So you need to eat fast? Not everyone has the time or energy every weeknight to make a full course meal for themselves or their family, and eating out can get expensive. Fortunately, there are plenty of quick and easy 10 minute meals that taste great and are good for you at the same time. These meals aren’t only fast and easy, but work well for cooking in smaller kitchens. Keep these recipes in mind next time you go to the grocery store for a week of no-fuss dinners!
You don’t need handmade dough to make a pizza – just some pita bread and a few fresh ingredients! To make this dish even healthier, use wheat pita. With these pita pizzas, you can make several different varieties with different toppings to share with friends and family, or just enjoy yourself!
Click here for the Pizza Pronto recipe! Recipe courtesy of Red Book
Yes, 10 minute meals can be sophisticated! Fish Piccata is light and delicious and with a quick, delicate sauce of just three ingredients. Serve with a side salad and you’ve got one really nice and easy dinner!
Click here for the Fish Piccata recipe! Recipe courtesy of Food Network
Contrary to common thought, chili doesn’t have to take hours to make. It can be just as delicious using canned beans that are already cooked and just need heatin, with fresh veggies and seasonings added. Top with cheese, sour cream and cilantro, and you’ve got yourself one mean bowl of chili, perfect for fall and winter.
Click here for the Firehouse Chili recipe! Recipe courtesy of sheknows.com
1st Lake Properties offers many great communities with modern, energy efficient kitchens to whip up these delicious 10 minute meals, like at Brewster Commons in Covington. Browse the available apartments and find the one that you’ll love to cook in!
Decking the halls and walls of your apartment with photos, paintings and artwork is a great way to express your personal taste and style in your home. But how do you get around leaving your mark on the walls – in a bad way – with holes left from the hammer and nail? There are several solutions that eliminate damage to the walls and the extra work it takes to hammer, not to mention a possible deduction from your security deposit!
Command Strips are home improvement miracles in the form of little stickers. These hammer and nail-less strips affix right to your wall and can hold up to 24 x 36 inch picture frames. When it’s time to retire those pictures, they’re easily removed without taking any of the wall with them. Command Strips are very affordable and can be found at any home supply store.
Poster putty is great for hanging light-weight picture frames, artwork, prints – and yes, posters – to the walls that are also easily removable. They’re very easy to use and to find.
Once you have these picture hanging fixes in your possession, you may put up as many photos of your friends and family that your heart desires and spare you apartment walls from unsightly holes.
Looking for some new walls to hang your pictures and art? How about one of the great 1st Lake apartments for rent in Mandeville, River Ridge apartments for rent or Slidell apartments for rent in the Greater New Orleans area?
Who doesn’t like pizza? It’s delicious, saucy, cheesy, with endless possibilities for toppings and is a perfect food for parties, football season or just kicking back at home. If any doubts remain about the wonders of pizza, then resident pizza night at two of 1st Lake Properties’ excellent apartment communities should put them to rest.
At the Citrus Creek East and Citrus Creek West apartments in River Ridge, residents can enjoy great local pizza from Italian Pie every month for an unbeatable price. Residents will have their choice of large pepperoni, sausage or extra cheese pizzas for only $8 on the first Wednesday of every month from 4 to 6 p.m. in the community entrance. The Citrus Creek apartments for rent in River Ridge are both located along Citrus Blvd., conveniently close to Elmwood Business Park, the Huey P. Long Mississippi River Bridge, New Orleans Central Business District and all the shopping and entertainment you could ask for in those areas.
Clearwater Creek offers an equally awesome pizza night on the first Tuesday of every month from 4 to 8 p.m. Residents can find reduced large pies from Papa John’s for $8 right by the community office. The Clearwater Creek apartments, also in River Ridge, provide serenity and scenery with their walking paths and creeks while located in a secluded area of Elmwood Business Park that’s close to all the cosmopolitan resources of New Orleans, Metairie and West Jefferson. Clearwater Creek is also currently running a great one bedroom special! Don’t miss out!
Pizza party, anyone? Current and prospective tenants of these River Ridge apartment rentals – mark these special pizza nights on your calendar!
New shopping and dining options are coming to Metairie in the Elmwood Shopping Plaza. These new additions will make 1st Lake’s nearby apartments in Metairie, River Ridge and Kenner more attractive to live than ever!
The massive 65,000 square foot expansion in the popular River Ridge shopping center includes three new buildings – one focused on women’s wear and two for exciting new restaurants. The building on the north side of the main entrance dedicated primarily to women’s retail will house DSW (Designer Shoe Warehouse), Ulta Cosmetics, Charming Charlie’s and Kay Jewelers among other women’s clothing, jewelry and accessory stores. The new dining options will include Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Zoe’s Kitchen, Theo’s Pizza, Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt and Chipotle Mexican Grill among others.
This new construction comes off the heels of the extensive widening of the Huey P. Long Bridge that connects 1st Lake’s Metairie apartments with the Mandeville, Slidell and Covington apartments on the Northshore. Once the bridge is completed in 2013, it will ease the traffic flow and allow easy and quick access to the shopping center, especially for visitors coming from the West Bank and Northshore.
Also new to the area on Veterans Blvd. between Transcontinental Dr. and Clearview Pkwy. are even more delicious dining options, including Panera Bread, Bonefish Grill, Pei Wei and Coyote Blues.
Want to have access to this new world of shopping and dining in Metairie? Check out 1st Lake’s Metairie apartment rentals to be close to the action!
You know you’ve crossed over into adulthood when you get excited about buying new furniture – and you should be! Making your new apartment look and feel like home is always a fun step forward. Before you go on a wild shopping spree, there are a few things to do first to ensure you make the right furniture decisions.
Looking to buy new furniture for your new apartment at 1st Lake? See steps one through five below:
Before you buy that couch you’ve had your eye on, make sure it fits right in your living room. There’s nothing more disappointing than buying a coveted piece of furniture you’ll have to return. Measure the walls and floor space where you want to place your new furniture so you’ll have the right dimensions.
What your apartment looks like in the morning, may look significantly different at night or mid afternoon. Before purchasing new furniture, take a second and a third look to visualize how your furniture will compliment your living space at different times of day.
Now for the fun part – choosing your color palette and design style! Do you want earth tones, bright colors, pastels…the options are limitless. Decide on a motif or theme for your interior design that expresses your taste. Are you modern and minimalist, funky and vintage or ornate and Victorian? Have this in mind before you go shopping so you can make fast, confident choices.
Picking a spot for your new furniture is just as important as picking the actual furniture out, and definitely should be done before making the purchase. Where your furniture will go will determine what size and type of furniture you select. Contact a 1st Lake Properties leasing consultant to get a copy of your apartment floor plan. Then place your future furniture where couches, chairs, chests, desks, etc. should go on the floor plan of your apartment.
Once you’ve completed steps one through four, you’re ready to shop! Make the largest, necessity pieces your first priority, like couches and beds, and then work your way down to the smaller, decorative pieces like nightstands and coffee tables. Happy shopping!
Want an awesome apartment in a prime location close to New Orleans to put your new furniture in? Explore all of our New Orleans area apartment communities!
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