•••• Full of pertinent information, user friendly, and/or aimed at teens
••• Quite a bit of relevant information
•• Good relevant information for some users
• Relevant for particular topics, not for everyone.

driver's basics 

•••• First Time Car Buying Tips
This website gives a good overview of what to expect your first time out when buying a car. It discusses the reality of car-ownership for first-timers, like how much to put down, how long your loan should be for, and how to avoid scams on used cars. And it gives a really great detailed description about little to no credit and how that affects your car buying ability and the interest rate at which you should expect to be quoted. Also it includes a lot of links to other useful car ownership tip sites. The site may seem intimidating at first because there is a lot to read, but it truly gives you foundational knowledge on buying your first car.
LINK: http://www.carbuyingtips.com/first-time-buyer.htm

•••• How Car Insurance Works 
This website goes through 5 tips for purchasing car insurance, from the explanation of different types of coverage to how to shop around and find the best rates. To navigate this site properly you must click the ‘Read More’ button at the bottom of each page to go to through all 5 tips.
LINK: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/cg-car-insurance-tips.htm

•••• Getting Your First Kansas Driver’s License
This site is the official Kansas Department of Motor Vehicles site and givesyou all the information you need to know about getting your first Kansas driver’s license, like what you need to bring with you and what you need to complete when you go in and apply.
LINK: http://www.ksrevenue.org

•••• Kansas Driver’s License Test Handbook
Includes information on how to apply for your license and the things you willneed to know for the driver’s license test that is required in thestate of Kansas. Great resource to get you prepared for the written portion of the test!
LINK: http://www.ksrevenue.org/pdf/dlhb.pdf

•••• Kansas Driver’s License Fees
A user-friendly table that shows the fees for your driver’s license and it also tells you how long your license is good for!
LINK: http://www.ksrevenue.org

•••• How to Make a Car Emergency Kit
Break downs. Fires. Flat tires. You name it, it might happen. Most people have had an accident without proper equipment to even make minor repairs. This gets you prepared for emergencies that may happen while you are driving. It explains what is necessary in a car emergency kit and it also empowers you to make your own.
LINK: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Car-Emergency-Kit

••• Basic Car Care 101
This site gives you information on what to do for your car to keep it ingood running condition, like oil changes and refilling your coolant. Italso has great explanations of why and when you should be doing these various things to ensure a long car life. This site is very detailedand will help you understand what parts of your car is used for, like the alternator and spark plugs. To navigate this site you must click onthe ‘Next’ button at the bottom of each description to find out more onyour car maintenance.
LINK: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/571557/basic_car_care_101.html?cat=27

•• How Much to Budget for Car Maintenance
Well, now that you have a car, you should know some realistic estimates onthe cost of car maintenance. This site is written by a car owner whogives some of his experienced wisdom on how to estimate for car carecosts, like what factors to take into consideration.
LINK: http://www.financialnut.com/how-much-to-budget-for-car-repairs-maintenance/

••• Basic Car Mechanics
This site gives a description of basic car mechanics, but look to the menu on the left and there are selections on how to do it yourself when it comes to basic care like checking your tire pressure, changing you roil, or changing a tire.
LINK: http://www.dmv.org/how-to-guides/basic-car-care.php

 

Grocery Shopping

 

•••• How to Shop for Groceries
This site gives you straight-forward, no-nonsense info about how to grocery shop. It provides tips on where to shop, what to buy, and how to keep it affordable. Plus there is an instructional video on how to pull off a successful grocery shopping excursion.
LINK:  http://living.apartments.com/money/how-to-shop-for-groceries-on-a-budget/
 
••• 50 Tips for Grocery Shopping
Don’t let the title fool you; Zen Habits has put together a comprehensive list of tips to help you on your next grocery shopping trip. Although the information appears to be directed at large families, the 50 tips this site gives you are great for everyone to know.
LINK:  http://zenhabits.net/50-tips-for-grocery-shopping/
 
•• How to Grocery Shop
This site not only gives you some info on grocery shopping, but it also provides instructions on how to cook, tips on meal planning, and links to printable grocery coupons.
LINK:  http://busycooks.about.com/cs/beginningcooks/a/howtoshop.htm
 
