If there’s one thing I’ve learned writing for Kitchn, it’s that I don’t clean anything often enough, or well enough. Right this very minute — and despite having interviewed experts on the subject — I have a gray-ish sponge sitting in my sink (which is the official sign that it needs to be tossed, which I promise I’ll do as soon as I finish this story). In the meantime, here are the top five things none of us are cleaning as often as we should.
School day mornings are much more hectic than I could have ever imagined. Between getting everyone dressed and bags and lunch boxes packed, it feels almost impossible to get breakfast on the table too. For those mornings when we can’t get it together before the ride to school, here are a few tips for making school mornings easier with breakfasts that can be eaten at the bus stop.
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If you’ve got a cocktail shaker and some heavy cream in your kitchen, you’re just a few minutes away from having fresh whipped cream, says Brian Means, the corporate lead bartender and mixologist for Michael Mina’s Mina Group of restaurants.
This week I’m getting back on the meal-planning wagon after two weeks of traveling and settling into our new home. Honestly, I’d happily continue eating makeshift meals of sandwiches, takeout, and frozen pizza in an effort to avoid cooking amongst the half-packed boxes, but alas, with school starting back this week we need our routine up and running again.
So here’s the deal with this week’s meal plan: It’s a collection of five super-simple recipes I love and am relying on to get my meal planning mojo back in a flash.
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I’m a firm believer that make-ahead dinners are one of the very best gifts you can give to your future self. Walking into the kitchen at the end of the day knowing that dinner is prepped, cooked, and just waiting to be reheated feels like a real treat. And not only that, but dinners like chili and braised meats also taste better a day, even two or three, after they’re made.
From slow cooker chicken burrito bowls to red lentil soup, these are our 10 most popular make-ahead dinners.
The chances that you’re attending a barbecue or potluck of sorts this weekend are likely, given that it’s the final hoorah before the summer unofficially comes to a close. When there are hamburgers and hot dogs in order, there of course needs to be a few other items to round out the meal. Here are 20 that take no time at all to make, which means if you’re tasked with bringing a side dish the morning of the party, you can assemble one without breaking a sweat.
If you had any doubts about Amazon taking over the food and beverage industry, here’s even more evidence: You can now order wine on Amazon Prime and they will deliver it to your door in an hour.
Yes, wine in one hour is now possible.
In my meal plan arsenal, there’s a roster of reliable recipes I keep on standby for nights I need to throw dinner together in a pinch. Whether I’m stuck at work late, decide to jump into a post-work yoga class, or my plans with friends fall through, I feel good knowing there’s some tried-and-true dinner gems I can pull together with basics from the pantry, fridge, and freezer, and with minimal effort.
From pesto tortellini with vegetables to 10-minute tacos, here are 10 simple suppers that are easy to throw together at the last minute.
Wine tasting is one way to see what blends you like. Another way? A DNA test. Now, thanks to a company called Vinome, you can use your DNA to navigate your way to the perfect bottle of vino.
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Six months ago, I stopped buying jam and solved a fresh fruit waste problem that has plagued my kitchen since I had children. No, I did not go cold turkey on my jam and biscuit pleasures. Instead I made a weekly ritual of putting last week’s fruit to its best end by making a single jar of fruit jam.
We often thinking of jam making as a long, arduous process that requires our full attention. The single jar of jam is just the opposite — something you can prep and put on the stovetop while you put the groceries away or make lunches for the week.
