Grocery shopping can be expensive. Who among us doesn’t know the feeling of coming home, looking at your bill, emptying the bags, and immediately thinking, “Did I even buy something to make for dinner?” A simple way to cut down on your grocery bill is to keep your pantry stocked […]
Kitchen Tips
The Easiest Way To Clean the Appliance Everyone Hates Cleaning
When it comes to dirty dishes, there are a few types of “food cement” I get a little crazy about. One of them is blender cement. This always happens whenever I make a smoothie and don’t clean the blender immediately. Some foods, especially smoothies, can leave a tough-to-clean cemented mess […]
Our Most-Saved Holiday Cookie Is ‘Hands Down the Tastiest, Softest, and Best’
Cookies take center stage during the holidays, and our most-saved holiday cookie of all time is a true classic: Best Rolled Sugar Cookies. With more than 8,000 five-star ratings and nearly 9,000 reviews, it’s dependable, delicious, and always a crowd-pleaser. “This is the best sugar cookie recipe and the only one […]
The Internet Taught Me the Best Tip for Using Tomato Paste
Wasting food, even just a tablespoon or two of something, doesn’t sit well with me. I keep small amounts of leftover vegetables in a freezer container to use for chicken pot pie. I make breadcrumbs from stale bread. I freeze overripe fruit to use in smoothies or cocktails. Of course, […]
Stop Baking in the Wrong Part of Your Oven—It Could Be Ruining Your Recipes
Moving into your first place with your partner is very exciting—you are both learning so much from each other and creating new experiences. For me, witnessing my partner’s lack of kitchen knowledge is adorable at best, especially seeing a perplexed face at the broiler drawer (no, it’s not a storage […]
My Mom’s 2-Ingredient Dinner Is My Easiest Weeknight Meal
I’ve said it once (Ok, I’ve said it multiple times), but you can never have too many easy dinners on hand. As a college student, I am constantly in search of the easiest, cheapest, and yummiest ways to feed myself. Recently, my mom reminded me of a two-ingredient recipe of […]
These 6 Secret Ingredients Will Make Your Chili Taste So Much Better
Chili season is upon us. That means it’s time to dust off your favorite chili recipe and grab your cherished chili pot. But before you get too deep into prep, consider adding one of our six secret ingredients; each capable of transforming any bowl of ho-hum chili into something magnificent. […]
My Great Aunt’s Famous Pumpkin Cake Turns Boxed Mix Into ‘Magic’
Every family has heirloom recipes that they can’t imagine a holiday without. Mine consists of the pumpkin roll my great aunt used to make for Thanksgiving, the Croatian nut roll my grandma insisted on having for Christmas, and my mom’s Polish pound cake that’s so good we sometimes make two and freeze one for […]
The Easy Pot Pie I Make Every Year With My Thanksgiving Leftovers
Thanksgiving dinner at my Aunt Mimi’s house is a holiday tradition that never gets old. Every year, 18 of us gather around her table with hungry bellies for a four-course feast: antipasto, cavatelli with my mom’s homemade sauce and meatballs, the turkey with all the accoutrements, and a variety of […]
The Toothpick Test Might Be Ruining Your Cakes
For most of us, the toothpick test has been a part of our baking vocabulary since day one. Your mom used it, your grandma used it, even the majority of cake recipes published today read, “Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.” So, it might come […]