I’ve recently come to the realization that I have far too much tea in my pantry. Impossible, you say! Turns out tea really doesn’t keep well forever, and I have so much stocked up that it’s doubtful I’ll get through it all before it loses its freshness. I especially find myself with too many plain and simple black tea bags that I buy in bulk for fear of running out, but then just never do. So I took to the kitchen to figure out just what to do with all the excess.
This week we’re doing a bit of a deep dive into some of the current trends in wedding registries. After all, we’re just a few weeks away from the official start of wedding season. Registry site Zola has given us a look at the most popular items that couples on their site are registering for, and when we saw the number-one pick last month, we were kind of blown away.
Any guesses as to what it might be?
Ever make too much salmon, only to find yourself short on ideas on how to use it up? What if you only have a small portion left over? Not a problem! Too much or not enough, salmon shows off its versatility on its second go-around in everything from burgers to breakfast.
This recipe is the poster child of the perfect weeknight meal. It’s fast (done in 30 minutes); cooks in one pot, so cleanup is minimal; and it takes a familiar ingredient, in this case salmon, and makes it feel fresh and new. All that might seem like a tall order for a recipe, but this dish of braised salmon rises to the occasion quite deliciously.
When it comes to wedding registries, it probably comes as no surprise that there has been a dramatic shift away from so-called “wedding china.” More and more couples are choosing everyday dishes, but that doesn’t mean your dinnerware has to be boring!
With wedding season just around the corner, we enlisted the help of wedding registry site Zola to see what real couples are registering for right now.
As a kid, orange Popsicles were always my go-to from those big boxes of fruit-flavored icy treats that would make appearances at end-of-year school parties and friends’ summer birthdays. Forget cherry or grape — the citrusy pops were the only kind that mattered in my 9-year-old mind.
Now, to be completely honest, if I were faced with that box again, my choice would be the same. But I’d rather skip that choice completely and make something a little more fitting to my current taste, like these orange juice pops that are made a tiny bit more sophisticated with the help of black tea.
Several years ago, a harebrained idea to make a wedding cake for friends led to me sharing a picture of the cake layers stacked up in my freezer, ready for their big debut. You’d think people would comment on the cake, right? Nope. More like: “You have an empty freezer. You have an empty freezer. How?” “I didn’t know it was possible to empty a freezer.” And I was all “People have full freezers? We just use it for vodka and ice cube trays.” Oh Deb of 2008. Come see your circa-2016 freezer and witness the havoc 8 years and 2 kids have wreaked on it.
Vodka? Used it up to make vanilla extract. Ice cube tray? Currently empty as we use a bag we bought for a party and are too distracted to make more. The freezer these days is something you open an inch at a time, so no blocks of baby food, soup stock, ice packs, monkey-shaped ice packs for boo boos, teething rings, bread and boxed frozen things (fish sticks, mini pizza bagels, zucchini pancakes) for lunchboxes fall on your feet. Sure, there’s lovely stuff like a tray of mac-and-cheese and a chocolate babka, but the are in equal measure with potstickers and tortellini.
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We’ve heard for years about the wonders of the Mediterranean diet. Featuring foods like olive oil, whole grains, fish, legumes, fruits, and vegetables, it’s considered an all-around healthy way of eating. Even if you don’t adopt it completely, it’s easy to work a few more Mediterranean-inspired meals into your weekly menu plan, even if it’s just for the bright and satisfying flavors alone.
Here are 24 of our favorite recipes — from breakfast to dinner to snacks — that will help you do just that.
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