INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Before starting any new exercises, make sure that it is safe by talking to your physical therapist or doctor. They may have suggestions for exercises that you should do.  Go slowly at first. Even if you were active before the injury, straining your knee too early may worsen your hyperextension. You should not feel pain during or after exercise. If you do, stop what you are doing and rest your knee. Your physical therapist may advise you to do your exercises up to 3 times a day. Lie on your back on the floor. Bend your strong knee and straighten out your injured leg. Raise the straight leg a few inches off the ground. Hold this pose for 3-5 seconds. Slowly lower your leg to the ground. Switch legs. Repeat 8-10 times on each leg. Grasp the back of a chair with both hands. Support your weight on your strong leg. Bring the heel of your weak knee up until it touches your buttocks. Hold for 3-5 seconds before lowering the leg. Switch and repeat on your other leg. Repeat 8-10 times on each leg. Stand beside a 6-inch (15 cm) platform. Step up onto the platform with 1 leg. Bring the other leg up so that it is hovering off the platform. Hold the pose for 3-5 seconds before stepping down. Switch legs and repeat up to 10 times on each leg. Stretch out your arms straight in front of your or hold onto the back of a chair. With your feet hips-width apart, lower your hips as though you are about to sit in a chair. Only lower yourself a few inches. Hold the pose for 3-5 seconds before slowly rising. Repeat 8-10 times.

SUMMARY: Talk to your physical therapist or doctor before exercising. Do straight leg lifts. Hold onto a chair for hamstring curls. Step up to a platform. Go down into a half-squat.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: If you're looking to reduce the fat in your favorite recipes, you can use powdered peanut butter instead of the creamy variety. Simply replace the peanut butter that a recipe is calling for with reconstituted peanut butter.  Keep in mind that the texture of powdered peanut butter is different, and it will translate to the texture of your food. When measuring the powder, keep in mind that 2 tablespoons (6.14 grams) of powder will create 1 tablespoon (6.14 grams) of peanut butter. You can use the powder in baked goods like brownies, cookies, and muffins. When making 12 servings of brownies, for instance, use 1 cup (294.7 grams) of powdered peanut butter as a replacement for flour in the recipe.  You can also create peanut butter cookies, replacing flour with the powdered peanut butter and fruit puree, like applesauce. Use a half a cup (147.36 grams) of powdered peanut butter with a half a cup (60 grams) of flour to creating your powder coating. Add in spices like salt and pepper and sift the coating thoroughly. Once it's mixed, you can coat your proteins with the flour and the peanut butter mixture. After you're done coating your meat, fry or bake your food as you normally would. This will impart a subtle peanut butter taste to your coating.  This recipe is especially good with poultry. You may need to dredge your protein in an eggwash to better bind the coating to your meat. To create a frosting using powdered peanut butter, combine 1 cup (227 g) of softened butter with 1/2 cup (147.36 grams) of powdered peanut butter, 3 cups (600 grams) of sugar, and 3 tablespoons (44.36 mL) of milk or almond milk and beat the ingredients together with a food processor or mixer until they are light and fluffy. You can create a Thai-inspired sauce using powdered peanut butter. To create the sauce, combine 1/4 cup of powdered peanut butter with 2 tbsp light coconut milk and 2 tbsp of soy sauce. The finished result will taste salty and sweet.  This sauce can be used as a dipping sauce for appetizers like dumplings. You can also use it as a salad dressing.

SUMMARY: Replace creamy peanut butter with the powdered variation. Use it to replace flour in baking recipes. Coat meat with powdered peanut butter. Whip it into a frosting. Use it to create a sauce.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Though you won't know if the woman likes you until you try, you can try to read the signs to see how she's feeling before you get in too deep. If she's looking into your eyes, laughing a lot, and not looking around for her friends to save her or backing away when you come closer, then she may be interested. If she answers your questions by just saying "yes" or "no" and looks uncomfortable or even unhappy, then she may just be too nice to let you go.  Read her body language. Does she lean her body toward you, or away? If she leans in to talk to you, then this may be a sign that she wants to get closer. Remember that every woman is different. She may like you but she could be really shy, and you may be reading the signals wrong as a result. This will be a way to hint at your romantic intentions. If you don't make it clear from the start that you're romantically interested in a woman, then you risk falling into the friend zone. It's not that hard to touch someone while still remaining respectful. If you're both about to go somewhere, hold out your elbow as an invitation for her to hook her arm around yours, or press with your hand on her back, just above her waist, towards the door (or corridor), while saying "after you". Or, be bold and lightly place your hand over hers for just a second. If she's interested, she might seem a little surprised, but she'll still be receptive. If she's not interested, then she'll seem uncomfortable and will pull away. For most people, this is the hard part, because you have to actually make your intentions known, and in doing so you risk rejection. Be brave. Tell her you'd like to see her again, and just ask for her phone number or, if it feels right, try to set up a date for some future time. If she isn't interested, don't sweat it. There will always be another woman to talk to. Don't put a lot of pressure on her when you ask. Just say something like, "I've had a great time talking to you and would love to pick this up over drinks or dinner some time. Can I have your phone number?" You don't have to use the word "date" or say, "I really like you" or something that makes it all a little too clear.

SUMMARY: Make sure she's interested. Break the touch barrier. Close the deal.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Although there are many brands of commercial window cleaner, they tend to include excessive amounts of soap, which will cause streaking. As such, you are better off using either an equal part mixture of vinegar and water or a homemade cleaning solution.

SUMMARY:
Avoid store-bought cleaners.