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Cooking: Tips, Recipes, and Must-Haves
Here are eight 4th of July desserts anyone can make. Before the fireworks even start, you’ll have everyone cheering for these red, white, and blue desserts. Kim Renta June 29, 2023
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A Simple and Tangy Baked Flounder Dish
Flounder is a mild white saltwater fish that is delicious when baked. The flatfish is relatively low in mercury, making it safe for children and pregnant women. Fillets can be purchased at the fish market or bought frozen. Both will work for this recipe. If your flounder fillets are frozen, defrost them in the refrigerator…
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Everything You Need to Know About How to Cook Ham
A gorgeous baked ham is the best centerpiece we can think of for holiday meals. It looks impressive (especially with a glistening ham glaze), but takes very little work to get on the table. Luckily, there are many ways to cook a ham. You can bake ham, grill it, or even cook it in a…
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Heart healthy recipes and expert tips to boost your diet
For American Heart Month, “Good Morning America” enlisted top experts to share advice, food tips and nutritious recipes that can help home cooks maintain a diet that focuses on heart health. The increasingly popular Mediterranean-style diet, which is supported by the American Heart Association, includes lean, unprocessed red meat, whole fruits and vegetables, dairy, beans,…
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Once I Started Baking Chicken Wings Like This, I’ve Never Made Them Another Way
We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. No Super Bowl party spread is complete without a platter of Buffalo wings. But there’s no need to order pick-up from your favorite bar or battle with a deep…
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Your Handy Guide to Common Metric Conversions for Cooking
Here in the United States, we use the imperial system of measurement. It’s everywhere from the odometer in your car to the measuring cups in your kitchen. Yes, those teaspoons and tablespoons are all part of this system, too. While we find the imperial system familiar as part of our culinary culture, it is not…
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These Tips Will Help You Turn Out Perfect Stovetop Rice Every Time
In the second installment of her YouTube series, the cookbook author and chef Sohla El-Waylly will teach you how to get fluffy pots of rice easily and consistently. You don’t need a rice cooker to make incredible rice, and you don’t need to be an expert chef to yield a pot of fluffy grains. In…
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10 Dishes Every Beginner Cook Should Learn
What’s the best dish for a beginner cook to try? We asked star chefs from all over the country for their recommendations. Here’s what they had to say about practicing essential techniques and base recipes. Cream-Based Soup Victor Protasio “They all have the same basic ingredients,” says Portland’s St. Jack chef Aaron Barnett. “Garlic, onions,…
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The Time-Saving Tip For Cooking Grains In Your Recipes
With rice, cooking the grain ahead is a benefit for a multitude of recipes. Easy fried rice is much better using rice that’s been sitting in the fridge, rather than a freshly cooked version that’s too wet to crisp up in the wok. Leftover rice can also be turned into a batch of warm Mexican…
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Our Expert Guide to Making Rice in a Rice Cooker
What is the perfect ratio of water to rice in a rice cooker? The golden ratio in a rice cooker is 1:1. That means 1 cup rice to 1 cup water. During our testing, we found this ratio works best for long-grain white rice, including basmati and jasmine, as well as for short-grain white rice…