Recipe: Tangy Carrot Slaw — Quick and Easy Weeknight Sides

This carrot slaw is sweet and tangy, due to a slew of Dijon mustard in the dressing, and bright and fragrant, thanks to a heap of sliced scallions. It’s a salad that hits all corners of your taste buds. It makes a light, flavorful lunch on its own but also begs to be paired with a simple roast chicken for dinner. Need a potluck side? This slaw is also begging to be just that, seeing as it’s something that only gets better as it sits in the bowl.

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Good News! This Top-of-the-Line Instant Pot Is on Sale Right Now. — Amazon Deal of the Day

It’s been a long week. It’s finally Friday, and it’s the last hour of the standard work week, which means you’re probably catching up with your coworkers, tidying up your desk, and daydreaming about the weekend ahead. You might think the best part of your week has already arrived, but you’d be wrong. So wrong. Because your day is about to get better.

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A Good Spice Kit Is the Key to Great Meals Away from Home — Travel Intelligence

When you’re cooking on the go — whether you’re roughing it in nature or testing the limits of your Airbnb kitchen — it’s smart to think simple. Do go for these three-ingredient roasted potatoes; maybe save the two-day pasta sauce for when you’re in your kitchen at home.

But simple doesn’t have to mean boring — especially if you have a spice kit on hand. The right spices can take a meal from tasting so-so to great. Of course, the right spices for you might not be the right spices for me. It all depends on what flavors you love and what you tend to cook at home.

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What’s Actually in Your Canned Pumpkin Purée? — Ingredient Intelligence

It’s that special time of year when we make doubly sure our pantries are stocked with multiple cans of pumpkin purée. It’s an essential ingredient in getting our seasonal pumpkin fix; we use it in everything from pies and muffins to soup and chili.

Which begs the question: What exactly is in canned pumpkin purée? It sounds simple, but what’s inside just might surprise you.

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This $130 Noise-Canceling Fork Makes Noodle Slurping Acceptable — Food News

There’s science behind the logic of noodle slurping. First, you get more taste from the eating method, and second, it’s just wildly fun to do. Unfortunately, in many social circles, it’s not polite to slurp your food — even noodles. But Nissin, the maker of Cup Noodles, has found a way around that. Want to see how it works?

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The Most Popular Cheesecake on Pinterest Is for Single Parents — Life in the Kitchen

As a single parent, there are very few foods that I make just for myself. Cooking is, more often than not, about making sure my three kiddos have something homemade in their bellies. If they don’t like it, they probably won’t eat it (or they’ll eat it, but grumble about it).

This is why I almost never make cheesecake. I love it, but my kids do not. I know that if I made one, I’d be responsible for eating the whole thing and that’s a lot of pressure! Recently, though, I gave into my craving for this sweet and tangy dessert, and let me tell you: It was totally worth it.

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This Japanese Tool Majorly Upped My Ginger Game — Tips from The Kitchn

I can’t live without ginger paste. It’s the base for my cilantro chutney, a key element in one of my favorite cups of chai, and a staple ingredient in my potstickers and strawberry-rhubarb jam. So when a simple kitchen task like grating ginger on a microplane results in gashed fingers, I get a little annoyed. For one, it really hurts, and it also ruins a perfectly good pile of grated ginger.

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This Chart Will Help You Choose the Best Beer to Pair with Your Halloween Candy — Halloween at The Kitchn

Let’s get one thing straight: As adults, we might be too old to go trick-or-treating, but we’ll never be too old to eat Halloween candy.

And the one advantage we have over kids on Halloween? We get to drink something far more exciting than milk with our treat stash — we can crack a cold one and go to town. Use our handy infographic to find the perfect beer to drink with your favorite candy!

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A BOO-zy Halloween: 5 Punches and Cocktails for Spooky Get-Togethers — BOO-zy Halloween

Halloween is here and it’s time to turn up the campy factor. We can’t think of a better way to do that than by dressing up your drinks!

In this collection of spooky cocktails and punches, the Halloween kitsch is dialed all the way up — because what other time of year gives you the green light to shoot glow-in-the dark gin-and-tonic jello shots, serve a boozy swamp punch, or sip on a tropical pitcher drink that looks like a giant candy corn?

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