“What pan do I use to make the soup?” he called from the kitchen — and I lost it. First of all, the soup was already made, so it needed to be heated, not “made.” Semantics aside, the question was ridiculous. What pan? The one that fits the soup, obviously.
My husband, the one who’s been using the same pans I have for the last 20 years, needed my help to heat soup.
Costco is an excellent place to buy pumpkin pies and olive oil, but it’s probably not the first place that comes to mind when one thinks of romance. It should be, though, because Costco is very romantic. There’s lots of good food and diamond engagement rings, and the presence of all the sample stations means it’s basically a giant, free tapas bar. Now one Twitter user has made a case for why Costco is the ideal first date location, and he’s absolutely right.
Welcome to Kitchn’s new series My Favorite Healthy Recipes, where we show you how real people around the country (and even world) eat “healthy,” however they choose to define that for themselves. Maybe you’ll even find a few recipes to add to your own meal plan.
Name: Caitlin
Location: Austin, Texas
Age: 31
Occupation: Assistant Insurance Broker
Household: It’s just me!
If your Thanksgiving plans involve travel, there is no reason to fret about what you’re going to bring. We have a delicious lineup of make-ahead holiday favorites that can stand up to the journey, no matter how far you’re traveling or how you’re getting there.
A few of our editors, who are no strangers to Thanksgiving day travel, also weighed in with some super-smart tips and suggestions on what they always make and how they navigate the roads and rails with side dishes and desserts.
Membership warehouse stores can bring you big savings if you buy in bulk — but often those large quantities just don’t make sense for single people living alone. As tempted as you are by the deal on that 12-pack of chicken thighs or 24-pack of paper towel rolls, it just isn’t practical to store these things until you’ll use them all. The apocalypse may come before you can finish it all, and you need that refrigerator, freezer, and cabinet space in the meantime!
So does it make sense at all to be a warehouse club member as a single person? Sure, if you share with a friend!
Long before cauliflower pizza crusts, cauliflower cakes, and cauliflower couscous, there were just a few folks looking for a lighter dish to enjoy in lieu of mashed potatoes. The popularity of all these cauliflower dishes is evident in the availability of pre-riced cauliflower widely available at most grocery stores. Lucky for us, that means all the knife work of making mashed cauliflower is already done.
But before we designate mashed cauliflower as just a lighter version of mashed potatoes, let’s consider why it is a side dish with merits all its own.
Before we get too deep into our Thanksgiving strategy, we’ve got Friendsgiving on our minds. It’s a tradition for many that we can firmly get behind. Who doesn’t love an excuse to get together with friends and feast on turkey and all the fixings a little early? Equally as important as the food, however, is the drink. Yet, if you’re hosting, you’re likely too focused on ensuring the turkey cooks in time to worry about the drinks. Here’s the plan, then: Stir up something quick and cheap and leave your friends to help with the rest.
It’s a common misconception that eating healthfully has to be expensive, so I love sharing how I do it on a budget without much time or hassle involved. One of my favorite places to shop for good, not-too-pricey food? Target! In addition to all those trendy home items, Target’s grocery department is also full of frugal food finds. It’s one of my favorite places to shop on a regular basis.
Here are the 21 healthy — and budget-friendly — foods I always buy at Target every single month.
Last year when I took my daughter and her friend trick-or-treating, they approached a brightly lit house alive with energy. The two girls knocked on the door, but no one came. Instead a woman leaned out of the window of a small kitchen crowded with people preparing a dinner party.
“I’m sorry, we don’t have any candy,” she apologized as the guests behind her scrambled around the counter in search of a suitable offering. “But … hold on … ” Milky Ways or no, they were determined to fulfill the age-old custom that when supplicants come to your door asking for food, you must give. She passed two pears from her fruit bowl through the window and dropped one into each girl’s bag. Apologies were made and thank yous exchanged as both giver and receivers laughed.
Fruit is not quite the letter of the Halloween law. But on a night when the dead roam the earth, it’s the spirit that matters.
We’re all familiar with this scenario: You bought the cheapest ticket at the very last minute and when you go to choose your seat, there aren’t any left. It will be assigned at the gate, they say. This is code for: You’re sitting in the last row in the middle seat. I’m pretty sure there is no one who would actually choose this seat.
But what happens when you do get to choose? Do you choose the window or the aisle? In my experience, people tend to have strong opinions. I always (always, always, always) choose the aisle if it’s an option — and that choice may say something about me as a person, according to Dr. Becky Spelman, the chief psychologist at London’s Private Therapy Clinic.