Month: October 2024

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100 Instant Pot Recipes To Add to Your Regular Rotation

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There are so many reasons to love your multicooker—like all these mouthwatering recipes that were made just for the trendy, all-in-one appliance.

Our Best Ideas for the Instant Pot

There’s no denying that an Instant Pot® is a must-have for every kitchen. What’s not to love about a slow-cooker, pressure cooker and stovetop stand-in all wrapped into one compact appliance? With a few accessories and the right recipes, your multicooker can get cozy soups, crowd-pleasing chicken dinners, healthy weeknight meals and even desserts on the table with ease. Ready to put your Instant Pot® to good use? You’re in the right place—we’ve got plenty of delicious options for you to choose from.

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98 Recipes That Start with Cool Whip

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When you need a cool, creamy dessert ASAP, check your freezer for a tub of Cool Whip. You’ll find the recipe details for the sweets in this video in the following 5 slides. Want more cool ideas? Check out our best no-bake desserts.

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The Only Way to Store Butter, According to Kerrygold

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Taking perfectly soft butter and spreading it on a nice carb of choice is one of life’s simple pleasures. Whether it’s for eating or baking, using butter with a higher butterfat content can result in a much more decadent experience. Unlike American butter, European-style butter is churned for longer and possesses between 82 and 90 percent butterfat. This makes it great for applications where the butter flavor is key, such as flaky croissants or fluffy mashed potatoes. 

So once you have your bars of proverbial gold in your possession, what’s the best way to store them? Since these dairy products can be twice as expensive as American-style butter, ensuring freshness is key. Maybe you’ve watched enough Brit Box programming and noticed butter crocks on counters and not in refrigerators. We’ve confirmed that leaving your butter out for four hours at room temperature is okay, but can a higher quality butter live on your counter?

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I Tried Our 5 Most Popular Chicken Casseroles and This Is the One I’ll Feed My Family Again and Again

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In search of a superior chicken casserole recipe, I opened no less than 14 cans of soup while trying the five most popular recipes from Allrecipes—and it was so worth it.

Chicken casserole is one of the most ubiquitous dishes found in family cookbooks across the country. Show me a grandma who doesn’t have a go-to chicken casserole recipe. I’ll wait. See what I mean?

Most of us grew up eating some variation of chicken casserole and most of us have an opinion about what makes the best one. It’s the dish that you throw together when a neighbor needs comforting, when a loved one is under duress, or if you simply need to feel a sense of home. Ideally, you should already have most ingredients on hand in your pantry for such emergencies (be them physical, spiritual, or emotional). 

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This Meat Cooking Myth Could Actually Do More Harm Than Good

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How many times have you heard the phrase “Don’t trust everything you see on the internet”? Thousands, I’m sure. But now that we live in a time when almost all of our daily information comes from the internet (and social media especially), it can be harder to separate fact from fiction. 

While there are plenty of chefs creating great, informative cooking content on platforms like TikTok, social media can also be a breeding ground for false information, especially when it comes to food safety. In a recent Reddit thread, users shared the cooking myths they know to immediately distrust when they see them shared on social media, and a common answer was one we know all too well: washing meat. 

“Washing meat is still a surprisingly prevalent bad practice,” wrote user DyotMeetMat.

In reality, no, you should probably not be washing your meat before cooking it. This is commonly known among many home cooks, but if you’ve been fooled by the internet lore, read on to find out why this practice is ill-advised.

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30 Vintage Dinner Party Recipes That’ll Never Go Out of Style

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Some retro dinner party recipes are probably OK to leave in the past (people in the 1970s really loved aspics), there are plenty that will never go out of style—from classic French Bourguignon and coq au vin to fun baked Alaska and bite-sized salmon appetizers. Turn to this collection of some of our very best tried-and-true dinner party ideas next time you host a vintage-inspired soirée.

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43 Soup Recipes to Make for a Cozy Dinner

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There’s nothing quite like pulling out your stock pot or Dutch oven on the first day it’s chilly enough to make soup. The kitchen will soon be filled with the aroma of mirepoix and garlic wafting from the cutting board. If you’re like me, you might even have a whole playlist dedicated to making soup recipes. It starts with “‘Tis Autumn” by Nat King Cole and ends with Dinah Washington’s “September In the Rain.” (OK so it’s a fall playlist, but soup, fall—same thing, right?)

Depending on the recipe, I might make a bouquet garni to flavor the broth. And depending on the day, I might open a bottle of wine. A glass for the chef and a little to deglaze the pan; it’s a win-win. The best types of wine for deglazing depend on the recipe. For heavier soups with red meat, look for a red wine like merlot. Lighter soups with ingredients like lemon or chicken pair wonderfully with pinot grigio. Luckily, this collection has plenty of options from brothy to creamy, veggie-packed to meat-hearty.

To round out the meal, make a crusty bread from scratch or pick up a loaf at your local bakery.

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The 1950s Cake Recipes You Need to Make Today

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Go grab your apron! These 1950s cake recipes are as delicious today as they were decades ago. Find ideas for coconut cake, angel food, pineapple upside-down cake and more.

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I Asked 5 Chefs for the Best Rotisserie Chicken, and They All Said the Same Thing

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It was a signature of Julia Child and continues to be a staple for Ina Garten, Chef John, and countless home cooks: roast chicken. The quintessential Sunday night dinner is comforting and often asks for less than 20 minutes of prep time, however, it’s the cooking time that often stands between us and roasting our own birds more often. We don’t know about you, but sitting around for more than an hour for chicken to cook isn’t always something we can (or want to) swing.

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68 Chinese Food Recipes Even Better Than Takeout

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Cooking Chinese food recipes at home might seem daunting, but thanks to some creative shortcuts, it’s pretty easy to whip up restaurant-quality dishes in your own kitchen.

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