Recipes

  • Black Bean Soup

    30 Amazing 5-Ingredient Recipes

    Just because you’re short on ingredients, time, or counter space, doesn’t mean you have to forgo cooking delicious meals at home — even if you’re not able to grab everything you need at the grocery store. Based on tips from…

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    Babka to Yorkshire Pudding: 25 International Baked Goods to Try at Home

    Sampling the bakery traditions of other cultures is a pleasure that can be enjoyed without the expense of travel — especially since our travel options are particularly limited these days due to the coronavirus. Recreating traditional recipes at home from…

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    12 Clever Twists on Comfort Food That Mom Would Make

    From preparing dinner for mom to creating memories with your kids, cooking is a loving way to celebrate Mother’s Day and share traditional family meals year-round. The comfort food prepared by mom is one of life’s little pleasures, and many…

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    Use Your Noodle: 20 Creative Recipes That Highlight Pasta’s Many Shapes

    Pasta is widely considered the ultimate comfort food. Even gluten-sensitive stomachs can now enjoy gluten-free rice- and quinoa-based pastas of all varieties. Aside from being delicious and easy to prepare, pasta is also inexpensive and shelf stable, making it a…

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    26 Delicious Recipes That Use Up Those Aging Condiments in the Fridge

    We all have almost-empty bottles and jars of condiments languishing in our fridges, especially those one-offs we buy for specific recipes that we’ll likely never use again or maybe items we simply overbought. Don’t throw those little bits out, because…

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    19 Spices and Sauces to Keep Home-Cooked Meals Interesting

    Spices and sauces can be key in reinventing new flavors with the same old ingredients, especially when trying to minimize the trips to the store for fresh foods or when buying in bulk. We consulted three experts, Jill Nussinow, chef/educator…

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    50 Easy Recipes You Can Make in 20 Minutes or Less

    When the heat is on and time is scarce, complicated dishes can be recipes for disaster. Take the easy way out instead. Simpler dishes made with basic ingredients are the…

  • Bean Stew

    30 Cheap and Easy Recipes From Canned Foods

    There’s no denying that canned goods last a long time and help create quick, tasty, often money-saving meals. And while a diet relying wholly on processed foods isn’t good, canned…

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    33 Holiday Slow Cooker Recipes to Feed a Crowd

    The holidays are busy for everyone. If you’re having guests over, one way to save time and effort is to utilize your slow cooker as much as possible. Most crock…

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    12 Healthy Meal Hacks for Hectic Households

    Imagine life with three or more kids, all involved in extracurricular activities well into the evening — and maybe one spouse travels. It’s unlikely there’s much time for meal prep…

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    18 Easy, Patriotic Foods to Bring to a Fourth of July Party

    America’s birthday, Independence Day, July Fourth. Whatever you call it, this is a day for fun, fireworks, and low-key cookouts based on recipes — from appetizers through the night’s final…

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    21 Community College Students Who Went on to Make Millions

    It’s a well-worn piece of trivia that many of the world’s most successful people were bad students or even kicked out of school while others achieved impressive university degrees, but…

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    17 Scrumptious Cake Recipes for Chocoholics

    Chocolate cake can be an indulgence, but it doesn’t have to be — at least when it comes to your wallet. While whole cakes can top $30 at a fancy…

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    Charlotte Restaurants Where Kids Eat Free

    On those downright exhausting days when you struggle to find time to feed yourself, the idea of cooking dinner for the family may seem like a nightmare. Fortunately, you can…

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    26 Best Hollywood Movies About Getting Older

    Cinema is now over 100 years old. While few of the audience members from those first silent films are still with us, Hollywood has not forgotten the earlier generations. Over…

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    15 Themed Dinner Party Menus Under $5 a Person

    The idea of inviting friends over for a home-cooked meal may seem daunting. What with work, family, and other obligations, who has time these days for such a quaint social…

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    30 Celebrity Holiday Recipes to Impress Your Guests

    This holiday season, you may pull out your great aunt’s chocolate cake recipe for Christmas dinner or go for that complicated French recipe you’ve been eying, but why not try…

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    50 Healthy Thanksgiving Dishes for Special Diets

    With so many different dietary restrictions out there, it takes time to plan a Thanksgiving meal. Special diets include sugar-free, paleo, keto, gluten-free, low-FODMAP, nut-free, and more. Luckily, when you’re…