’d eventually resign after getting fed up with people asking about their bins while she was on the bus.
39. Logan would be a minor royal, and get caught up in a racist costume scandal while at university.
40. Logan’s name would be Hugh.
41. Miss Patty’s studio would have a serious drug problem.
42. Stars Hollow would vote 75% in favour of leaving the EU.
43. In later life, Emily would move to Costa del Sol and take a younger lover.
44. Lane’s band, Hep Alien, would become very popular with BBC 6 Music listeners, and their careers would peak with a 2pm slot on one of the minor Glastonbury stages.
45. Eventually Lane would leave the band to go solo, and would win the heart of the nation drumming on Britain’s Got Talent. After placing third, she’d move to Peckham to work on her first concept album, and never return to Stars Hollow, Kent.
46. The first six series of Gilmore Girls would be on the BBC, and the seventh on Channel 4. The revival series would be available only online, on BBC 3. Each series would be four episodes long with a Christmas special.
In 1959, the Cuban politician arrived to the US like a total rock star.
As part of an international victory tour to celebrate the toppling of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro arrived to New York City in April 1959 to jubilant crowds and celebrations. Ironically, in 1961 Castro would officially declare himself a Marxist-Leninist, solidifying the strain between the United States and Cuba.
A group of students from Clayton High School of Clayton, Missouri, take a stroll down the street with Fidel Castro. The 32-year-old Cuban leader met the teenagers on his outing and invited them along as company for a brief walk to a nearby park.
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Fidel Castro looks up at a statue of Abraham Lincoln after laying a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial.
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Castro smiles and waves to a crowd of admirers who greeted him on his arrival at New York’s Penn Station on April 21, 1959. Castro was scheduled to spend five days in New York before going on to Boston.
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