My Secret to curing a cold in 2-3 days

Drink lots of water. Yes, I know they always say this, but try taking a glass of water wherever you go.  Fill it to the top as soon as it's empty.

Vitamin C with Zinc like Pedzinc (I use my daughter's). A dose of 5ml in the morning, and one at night.  I also take a dose when my throat feels itchy.

Salinase nasal spray. Not the drops, but the spray bottle-the kind that you spray up your nose.  Don't worry, first-timers, you will get used to it. 

Tissues. A big box.

Sleeping sitting up (so you can breathe at night), and mucous flows out instead of blocking your nose.

Centrum multi-vitamins.  One a day.

Brownies

My two favorite brownie recipes so far:

1 is a cheat because I use Maya brownie mix, but it's good and quick. My only problem with it is it is sticky so it's hard to put into my brownie edge pan. Also, the batter is thick and a bit hard to mix by hand. I like to stick to simple recipes now. These brownies are cake like.

The other one is the joy of baking Brownie recipe. It calls for chocolate chips, cocoa powder and 3 eggs - more than what I use with Maya, but the batter is easier to pour and it's not a pain to mix by hand. This recipe turns out a mix of cakey and fudgey brownies. Perfect!

The yield is a little too little for my brownie edge pan.