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This Simple Step Before Cooking Garlic Will Boost Its Flavor and Health Benefits

Garlic fans know it can add deliciously rich flavor to any meal. The bulbs also provide quite a few health benefits, especially for our immunity, blood sugar, and gut. But there’s a common mistake we all probably make while cooking garlic that keeps us from getting the most out of those cloves. Luckily, there’s a…
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How to Make Cutting Pineapples as Easy-Breezy as a Walk on the Beach
If how to cut a pineapple has you completely stumped, you’re not alone. This tropical delicacy is a crowd-pleaser, but its prickly skin and tough core has the potential to challenge everyone’s knife-wielding skills. The good news: Cutting a pineapple is a lot easier than you think. So if you’re in the market for new…
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The Secret to Extra Creamy Egg Salad Has Nothing to Do With Ingredients

You really never know when you might stumble upon a new cooking hack that totally changes the way you look at a simple recipe. I thought I knew how to make egg salad perfectly well — until one of my favorite actors blew my mind with his twist on the traditional technique. Eugene Levy is…
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Melting Potatoes Are the Only Carbs I Ever Want to Eat Again

Melting potatoes changed my life — and no, I’m not exaggerating. Before I had my first savory, buttery, melt-in-your mouth bite, I would eat whatever carb you threw at me, no questions asked. French fries, hash browns, baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, and even chips were all the same to me. Now, any other spud can…
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Feeling Foggy? 6 Delicious Foods That’ll Banish Tiredness Now
Feeling extra sluggish? You’re not alone. The change of seasons and longer days is exciting, but it also may make you feel a little lethargic as our bodies adjust. But now you can erase exhaustion with these tasty treats. Citrus restores fluid balance. We think of dehydration — and the tiredness it triggers — as…
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How to Clean a Microwave in Under 10 Minutes
Our microwaves go through a lot — everything from explosive TV dinners and volcanic bowls of chili to cake mug spills and pasta sauce catastrophes. That amount of cooking action can leave us puzzled by one nagging question: How do you clean it? It takes a bit more than a wet paper towel to get…
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Out of Vanilla Extract? Check Your Liquor Cabinet For the Perfect Substitute

The relaxing joy of baking can quickly turn into frustration when you realize you’ve run out of a crucial ingredient. Staring down an empty bottle of vanilla extract while elbow-deep in your favorite cookie recipe might just send you into an emotional spiral — but you should check your liquor cabinet before giving into a…
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This Gluten-Free Teff Flatbread With Vegan ‘Cream Cheese’ Will Satisfy Your Cravings Without the Guilt

A quick and delicious bread sans gluten, sugar, and dairy? Yes, it’s possible! This healthy recipe also includes the steps for a vegan cashew “cream cheese.” Teff flour is derived from the seeds of a hardy grass and is a staple in Ethiopia, where it is used to make injera, a fermented flatbread. Teff is…
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Is Vegetable Oil Healthy?

For those trying to eat healthier, especially when it comes to heart health, replacing things like butter and margarine with vegetable oil is usually one of the first steps recommended by a doctor. However, it’s important to take a closer look at which type of oil you choose to stock up on. The term “vegetable…
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“Crack” Chicken Tater Tot Casserole Is the Addictively Gooey Dish You’ll Want to Have for Dinner EVERY Night
What do Ranch fries, bacon, and loaded potato skins all have in common? If you’re anything like us, they all inspire you to have seconds…and maybe thirds. Whether it’s the Ranch, the cheese, or the bacon that gets you, you’ll love this shockingly simple dinner recipe–it boasts all three. Thanks to plenty of sour cream,…