Tubular shaped pasta is great for capturing thicker sauces. Shapes: Penne, Rigatoni, Ziti, Orecchiette, Campanelle, Cannelloni, Elbow Sauces: Alfredo, Bolognese, <a href="https://cravingsbychrissyteigen.com/recipes/pasta-alla-norma">Pasta Alla Norma</a>, Vodka Sauce, Arrabbiata

Tubular

Stuffed pasta has fillings that are based on creamier cheeses such as ricotta, mozzarella, and burrata. Shapes: Ravioli, Tortellini, Conchiglie, Cappelletti, Gnocchi Sauces: Sage Brown Butter, Marinara, Butter & Garlic, Mushroom Cream Sauce

Stuffers

Squiggly-shaped pasta is designed to hold any sauce, particularly thicker sauces or even grated cheese. Shapes: Rotini, Fusilli, CavatappiSauces: <a href="https://cravingsbychrissyteigen.com/recipes/johns-macaroni-cheese">Mac & Cheese,</a> Marinara, Pesto, Vodka Sauce

Squiggly

These noodles tangle beautifully with many types of sauces, particularly simple, oil-based sauces, like <a href="https://cravingsbychrissyteigen.com/recipes/one-pan-pasta-puttanesca">puttanesca</a>, or creamier sauces, like Chrissy’s <a href="https://cravingsbychrissyteigen.com/recipes/spicy-miso-spaghetti">Spicy Miso Pasta.</a> ﻿Shapes: Capellini, Spaghetti, Linguine, BucatiniSauces: Pomodoro, Carbonara, Cacio e Pepe, White Wine & Clams, Amatriciana, Butter & Garlic, Pesto

Thin noodles

These thicker, wider ribbons are the perfect canvas for nearly any sauce thrown at them. They’re often paired with heavier sauces. Shapes: Fettuccine, Tagliatelle, Pappardelle, LasagnaSauces: Ragu, Bolognese, Alfredo

Thick noodles

Many pasta shapes are specifically designed to complement specific ingredients.

How texture, size, and flavor can help pair pasta shapes with sauces.

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Employees are hungry for feedback from their leaders, managers and peers. They want to gain insights that advance their abilities and future potential. And more than ever, feedback is pivotal for engaging employees.With business moving at warp speed, it's tempting to move on to the next task or objective after a client presentation or a busy shift. But meaningful feedback doesn't hinder performance -- it fuels it.

Facts About Employee Feedback

The Fast Feedback approach makes giving feedback easier and more straightforward for managers, who often find the activity intimidating and overwhelming. When feedback is easy and commonplace, everyone can feel at ease and walk away knowing what and how to improve. And as Fast Feedback becomes part of the norm, a culture of meaningful feedback -- the ultimate goal -- will emerge.

Fast Feedback

<ul>
<li>Supports agility: Fast Feedback energizes employees and enables teams to make real-time, on-the-fly performance adjustments that create a competitive edge.</li>
<li>Inspires excellence: Employees are 3.6 times more likely to strongly agree that they are motivated to do outstanding work when their manager provides daily (vs. annual) feedback.</li>
<li>Retains talent: Employees today are looking for purpose-driven work and a manager who acknowledges and accelerates their progress.</li>
</ul>

Benefits Of Fast Feedback

Managers who continually listen, ask questions, gain context and promote dialogue have progressed to a coaching mindset. These best-in-class managers use ongoing conversations to deliver energizing feedback that celebrates successes and calibrates performance.

The Manager's Central Role in a Feedback Culture

Meaningful feedback is frequent.Effective feedback has an expiration date. Feedback should be a common occurrence -- for most jobs, a few times per week. People remember their most recent experiences best, so feedback is most valuable when it occurs immediately after an action.

Meaningful, Fast Feedback: Frequency

Meaningful feedback is focused.Ineffective feedback is vague and doesn't inform change. For instance, ranking all team members on the same general measures won't capture each individual's unique strengths and day-to-day work.The best managers individualize feedback to employees' natural talents and performance needs. They ensure feedback is relevant to the individual's contributions and the organization's purpose -- showing employees how their day-to-day efforts influence the big picture.

