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A Guide to Growing Strawberries — Apartment Therapy
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Monthly Archives: May 2017
Here’s How to Grow Cucumbers — Apartment Therapy
This Nonstick Cookware Set from KitchenAid Is On Sale Today — Amazon Kitchen Deal of the Day
You might know KitchenAid for their gorgeous stand mixers, but did you know they make lots of other tools and products for the kitchen? They do things as big as fridges, to things as small as toasters. Right now, in fact, on Amazon you can buy a complete aluminum nonstick cookware set from KitchenAid for just $110 (normally $155). That’s just a fraction of the price of a stand mixer from a brand you already love.
If your kitchen is already stocked with cookware, this deal would also make for an excellent gift the college graduate in your life.
Have You Heard of Russian Piping Tips? — Baking Gear
If you find yourself wasting minutes of the day pining over all the beautifully decorated cakes filling up your Pinterest feed, like I all too often do, I am here to share great news: You can make cakes like that too! There is no need for countless online video tutorials learning the intricacies of making buttercream flowers using traditional piping tips — Russian piping tips have your back. These unique decorating tips allow you to top your next cake or cupcakes with seriously beautiful buttercream flowers with little to no effort. They’re the little cake decorating secret everyone needs to know about.
How We Saved Thousands (Seriously!) on Appliances for Our First Home — Apartment Therapy
From Apartment Therapy → How We Saved Thousands (Really!) on Appliances for Our First Home
Next Week’s Meal Plan: 5 New Family Favorites — Next Week’s Meal Plan
This week’s meal plan is full of new-to-me recipes that I think will become family favorites. We have friends and family coming to stay with us throughout the week and are getting ready to take a much-anticipated, kid-free vacation this coming weekend, making everything — even meal planning — feel exciting and exhilarating. Even Pizza Friday is getting a new spin on it.
6 of the Most Gorgeous Kitchen Windows in the World — The Kitchen Window
Boasting natural light in your kitchen is enviable enough, but when your windows are also gorgeous, well, that’s when we start to get really jealous. These windows are all super painful (paneful?) to look at because we just want the same things for our homes. #nofair
10 Weeknight Casseroles Packed with Vegetables — Recipes from The Kitchn
Casseroles are one of my favorite ways to load up on vegetables. They come in especially handy if you’re dealing with picky eaters, who probably won’t even notice you’ve packed in a few pounds of produce underneath that gooey layer of cheese! We love these 10 recipes for their crowd-pleasing potential and their wholesome qualities. Some are strictly vegetarian or even vegan, while others have some meat in the mix, but they all are easy and sure to be a hit at the dinner table.
A Last-Minute Mother’s Day Brunch That You Can Throw Together in the Morning — Mother’s Day
So you’re hosting Mother’s Day brunch and, for whatever reason, you’re down to the wire with barely a plan in place. Mom is coming over in just a few hours and you haven’t put one thought into what to make. Don’t worry — you still have time to pull this off. And there’s no need to run out for a dozen doughnuts and a box of joe — you can do this just the way you pictured. This menu will help you put together a fast, fancy, and celebratory brunch together in little to no time. This menu feeds six people and can be made before mom arrives. We’ve even included a timeline on exactly how you to can pull this off. You’ve got this!
Recipe: Pasta alla Gricia — Recipes from The Kitchn
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Recently cacio e pepe, the classic Roman pasta of black pepper and Pecorino Romano cheese, has gained serious popularity. Its humble ingredients have transcended it to a full-blown culinary trend, popping up on restaurant menus and in food magazines and blogs not only in its traditional form, but also in unique interpretations like savory cookies, potatoes, and even ice cream.
But as much as I enjoy cacio e pepe, I haven’t jumped on the bandwagon because my heart belongs to another classic Roman pasta. And no, it’s not carbonara.