Kurt & Blaine - Christmas as a Couple on "Glee"?

Hey Glee fans – on the edge of your seats waiting to see if Kurt and Blaine will be spending Christmas as a couple? Check out this video that gives us a peek at the upcoming holiday episode, ‘Glee Actually’, on Celebrity Teen Scoop!

Hanukah Latkes

Our teen chef, Kayla, from The Nerdy Chef, is back with an easy Hannukah Latke recipe for teens and anyone who wants a quick and easy recipe!

Honestly, I've already eaten my fair share of latkes. The little nuggets of potatoes are both creamy and crispy, and Hannukah is the best excuse to eat them. I've been inhaling them for a few weeks already, but it is finally socially acceptable to eat plates and plates of them. This recipe is unbelievably easy to make, so you will never use a box mix again! You simply peel and shred some potatoes, drain off the liquid, mix them with onions, eggs, and some matzo meal to bind the mixture, and fry to your heart's content. It is Hannukah, after all, so don't even bother trying to bake these. You have to fry latkes; one of the main rules of eating during Hannukah is to fry as much as possible to remember the oil that lasted for 8 days. This is one of my favorite holiday recipes, and I know that it will soon become one of yours, too.

2 lbs Russet or Yukon Gold Potatoes, Peeled

1 Medium Yellow Onion, Quartered

1 Egg

1/4 Cup Matzo Meal

1 1/2 tsp Salt

Oil, for Frying

1. Grate the potatoes. Place in a clean towel over a medium bowl and squeeze to drain the water.

2. Using a food processor, pulse half the potatoes and onions until mostly smooth. Place in a large bowl and add the remaining potatoes. Combine the egg, matzo meal, and salt. Add to the potatoes and mix until cohesive.

3. Heat some oil in a large skillet. Press the potato mixture into small patties and fry until golden and cooked through.

4. Place on a paper towel lined plate until all of the batter is cooked, then place on a platter and serve. Enjoy!

Recipe Adapted from Cook's Illustrated

For more delicious recipes by our Teen Chef, Kayla, check out her blog, The Nerdy Chef!

Free iPhone Backgrounds & Computer Wallpapers

Thank you, thank you, thank you for making this past year so special by reading our blog and tweeting and Instagramming (is that a word yet?) and joining us on Facebook! I made you some free iphone backgrounds and wallpapers as a tiny gesture to show you that the support you have shown us at popcosmo this past year has blown me away! By the way, let me know in the comments below if you like them, and I'll make some more for you each month, because I had a blast making these, the culmination of our week of our DIY extravaganza, in case you hadn't noticed the trend! We've had fun bringing you all sorts of DIY projects and Christmas DIY and Hannukah DIY -- hope you are enjoying them! 

The first group of four are iPhone backgrounds. And I also made some computer backgrounds. Download* and enjoy. And the happiest and merriest of holidays to you all :lol:

iPhone & iTouch Backgrounds

Saving Process In order to save these backgrounds to your iPhone or iTouch all you have to do is follow these simple steps: 1. Drag your favorite background to your desktop (or right click the picture) to "save as" 2. E-mail yourself the picture that you just saved to your desktop 3. Open the e-mail on your phone and save the picture to your camera roll 4. Go to your camera roll and find the saved picture 5. Click the arrow in the bottom row 6. Choose the "use as wallpaper" button 7. Choose which screen you would like to save it to, & 8. Bing bang boom, new background!

If you're on Twitter we'd love for you to tweet us a picture of your new background (@popcosmo) and/or upload a picture to Instagram and tag us (@popcosmo)! We can't wait to see your glamorous new holiday backgrounds in action!

Computer backgrounds / Desktop Wallpaper

Follow your computer's instructions to save as your computer background.

Enjoy!!! and don't forget to tag us on Instagram or Tweet us your photos of your backgrounds.

*And now for the boring stuff. Borrow, but don't steal! All photos and artwork are copyright. Artwork is free strictly for personal use, not for commercial use. Sharing these images on Pinterest and Tumblr, etc. is welcome as long as you source and link back to popcosmo.com. Blog about this post, & feel free to post a couple of images BUT credit and link back to this post and/or popcosmo.com because it's nice! But, please, please, DO NOT distribute my downloadable files from your site nor link directly to the file on my site. Instead, please link back to this page. Your mama would be proud. That's all :-D