Meaningful, Fast Feedback: Focus


Meaningful feedback is future-oriented.Harping on an employee's prior blunders is anything but motivating. Managers can inspire growth by emphasizing the current moment and what's ahead -- recognizing employees' accomplishments and removing roadblocks for tomorrow. What can we do to get even better? How can we prepare for the future? What did you learn from this phase?That's not to say managers shouldn't acknowledge the past: Reflection facilitates learning. Top talent workers aren't looking only for "feel-good" feedback -- they want to be pushed to be their best.

Meaningful, Fast Feedback: Future-Oriented

The first action that leaders need to take is to transform managers into coaches. Coaching is a unique skill set that managers need to cultivate. Fortunately, the right manager development demystifies <a href="https://www.gallup.com/workplace/350057/gallup-finds-silver-bullet-coach-once-per-week.aspx">coaching</a> and evolves a manager's mindset -- giving them exactly what they need to become coaching aficionados who provide excellent feedback.

Managers As Coaches

In a development-focused work culture, feedback isn't a one-way, top-down event. Individuals, managers and leaders should all give and receive feedback -- showing appreciation for one another's efforts through an honest, open, ongoing dialogue. Peer-to-peer feedback strengthens relationships and cross-departmental collaboration.Leaders should model the behaviours they want their managers to display by sharing "Fast Feedback" with them.

Become a Feedback Evangelist

Leaders need to abandon annual reviews in favor of the <a href="https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/296192/coaching-conversations-role-relationship-orientation.aspx">five coaching conversations</a> that are scientifically shown to improve performance. Leaders should assess their current performance management approach, then implement the necessary changes to shift to feedback-rich performance development.

Management Practices and Performance Metrics

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How Fast Feedback Fuels Performance

Schadenfreude, the experience of pleasure at the misfortune of others, is a very common emotion. It may seem mean-spirited, vindictive even, but if you have ever felt guilt about the satisfaction you experienced when someone else messed up, don’t be too hard on yourself. Schadenfreude is the result of several deeply ingrained processes that the human brain spent millions of years evolving.

Schadenfreude: enjoying the  misfortune of others

Raising your social status feels good because when we do it, it triggers the pleasure-creating reward pathways in our brain. The inverse is also true; studies have shown that having a very low social status is very stressful, and bad for your wellbeing.But because it’s all subjective and relative, one way for your social status to improve is for someone else to lower theirs. And so, when we see someone mess up in ways that cause them to lose face, and thus lose social status, we can feel a burst of satisfaction as our own status is raised, at no cost to us.

Schadenfreude and social status

Our brains have evolved to assume that the world is a fair place, even if the actual evidence for this doesn’t stack up. Our brains respond to perceived fairness and justice like they do to raised social status: they really like it.So, when someone we deem to be higher status, who perhaps achieved their status via means we deem to be unfair, comes a cropper and experiences appropriate failure and misfortune, in ways that lower their standing relative to our own, it produces a heady cocktail of status and fairness, at zero cost to us.

The ‘Just World’ bias

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British nutritioners have found that more than 900 different yogurt products have too much sugar in them -- even in plain yogurts and Greek yogurts.According to the World Health Organization the recommended added sugar per day for children is 3-6 teaspoons while for adults is 6-9 teaspoons.

The Sugar in Yogurt

Yogurt is basically fermented milk and with anything that is involved with fermentation the end product will most likely have a tangy taste to it. However, tangy is something that isn't always appealing to everyone's taste buds.With manufacturers being able to add enough sweeteners to overcome yogurt's sour notes, it became more appealing thus able to generate more income.

Making Yogurt Appealing

Yogurt is fermented milk and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to review the definition of milk due to the innovations of the range of milk such as dairy-free milk, coconut milk, and other alternatives that can be used in yogurts.However, they have not yet redefined yogurt because the International Dairy Foods Association only requires for yogurt to have more than 3 grams of fat per serving in order to avoid confusion with low-fat yogurt.

