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Use Leftover Rice to Make a Warm, Comforting Salad
As versatile as rice can be, sometimes it’s hard to decide what to do with the leftovers. Since rice freezes so well, a few times a year I’m faced with a serious collection of small white rice containers. (They’re gentle reminders of my love of the Chinese restaurant on the block.) This is an excellent…
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8 of the Best Cheap and Healthy Convenience Foods, According to Reddit
Convenience foods have a bad reputation, only sometimes deserved. They make our lives easier, so there must be something wrong with them. And it’s true, they tend to cost more than buying the ingredients yourself, and sometimes they’re higher in sugar or otherwise hard to fit into a healthy diet. But there are plenty of…
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Other Foods You Should Dry in a Salad Spinner
After I lost my salad spinner in the divorce, I resisted replacing it for several years. I was in the habit of buying pre-washed leaves for my salads — and living in a tiny studio apartment — so a bulky, dedicated drying device for greens didn’t seem like a necessity.
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How to Air Dry Fresh Flowers to Decorate With
Fresh flowers — whether picked directly from your yard or garden, or coming via a professional bouquet or arrangement — have a relatively short shelf life. No matter how clean you keep the water, or how many of those little packets from the florist that you add to the vase, part of the novelty is knowing…