••• Cut Your GroceryBill
Groceries, like everything else, can be so expensive; therefore, it would be great to know some inside info to lower your grocery bill. This site does just that by giving you 10 tips on how to cut down on your grocery shopping bill.
LINK:  http://busycooks.about.com/od/cookinglessons/a/cookinglessons.htm 
 
cooking basics
 
•••• Basic Cooking Lessons
This website is all about basic cooking lessons. It is an information packed website so it might seem alittle overwhelming at first but if you search through some of the links the site provides you should be able to cook up a storm in no time!
LINK:  http://busycooks.about.com/od/cookinglessons/a/cookinglessons.htm
 
••• How to cook
Cooking can be a very daunting task! This website gives you a basic break down of some common cooking terms and how to get started in the kitchen.
LINK:  http://www.wikihow.com/Cook

Easy and Quick Recipes
•••• Healthy, Cheap, and Easy Dishes
Healthy, cheap, and easy cooking?  Is it possible to have those 3 words in the same sentence?  Apparently it is!  This website provides you with various delicious pasta, sandwich, vegetarian, and burger recipes that make sure you get all the ingredients of the 5 food groups into one meal!

 

•••• Beyond Mac & Cheese
Mac & Cheese for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? How about a Sunrise Egg Burrito for breakfast, Crispy Turkey Bacon Salad with Chicken Taco Soup for lunch, a Berry Fine Smoothie for snack, and BBQ Chicken Pizza for dinner? Sounds too good to be true? Minnesota State University designed menus just for students like you! b

 

•••• The Mission Mexican Meal
In the mood for some good Mexican food? Do you want tacos or enchiladas, chicken or beef? Do you want it to be read in 15 minutes or 30 minutes? Mission the tortilla company’s got your back. You just select what you want, and Mission provides the information for the ingredients, recipe, prep time, cooking time, serving amount, and cost of the meal you want. You can even save your favorite recipes and create your own cookbook. 

 

••• Quick & Easy Rice Dishes for teens
Tired of bread and pasta? What about rice? This website gives you great combinations of canned meat and veggies to go along with prepackaged rice. It even has pictures of what ingredients to buy!    

 

•••• Quick & Easy Recipes from Family Go
Tired of plain old spaghetti and meatball? Want to cook something different with ground beef? Love potatoes? This website has great recipes for you and many of them take under 20 minutes! Check it out!

 

••• 25 Quick Pasta Dishes
Want a change and more variety in pastas? This website provides 25 creative pasta dishes that can spice up your meal, like Tuna Pasta Bake, Linguine with Clam Sauce, and Rigatoni with Beef Ragu. Meals consisting of 4-6 servings can be ready to eat within an hour. 

 

•••• 15 Quick Fixes for Ground Beef
How about an Inside-Out Cheeseburger instead of a regular old cheeseburger for lunch today? Or even a Cheeseburger Pie instead for supper? Ever thought of those? Now you have 15 more new ways to enjoy ground beef!

 

•••• 15 Easy, Cheesy Casseroles
Craving for cheese? This is your website to go to. It provides recipes ranging from Lazy Lasagna to Green Greens Rice Casserole to Chicken Noodle Casserole. You just take 15 minutes to prepare, throw it in the oven to bake, go and do something else for an hour, and then it’s all ready to eat by the time you’re hungry!

 

••• 15 Dinners from Your Pantry
Food from a can is fast and easy, but the trick is, can make you it taste like it didn’t just come straight out of a can? This website shows you how to transform a canned meal into nice and healthy meal, but still within 20 minutes!

 

••• 15 Hot Potato Recipes
You just bought a big bag of potatoes. It’s just sitting there on your kitchen floor, waiting to show you its potential. It’s screaming, “Did you know I could turn into Scalloped Potatoes with Fennel, Crunchy Oven Fries, Potato Pancakes, Cheesy Broccoli Potato Mash, and Loaded Twice Baked Potatoes?” All you have to do is follow the quick and easy recipes to release the potato powers!

 

Cheap, Easy, & Quick Breakfast Recipes

Want to treat yourself with something nice, but fast in the morning?

••••Betty Crocker Recipes
This site has several easy and delicious recipes for a nutritious breakfast to start your day. You can find breakfast sandwiches, pizzas, crepes, French toasts, egg bakes, drinks, muffins, and much more!!!   Check it out!