Redefining Yogurt

Yogurt has a lot of great benefits to our health and it&#39;s a great way to add calcium and beneficial bacteria into our diets. Anyone can adapt to the taste of low-sugar yogurt and it just needs time and gradual incorporation.
Yogurt with fruits in it are likely to have a high amount of added sugar, but you can instead buy fresh fruit of your own and add it into that, thus getting less sugar but more fruit with the same number of calories or even lower.

Adapting to a lower-sugar yogurt

Your favorite yogurt could have more sugar than a 12-ounce soda.  HowStuffWorks looks at a new study about yogurt and sugar.

Your Yogurt Is Probably Loaded With Sugar

We all have been taught not to slouch and to stand up straight, and for good reason: Bad posture is the perceived culprit for back pain, fatigue and headaches. In reality, it is a symptom of some underlying problem we don’t know about yet.
If the person has the wrong posture, a physical therapist can examine the core problem, like muscular tightness, spasms or weakness, and provide the relevant exercise routine to follow.

Perfect Posture Is A Myth

Constant bad posture, from activities like sitting on the workstation all day, may not give us any pain now but can elongate or tighten certain muscle groups over time, creating problems in the future.
It helps to be posture conscious and perform sitting exercises to maintain blood circulation and muscle movement. Breathing exercises help a lot too.
Your body does great if it is moved around often.

Stop Future Illnesses

Your posture may not be the root of all your problems, but you can still improve your position and reduce back pain.

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Perfect posture doesn’t exist—but you can still improve yours

The National Coffee Association certainly believes that the best way to store coffee is to put them in an airtight container.
Coffee should be kept in an opaque container that is able to protect it from light and then stored in a cool place.

Properly Storing Coffee

Different types of coffee lose their freshness easily, such as coffee grounds lose freshness faster than whole beans due to it having a surface area that's exposed to oxygen while whole beans will lose freshness almost as soon as they're done roasting.

Purpose of Proper Storage

Some coffee advocates argue that freezing your coffee will prolong its shelf life but moisture is the enemy of fresh coffee. Storing your coffee in the freezer might also lead to having freezer-burnt coffee.However, freezing your coffee can keep it fresh for up to a month if you take the right steps:<ol><li>Divide the product into individually portioned bags before putting it in the freezer.</li><li>Seal coffee bags as airtight as possible to prevent air from coming in and out.</li></ol>

Freezing Coffee Properly

Proper coffee storage is important, but sticking your coffee grounds or beans in the freezer may be doing more harm than good.

What Is the Best Way to Store Coffee?

Many people, as studies suggest, tend to eat more when they exercise because increased activity makes them hungrier or they feel entitled to a reward after a tough workout. To get through this mindset, before your workout, make a post-workout snack that you can easily grab after like a piece of fruit or fat-free yogurt.
Make your calorie burn a fun activity that makes you want to go do more. When you dread to do something, you're more likely not to do it again.

Overcompensating For The Burned Calorie

Energy bars are designed to refuel the body during workouts that last longer than 60 minutes. These are usually high in calories that can range from 350-500 calories, but people don't see them as actual food, therefore, grabbing "an actual meal" after the workout.
Use your calorie intake wisely and opt for natural food instead. Focus on fruits, vegetables, and grains for carbs; poultry, fish, and red meat for protein; and nuts and avocados for fats, these have more vitamins and nutrients.

Going Overboard With the Energy Bars

Your diet and exercise must complement each other. It's impossible to sustain a diet that makes you consume 800 calories in a day with an intense workout session.
Exercising with no energy will make you hate it and eventually discourage you from doing it again. Instead, pick a workout routine or a sports goal and meet with a dietitian to customize an eating plan that will complement your lifestyle.

