A relationship is like a shark—if it doesn’t move forward, it dies. You should find ways of keeping your relationship fresh so your love doesn’t become just a part of your routine. One way of doing this is to find new interests that you can pursue together, so you have something to be excited about as well as a shared passion.  Take a weekly dance class together. This will give you some great exercise and will increase your passion for each other. Find a new hobby together. Try taking a painting or ceramics class, or find a new love for sailing. Take a class together. Try learning a new language or taking a history class together. Train for a race together. This is a great way to get closer, whether you’re training for a 5K or a marathon. Do anything out of your comfort zones. Try hiking, mountain biking, or even ice skating. Doing something completely unfamiliar will bring you closer together. If you want to maintain a healthy relationship, then you have to maintain a healthy sex life. Though your lovemaking may not be what it was in the beginning after five years together, you should still try new things in the bedroom so you’re still excited about making love with your partner and that everything you do still feels like an adventure.  Make love in new positions. Don’t do the same old thing you’ve been doing, even if it works. You can even look up new positions together, which will be great for foreplay. Make love in new places. Don’t always go for the bedroom—try the couch, the kitchen table, or even check in to a hotel in the middle of the day. Try going to a sex store to pick up some kinky items to bring into bed. Though a vacation isn’t a good long-term solution to any relationship problems, taking a trip together can help take you out of your same old perspective and appreciate your love in a new way. Plus, planning a trip together will give you something new to look forward to.  Plan the trip you’ve always wanted to take. If you’ve both been talking about going to Paris together for the last seven years and you have the funds for it, it’s time to make your dreams a reality. Take a short day trip. Even driving an hour out to spend a day in the woods or the beach can make your relationship feel fresher. Take a second honeymoon. If you’re already married and had a honeymoon, take another honeymoon to commemorate your love.
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One-sentence summary -- Find new interests to pursue together. Keep it fresh in the bedroom. Take trip to a new place together.

Q: Peel the ripe, processed acorns. Divide the kernels. Place in an ovenproof dish and cover. Roast in a low heat oven to dry slowly. Once roasted (light, medium or dark), grind. The resulting mixture can be blended into commercial coffee -- or used on its own to make acorn coffee. Read How to make acorn flour for instructions. Use the flour to make breads, muffins, etc. Korean cooking is largely the only cuisine that features acorn starch. Some Korean noodles and jellies are made of acorn starch. As acorn starch is a favorite part of this cuisine, many Asian grocery markets sell it. Use an olive making recipe and substitute acorns for the olives to make a treat/delicacy. They can replace many legumes and other nuts, such as chickpeas, peanuts, macadamias, etc. Follow your usual recipe and substitute acorn pieces instead. Like most nuts, they are a nutritious, dense food to use freely.  Make acorn dukkah, a dry spicy mixed dip, which has many uses, but is mainly used to dip bread that has been basted with olive oil or butter. Sprinkle chopped, roasted acorns over a fresh salad. Once roasted, remove and dip in very heavy sugar syrup.  Make "acorn brittle" candy, using a peanut brittle recipe, and spread it on buttered plates to cool.  Make an acorn nut butter spread that is similar to peanut, almond, hazelnut, or sunflower seed nut butter. Use recipes for low-carb pancakes (as crepes) or low-carb biscuits of acorn starch. Spread with acorn butter and add stevia! Their nutty, slightly sweet taste adds a lovely depth to stews. This can give these standards a nice lift in flavour, adding "conversation-piece" value.
A: Make acorn "coffee". Make acorn flour, whole -- or sift to remove fiber to make a finer cake flour called acorn starch! Pickle the leached acorns in brine. Substitute roasted acorns for nuts and cooked legumes. Roast the acorns. Add acorns to stews as one might add beans or potatoes. Add ground acorns to creamed, mashed potatoes or potato salad.

Article: Chefs don’t recommend scaling a recipe in your head. You should write out the amounts you need ahead of time. If you have a copier, you may want to copy the original recipe and write in the margins, so that you have the instructions next to the ingredients. Write down the seasonings in another column and the liquid ingredients in another column. Lastly, write down rising agents and alcohol in the last column. Write “Times 1.5” above the seasonings” column, excluding hot peppers. Place them in the last column with the exacting ingredients, such as rising agents and alcohol. Rewrite your ingredients in list form according to the “double” measure you have calculated.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Write each of the ingredients on a piece of paper. Write down all of the vegetables, flour and meat products in 1 column. Write “Times 2” above the main ingredients column and above the liquids column. Finish the calculations below, then double check your ingredients list on the original recipe to make sure you’ve included everything.

Article: A non-stick pan is ideal for reheating chicken — especially when the skin has been left on the meat, since the fatty skin tends to stick to heated pans.  You should be able to feel heat emanating off the pan when you place your hand 2 inches (5.1 cm) above it. You don't want the pan to be as hot as you'd use to cook raw chicken, as intense heat will dry the chicken out. A little bit of fat in the pan will prevent the chicken from drying out. You could substitute the oil or butter for water or chicken broth, if desired. Place the cold chicken in the pan and watch it closely. To prevent burning, move the chicken around the pan so the surface doesn't have a chance to stick to the pan. Make sure to turn the pieces from time to time to heat the chicken through from both sides. Give the chicken a minute or 2 to redistribute its juices, then eat!
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Bring a pan up to low-to-medium heat. Put 1 tablespoon (15 mL) of oil or butter in the pan. Reheat the chicken in the pan. Let the chicken rest before serving it.