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7 Brilliant Ways to Hack a Box of Mac and Cheese Dec. 20, 2023
The familiar boxes of Kraft Mac and Cheese boasting a packet of cheese powder always bring back memo... Read More
Semi-Homemade: How to Combine Quick-Service Foods with Home Cooking Sep. 11, 2023
On those super busy days when you just don't have time to cook at home, but eating out is too expens... Read More
What to Do When You're Too Tired to Cook Mar. 27, 2023
If money is leaking out of your household and you aren't quite sure where it's going, I have an idea... Read More
What Not to Eat Jan. 03, 2023
I recently took a food test online. There was a list of 50 foods, and you got one point for every fo... Read More
How to Use Your New Instant Pot -- It's Safe and Simple Sep. 14, 2022
About 25 years ago, there was a pressure cooker renaissance in America. Our grandmothers knew the da... Read More
4 Recipes for Homemade DIY Lawn and Garden Fertilizer Jun. 29, 2022
I love a beautiful yard, but I hate spending a lot of money to get it that way, which explains why I... Read More
How to Stretch Ground Beef to Make the High Cost Easier to Swallow Nov. 11, 2021
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest official data says in September 2021, the average price ... Read More
Wine for Cooking Oct. 19, 2021
The phrase "cooking wine" conjures up horrid images from an era when such liquids were so bad that c... Read More
A Surprising Reason to Use Fresh Ginger in Homemade Marinade Sep. 30, 2021
The nicest thing happened to me one day as I rifled through the mail. I got a letter from Dr. C. Eug... Read More
Cleverly Delicious Ways to Use Up Leftovers Sep. 27, 2021
If your refrigerator is at all like mine, it harbors an odd assortment of leftovers and "almost gone... Read More
Cooking Wine Mar. 16, 2021
When a recipe calls for a cup of white wine, the cook who wrote that suggestion likely wasn't referr... Read More
How to Make Breakfast a Required Subject Oct. 09, 2019
Back to school for most kids means new shoes, a cool backpack and an unspoiled 64-pack of crayons. I... Read More
8 Surprising Ways Lemons Can Make Your Life Easier Sep. 17, 2019
Several years ago, my son gave me the bounty from the two fruit trees that pretty much rule his back... Read More
A Dozen Ways to Make Dump Chicken Sep. 16, 2019
It's called Dump Chicken, and it's genius. Here's why: You dump chicken pieces and your choice of sa... Read More
Is There a Good Diet? Sep. 13, 2019
Dieting is nothing new to the U.S., but various diets come in and out of vogue. Remember Atkins, Sou... Read More
How to Make Taco Seasoning Mix and What to Do With It Aug. 29, 2019
Seasoning packets from the supermarket may be convenient, but they have drawbacks — not the le... Read More
4 Absolutely Brilliant Ways to Cook Corn on the Cob Aug. 28, 2019
Corn on the cob is a summer staple that should be part of every summer celebration and backyard cook... Read More
3 Ways to Stretch a Can of Tuna to Feed 4 Hungry People Jul. 31, 2019
Are the popular reality television shows anything close to what you consider reality? Take the vener... Read More
How to Use Home Chef Meal Kits to Cut Food Costs Jul. 18, 2019
Faithful readers will recall that my husband and I tested, and now continue to enjoy, the popular me... Read More
What to Do With Leftover Green Salad (Don't Throw it Out!) Jul. 15, 2019
If throwing out perfectly delicious leftover green salad were a crime, I'd be serving a life sentenc... Read More