When Eating and Exercise Habits Don't Work

We see many celebrities go on these "diets" and think to ourselves that it could work for us. However, these diets are only effective on a short-term basis, they're usually hard to follow and you'll eventually gain the weight back.
Adopt an eating plan you can afford. It is important to have a healthy relationship with food instead of a fear-based one.
Those who eat what they want with guilt tend to have less control over their eating habits than those who eat to celebrate.

Adopting Diets Off The Shelf

When we start our diets we tend to get excited about counting calories. It's not far off that we also overexercise but undereat.
Having a habit as such is unsustainable in the long run. You won't be able to manage your diet because of the excessive restriction we place on ourselves.
Baby steps are more effective. Make small dietary changes at a time and allow yourself time to adjust before making another change.

Doing Too Much Too Soon

5 ways you’re sabotaging your weight-loss resolutions - The Washington Post

<ol>
<li>Eat real, whole foods you love.</li>
<li>Cut back a little at a time. Dieting shouldn&#39;t be zero to a hundred. It&#39;s okay to start slowly but surely.</li>
<li>Look for bumps and plan ahead. Office parties? Celebrations? Think ahead and deal with how you will tackle this obstacle.</li>
<li>Sharing your progress with other people will help build your confidence in taking accountability and even motivate you.</li>
<li>Cheat day? Remove the guilt! Learn how to get back on track and eat reasonable portions instead of pigging out.</li>
</ol>

Meal Plan: The Simple Method

<ol>
<li>Sneaky calories - there are a lot of hidden calories that we don&#39;t see or often take notice to such as oil servings or juices that we don&#39;t include in our calorie count.</li>
<li>Extreme diets - fads and trendy diets ebb and flow, but your goal is to have a healthy and nutrient rich body, stick to what is best for you in the long run.</li>
<li>Starving yourself - a little hunger is okay, but to starve yourself is a completely different scenario. it’s best to reduce portions a little at a time.</li>
</ol>

Things to watch out for when dieting

The Simple Way to Stick to a Meal Plan - zen habits

<ul><li>10 hours before bed: No more caffeine</li><li>3 hours before bed: No more food or alcohol</li><li>2 hours before bed: No more work</li><li>1 hour before bed: No more screen time</li><li>0: The number of times you hit the snooze button in the morning.</li></ul>

The “10-3-2-1-0" formula for better sleep

A productive day starts with a great morning, and you can't have a great morning if you didn't get any rest the night before. This simple five-part formula will help you get to bed earlier, sleep better, and wake up feeling rested.

Get Better Sleep and Start Mornings Strong With the "10-3-2-1-0" Formula

Marketers promote juice cleanses as a way to get rid of toxic overload, regaining balance after a period of unhealthful eating, or jump-starting wholesome habits. But juice cleanses and liquid detox diets are not a healthful or safe approach to weight loss. There's no scientific research that it provides benefits in the short or long term, and it's not an overall healthy approach to eating.

Juice Cleansing

The body detoxifies itself naturally, primarily through the action of the liver, kidneys and gastrointestinal (GI) tract.These organs help remove toxins or harmful substances that should not be stored in the body, so we don't need to do a juice cleanse or follow a liquid detox diet to be healthy.

People Don't Need To Detox To Be Healthy

A juice cleanse offers people a false sense of security that they are doing something beneficial, when in fact they're not.You may lose a few pounds on the scale during the first days, but once you come off a cleanse, and eat food, you could gain all this weight right back.

The False Security Of Juice Cleansing

Cleansing is ineffective as a long-term solution to weight loss. A person may shed pounds in the beginning of a cleanse, but this is due to a loss of water, she said.But the loss of water weight comes at the expense of a loss of muscle, which is a steep price to pay.

Juice Cleansing And Weight Loss

Many celebrities have popularized the idea of cleansing. Some stars have tried the approach as a quick way to lose weight, while others have done it to feel healthy after overindulging. And once people hear the hype and that the "famous and beautiful people" are doing it, everybody else wants to jump on the trends.

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Your Yogurt Is Probably Loaded With Sugar

Perfect posture doesn’t exist—but you can still improve yours

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