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Get your Irish up on Saint Patrick's Day with a homemade green treat! These emerald-tinged recipes are a breeze to make and loaded with festive flare. Grown ups: Feel free to wash 'em down with a green beer (or three)…

-By Erin Phraner

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Reduce your stress at work Lower your stress and increase your fitness - it's all in a day's work

1. Tune Out Travel Tension
Your risks of high blood pressure and weight gain rise if you take long trips to work. Combat the white knuckles of traffic and train delays by listening to audiobooks or music you find relaxing.

2. Skipped Breakfast?
Pair yogurt with fruit and enjoy while checking your e-mail. For a brain boost, add some walnuts - their antioxidants may enhance memory, and the protein-packed combo will quash hunger.

3. Breathe Deeply
The website calm.com provides a two-minute relaxation exercise - good for your mental well-being and your heart. Use it daily or just when you need it most.

Related: 7 Habits of Happy, Healthy Women

4. Crunch Through Lunch
In a Swedish study, twice-weekly exercise sessions boosted workers' efficiency enough for the rest of the week to compensate for any lost desk time.

5. Pause for a Real Meal
A nutritious lunch brightens

Follow our tips for buying the right olive oilWe sent Helenka Ostrum, our intern from Columbia University in the City of New York, to olive oil school and she learned some things you'll want to know before your next trip to the grocery store.

When you're buying olive oil, the most important thing to remember is that you're buying a juice that doesn't stay fresh forever. Would you keep orange juice for two years and still use it for cooking? Olive oil isn't like wine, which improves with age. So how can you know how old olive oil is when you buy it? Here's what to look for plus two other great tips I picked up at a learning event sponsored by the Flavor Your Life Campaign supported by the European Union, the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, and UNAPROL, the largest organization of Italian olive producers.

1. Look for a "Harvest Date" or "Crop Date" on the bottle. The "Harvest Date" tells you exactly when the olives were picked. Olive oil is best if it's used within 18 to 24 months of harvesting. If

Surprise! You can transform tattered furniture or freshen up a tired space on a budget with a simple roll (or scrap) of wallpaper. Tackle one of these easy, DIY craft projects and up the wow factor in your home this weekend.

-by Frances Bailey

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Bobbi Brown Lipstick

Looking for one that survives your morning joe and bagel - and doesn't parch your lips? Here, two proven winners:

1. Winner!
Bobbi Brown Creamy Matte Lip Color ($24, amazon.com; 12 shades). It scored top marks in our lab tests, and volunteers reported that it lasted 3.4 hours; six out of 10 said they would continue using it.

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2. Runner-Up
Boots No7 Stay Perfect Lipstick ($10, amazon.com; 11 shades). Women found it lasted 3.1 hours - nearly as long as the winner. They were fans of its creamy texture, which left their lips feeling smooth ... at a bargain price.

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How We Tested
We rounded up 10 longwear lipsticks. Then 10 women tested them all in our lab; 10 more tried out one or more at home. The biggest surprise: Not one lipstick lived up to its six-hour (or even longer) claim (the range: 2.6 to 3.9 hours).

• First, breakfast: After applying lipstick, volunteers took three bites of a

New York-based home stager, Cheryl Eisen, shares her best secrets for creating stylish interiors. After years of designing spaces for high-end real estate companies, she's spilling the beans on how you can spruce up your home decor without draining your wallet.

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From a unique take on egg-dyeing to wreath-making, we've found easy crafts to help you celebrate Easter.

-by Angela Kwan

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Kale RecipesWhether you're a longtime kale lover or a recent convert, try these recipes that taste good (and are good for you!).

Sausage and Mushroom Penne
Lighten up this hearty Italian pasta dish with generous helpings of kale and mushroom. Kick things up a notch with a spicy sausage. Get the recipe.

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Kale Salad with Glazed Onions and Cheddar
This zesty, colorful kale salad, complete with pearl onions and extra-sharp cheddar cheese, is sure to please any crowd. Serve it as a side dish at a family gathering or add chicken and make it a well-rounded meal. Get the recipe.

Roast Cod with Bacon, Potatoes, and Kale
Call on frozen kale, creamy potatoes, and bacon to spice up your cod dinner. Your family can get their fix of lean protein and leafy green veggies in just 35 minutes. Get the recipe.

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Kale Salad
Is your family sick of eating the same, boring iceberg lettuce salad every night?