 

••• Get Up ‘n Go Breakfast Sandwiches
Want something more than toast in the morning?  

••• Sausage-Cheese Pancake Sandwiches
Every thought of putting pancakes, sausage, eggs, and cheese into one bite? 
 
•••• Eggs & Ham Biscuits
Would it be quicker to go to McDonald’s or wake up to a breakfast sandwich from your oven? 

•••• Potato Pancakes
Tired of traditional buttermilk pancakes? Within 23 minutes you can whip up a bunch of yummy potato pancakes. 
••••TeensHealth Recipes
This site has excellent and super easy recipes, if you want more variety, if you want healthy food, if you need a special diet (diabetes, vegetarian, cystic fibrosis, and others). Check it out!!!

 

•••• Peanut Butter Muffins
Do you love peanut butter? Do you love muffins? How about making your own peanut butter muffin? 

••• Banana Bread
Bake some now and you’ll have delicious banana bread stocked up for the whole week! 

•••• French Toast
Miss some good old French toast? It’ll be ready in 15 minutes.  

••• Yogurt on the Go
This quick and easy-to-make dish is a great source of calcium and will help you jumpstart your morning! 

••• Healthy Breakfast Options
Want to plan healthy breakfasts? 

 

•••• 18 Quick Breakfast Recipes for Busy Morning
From 5-Minute Multigrain Cereal to Classic Cheese Omelets to Granola-Yogurt Parfait to Tomato-Egg Scramble. If you want and want something yummy so fast, these delicious meals can be melting in your mouth within 20 minutes.  

 

••• Mr. Breakfast.com’s Super Breakfast Index
Can’t decide what to have for breakfast this morning? Omelet or Waffle? Crepe,
Oatmeal, Breakfast Sandwich, or Breakfast drink? Mr. Breakfast has the recipe for any breakfast possible.  

 

Laundry
••• How to do Laundry
You'll soon discover it's a snap to get your clothes clean. Just sort and separate colors from whites and don't wash anything at hot temperatures if it might shrink. Everything else you need to know in this site. Includes step-by-step instructions on how to do your laundry start to finish. 
LINK:  http://www.ehow.com/how_46_laundry.html
 
•••• How to do Laundry
Learning how to do laundry is not difficult. Today’s fabrics, detergents and machines take most of the mystery and mistakes out of the process. Follow these basic guidelines and you will have clean clothes to wear tomorrow.
LINK:  http://laundry.about.com/od/laundrybasics/ht/howtodolaundry.htm
 
••• How to do Laundry
Love it or hate it, everyone has to do the laundry at some point. It can be confusing at first, and most people don't find it fun. But it can be done, and without boredom. Also, this site includes a helpful video!
LINK:  http://www.wikihow.com/Do-Laundry
 
Chores
•• How to Wash Dishes
Washing dishes is one of the most dreaded kitchen chores, which means that many people tend to rush through it. "Doing the dishes" haphazardly can result in a poor cleaning job. Thoroughly cleaning all dishes is important for both sanitary and aesthetic reasons.
LINK:  http://www.wikihow.com/Wash-Dishes
 
••• How to Wash Dishes
If the upside to a meal is eating, the downside is the dirty dishes that come afterward. If you don’t want to eat every dinner on paper plates, you’re going to have to wash them. If you do the dishes in an organized fashion, it should take you minutes, not hours. That is the good news. This site gives you info on washing dishes by hand or in the dishwasher.
 
••• How to Wash Dishes
For the purists: How to wash your dishes by hand! This site does give some great info on how to sort you dishes to maximize your cleaning experience!
 
••• How to Clean a House
Avoid common housecleaning mistakes! Here's how you can break the bad habits and do the best possible job. This site gives you a step-by-step guide to cleaning your home.
 
•••• Cleaning 101 - Cleaning Tips, Tutorials, and Resources
This site gives you a lesson in cleaning 101, complete with cleaning tips, tutorials and resources. Whether you feel completely lost or just need a quick refresher and cleaning tips, you'll find the answers you need here. Browse the articles to find ways to make your home a great place for living, entertaining, and relaxing.

 

•• How to clean your home in 19 minutes
This site has a great article featured on CNN that explains how easy it is to clean your house in 19 minutes! That’s worth a look!