Easy Cabbage and Chickpea Soup

Vegan Cabbage and Chickpeas Soup Recipe with Pictures

It was the end of the week, peaking in my refrigerator i realized there wasn't much left besides cabbage and dried chickpeas, i spent the whole week going to multiple interviews and haven't had the time to stop by the store to pick up groceries. The calendar was displaying Saturday the 10th, "Bingo!" i thought to myself and headed out to visit the local Farmers market that goes on every week from Friday to Sunday. Coming home after freezing to death at the market i knew i wanted to makea warm soup, it had to be something new, something i have never made before.

12 Ways to Recycle Christmas Trees

Used Christmas Tree Recycling Ideas

Give a used Christmas Tree a second life by recycling or treecycling it into something useful. Here are some creative ideas that you might find interesting.
Phone Call Away
- The simplest, guilty free way is to call your local Christmas tree recycling center to come and pick up the tree. Search for your location at Earth911.com
- Waist Management also provides Christmas tree curbside service for only $5 (some cities
do it for free!), simply call your local customer service to arrange the pick up. Most states start

Extend the Life of a Christmas Tree

Many prefer to buy a real Christmas tree before hand to allow plenty of time  to decorate and to have a house filled with wonderful, captivating aroma of pines without which it is hard to imagine real Christmas. Perhaps many of you who bought the  tree in advance have come across number one problem, keeping it alive until Christmas day or longer. Let the problem be gone!
Today i am going to share with you the tricks that have been in my family for generations and which have been passed on to me by my grandparents, who have always managed to keep their tree alive for close to two months.

Make a Paper Christmas Tree

Wanna spruce up an ordinary boring night and make something fun? It is very easy, here is what you need: a couple of good friends, paper, preferably green, scissors, scotch tape or glue dots, a piece of wire (an old metal hanger works well) a few beers and a CD with Christmas songs to keep the spirit going lol =) Although by now you are probably tired of hearing Christmas songs as they accompany you on every corner, in that case any good music or a movie will work!

Lets get started.