Cooking Thanksgiving dinner is no small feat. There is a way to make it easier, though, and it comes in the form of your slow cooker. When you’re vying for precious space in the oven, wishing you had another burner on the stovetop (or another pair of hands), or you just want to keep food warm, this trusty appliance is your best bet. From the main course to dessert, these are the slow cooker recipes that make cooking Thanksgiving dinner easier.

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Friendsgiving is a celebration of thanks where friends and neighbors gather around the table. Not bound by tradition, the main dish isn’t reliant on turkey. Here are two of our favorite non-traditional turkey recipes, plus three alternatives to the bird, including a smart vegetarian option.

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If you don’t already have plans to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, these recipes might make you reconsider. Like so many holidays around the world, food is an important part of Diwali. Snacks and sweets are especially present, along with many of the classic Indian dishes you know and love. It’s the perfect excuse to get into the kitchen and cook!

Read more: What Is Diwali? How One Indian-American Family Celebrates

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Coconut milk is one of my absolute favorite pantry staples. Not only does it add richness and luxury to everything it touches, from stews and curries to slow cooker meals and a nearly endless list of sweet treats, but it’s also wildly versatile. Whether you have just a meager half-cup or several cans stacked in the pantry, here are over 20 sweet and savory recipes to get you cooking with coconut milk.

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If you make bread every weekend or have an obsession with cakes, it makes sense to keep specific flours for those recipes on hand. But what about the rest of us? Is there such a big difference between these flours or can all-purpose flour really be used for all purposes?

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Even time management experts can get overwhelmed by the sensory overload that is a visit to Costco.

Virginia Maddan is the mastermind behind Comfortable Structure, where she coaches people on how to use time management tools to reclaim their time. As a busy working mom, she applies her strategies to Costco runs to make them quicker and way more effective.

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In the days before we all had smartphones in our hands and tablets on our counters, the way our parents and grandparents remembered recipes wasn’t by googling “that one pancake recipe Pioneer Woman made.” It was that worn-out tin full of hand-written recipe cards. Faded pencil scratchings, messy handwriting, and the occasional undecipherable abbreviation made cooking from them always a good adventure. But because only the very best recipes made it into the tin, it was also a treasure trove of amazing food.

Now the Pioneer Woman has done the hard work for you and made her own recipe tin — but with typed recipes for easy reading.

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I have a love/hate relationship with mugs. I don’t drink coffee, but I’ve still somehow managed to amass a pretty extensive mug collection, which I’m oddly and irrationally fond of. I see them as a scrapbook of my life. There are the ones from my alma mater, mugs gifted by visiting friends, and then some souvenirs from travel. Yet I probably only actually use one every week or so. At this point, they’re taking away precious kitchen cabinet space from my much-more-used wine glasses, and that’s just beyond the pale.

So, here’s what I’m thinking.

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It’s not hard to guess why the Instant Pot has become the most beloved new appliance in recent memory. Replacing seven popular kitchen devices in one space-friendly option, the Instant Pot does the job of a slow cooker, electric pressure cooker, rice cooker, steamer, yogurt maker, sauté/browning pan, and warming pot.

The Instant Pot sold more than 300,000 units on Amazon Prime Day last year and will undoubtedly sell even more this year. Even with all that unabashed, exponential success, the company behind Instant Pot has decided to diversify its product line with a semi-new gadget called the Gem.

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It’s not even Friday, let alone Black Friday, but retailers are already starting to roll out their Black Friday deals. That includes Amazon, who launched early Black Friday deals starting today. The early deals have replaced the normal Amazon daily deals section of the website, which means they’ll also refresh daily, with six spotlight deals that only run for 24 hours.

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