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A cornstarch slurry is easy to make and yields glossy stews and sauces.

The Secret to Thickening Sauces and Soups Without Flour

Baking sheets are a workhorse in the kitchen. They're used for making everything from sheet pan dinners to your favorite desserts. Because of how frequently they're used, baking sheets often build up with grease and grime that can become difficult to get rid of over time. If this grime isn't adequately removed, it can make your baking sheets unsafe to cook or bake on. To help, we spoke to experts who shared their tips for how to clean baking sheets with common household ingredients.

How to Clean Baking Sheets So They Look Brand New

My pantry is my secret to quick weeknight meals. I stock it with cans, jars, bottles, and boxes, and it feeds me several times a week when I really don’t want to run to the store. I run through an internal decision tree for my pantry meals. For example,...

This 10-Minute Gordon Ramsay Pasta Recipe Saves My Weeknights

This post may contain affiliate links. Read our disclosure policy here. Looking for some good meals to make this summer without heating up the house? These yummy summer Crockpot recipes make perfect breakfasts, sides, main meals, and desserts!. Table of Contents. Crockpot Chicken And Rice (Gluten Free + No Soup!

Summer Crockpot Recipes for Easier Meal Prep

This affordable workhorse is used in kitchens far and wide.

I Have Dozens of Knives, but My Favorite One Is This $13 Cleaver From My Prep Kitchen Days

Get ready to spice up your meals. Heat is the flavor of the moment. Lately, brands are adding spice to anything that can handle it, from Spicy Mustard Doritos to fast food chicken sandwiches to Goldfish Cracker's latest release, Spicy Dill Pickle Goldfish. Brands regularly release new hot sauces, such as Sweet Baby Ray’s line of hot sauces and Frank’s RedHot’s recent Squeezable Sriracha Sauce.

Campbell’s Has 4 New Soups Coming to Stores and We Tried Them First

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Shoppers Say This Blackstone Grill and Griddle Is a Game Changer for Breakfast and Dinner, and It’s on Sale

Try one of the cabbage casserole recipes with ground beef on my list the next time you cook for the whole family! Each recipe mixes savory ground beef with sweet cabbage, creating a dish that will surely be a family favorite. Whether you stick to the classics or spice things up, there’s a recipe for everyone here.

20 Simple Cabbage Casserole Recipes With Ground Beef

Nothing beats a freshly baked loaf of bread. Aroma aside, fresh bread's soft, squishy interior and crisp outer layer create one of the world's most satisfying sensory experiences. Add time to the equation, however, and that experience gets less and less pleasant until the moment you pick up that loaf of home-baked French bread and realize biting into it would chip a tooth.

Why Bread Gets Stale And How To Make It Soft Again

Swiss cheese, a burger patty, sweet caramelized onions, and mustard tuck into rye bread before being griddled to perfection for this satisfying sandwich. The onions have a splash of acidity and depth thanks to the Worcestershire and apple cider vinegar, which helps balance the richness in the rest of the sandwich. Adding water as the onions caramelize provides a little steam to the cooking onions, and helps to scrape up the flavorful brown bits from the pan, both of which speed up the caramelizing process. Swiss cheese and rye bread are traditional in a patty melt but feel free to swap in whatever cheese and bread you have on hand for your own variation.

Patty Melt

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Gwen Wren

The Instant Pot makes it possible to have hearty hot meals, like this taco soup, without heating up the house. But, even if you don't have an Instant Pot, the stove top method is pretty quick and still a great option. Let me know in the comments if you like these kinds of recipes this time of year, or not.

Taco Soup (Instant Pot and Stove Top Methods)

This recipe by Cooking with Shirani on YouTube is the perfect weeknight meal that you can enjoy with the whole family. This is made easier with the help of a boxed biscuit mix, and it’s very convenient, especially for busy people and/or busy days. What’s even better is that...

Red Lobster Biscuit Chicken Cobbler Recipe

We love a cooking project, but not every night. Some evenings call for easy meals, like these five-ingredient recipes that don't require an extra trip to the grocery store or need a lot of time at the stove. From no-fuss pasta dishes and delicious pizzas to seasonal soups, each can be made using just five ingredients—not counting kitchen staples like salt, pepper, cooking oil, and water.

These 5-Ingredient Recipes Make Quick, Flavor-Packed Dinners for Busy Nights

Your trusty Crock-Pot is the key to these simple set-it-and-forget-it chicken dinners. From restaurant-worthy pastas and soups to easy shredded chicken that's perfect for everything from tacos to barbecue sandwiches, you'll find a new favorite in this collection of seven slow cooker chicken meals for every night of the week.

7 Slow Cooker Chicken Dinners for Every Night of the Week

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CJ Coombs

The first time my family walked into a Ponderosa Steakhouse was in the late 1960s. It was new and the experience was great. Like other new restaurants, if the management doesn't stay on top, the quality of service can decline. The location we went to did change through the years, but in the beginning, it was great.

The 1960s: the Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses are still around in some states

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We Tested 100+ Kitchen Products in June, and We Can’t Stop Talking About These 9

Amazon Shoppers Can't Stop Buying These 8 Outdoor Furniture Pieces, and Prices Start at $22

All You Need to Make ‘Restaurant-Quality’ Pizza at Home Is This Genius Set That Shoppers Call ‘Essential for a Good Crust’

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What is more summery than an icy, sweet frozen drink? If the heat wave is getting to you, try whipping up this simple frozen strawberry lemonade. All you need is your choice of lemonade and some frozen strawberries. You can use store-bought lemonade, make your own from scratch, or a powdered version. As for strawberries, frozen ones are the easiest choice. If you'd rather use fresh, add at least two cups of ice until you reach a nice, frozen consistency.

10 Actually Useful Kitchen Products for Summer Cooking Made Easy, Starting at $8

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