My father in-law is not a big fan of turkey and makes his love of ham at the holidays well-known. Honestly, I can relate. After spending much of the summer and fall testing turkey recipes, I’m ready for something different come November. So we started adding a ham to the family Thanksgiving menu about five years ago, but as the host (and cook), I ran into a problem: How can I season and heat a ham while the turkey is hogging all the oven time? Slow cooker ham is the solution! Since most holiday hams come fully baked, all I have to do is load it into the slow cooker in the morning to have ham in time for lunch. As another bonus? The slow cooker can be set to warm, so the ham stays moist while we wait for that one sister-in-law who is always late. via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/how-to-make-honey-glazed-ham-in-the-slow-cooker-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-2/
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Have you figured out your Halloween costume yet? You only have one more day to nail it down. If you’re not one to spend a lot of money on a costume or simply don’t have time to peruse your local Halloween store, these fun food-lover Halloween costumes are for you. The best part? They are all DIY! via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/5-last-minute-halloween-costumes-for-food-lovers-halloween/ Among the list of must-haves for our new house — a kitchen with plenty of light, a flat backyard for playing, a smaller footprint for easier cleaning — a dishwasher wasn’t even on there. I kind of just assumed I’d get one. So when the perfect little 1950s ranch came up for sale in our favorite neighborhood, we couldn’t pass it up, even if I was disappointed by the diminutive dishwasher. A few weeks after closing on our new home, moving in, and unpacking boxes, my feelings for the half-sized dishwasher have suddenly changed. via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/my-new-kitchen-has-a-pint-sized-dishwasher-and-i-love-it-appliance-love/ Looking for something spooky to serve at your upcoming Halloween shindig? We’ve seen all sorts of spooky creations over the years. Most of them look like a “cute Pinterest” take on something that’s truly a scary thought. If you’re looking to — for lack of better words — kick it up a notch, check out this wild creation we’re pretty sure you’ll only make once! I mean, seriously, how many parties have you been to where there’s a giant sea creature on the table staring back at you? Forget Jell-O brains and peeled grapes for eyeballs — the bar for Halloween masterpieces has officially been raised. via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/this-is-the-most-horrifying-turkey-weve-ever-seen-pop-culture/ Even if you set your weeknight dinner plans with the best of intentions, sometimes the day gets away from you. Deadlines at work need to be met, errands need to be squeezed in, and all too often you’re left exhausted by dinnertime. These five recipes are for these moments. They require, at most, eight ingredients (often fewer), and come together quickly without fuss. That’s way better than a microwave meal, as far as we are concerned. via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/5-lazy-dinner-recipes-that-only-need-8-ingredients-recipes-from-the-kitchn/ If you’re looking for something disposable that’s almost as glam as your actual dinnerware, you need to know about this site. The plates, utensils, napkins, and cups are perfectly formal enough for the upcoming holidays and just as great for cocktail or dinner parties througought the new year. via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/the-best-place-to-get-disposable-plates-for-the-upcoming-holidays-shopping/ How Cutting My Food Budget Is Helping Me Pay Off My Student Loans Money Goals Kitchen Solutions10/30/2017 I graduated undergrad late, in 2011 at 26 years old. Not terribly late, but late enough to have racked up $110,000 in student debt after the Great Recession, with a journalism degree from a state school, and zero internships under my belt. To be fair, most of those private loans were taken out to pay for basic living expenses — rent, insurance, phone bill (not tuition, fees or books) — that my family wasn’t able to help out with. But since they are private loans, the interest rate and the repayment options aren’t ideal, and my loan payments are twice the amount of my metro-Atlanta rent. That said, I’ve still been able to pay off nearly $20,000 in six years on rather meager salaries – nannying, freelancing and, now, nonprofit work. A lot of this has come down to being downright obsessive about how to save money in certain areas so that I can spend in others — specifically, saving money in the health and wellness departments in order to still have something of a social life. via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/how-cutting-my-food-budget-is-helping-me-pay-off-my-student-loans-money-goals-kitchen-solutions/ Brighten Up Your Thanksgiving Table with These Adorable Pumpkin Bowls Amazon Deal of the Day10/30/2017 Halloween may have snuck up on us, but we have ample time to plan for Thanksgiving, and if you’re hosting dinner this year (or if you’re throwing your own Friendsgiving feast prior to Turkey Day), these ceramic pumpkin bowls are the perfect addition to your decor. Here are three fun ways to put them to good use. via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/brighten-up-your-thanksgiving-table-with-these-adorable-pumpkin-bowls-amazon-deal-of-the-day/ For quite a while, I was a huge fan of grocery list apps — they save paper, make it easy to add items as soon as you remember them, and are simple to share with other household members. But at a certain point I realized one unavoidable fact: I hate fiddling with and staring at my phone while I shop. So I gave up my high-tech habits and returned to the low-fi, totally nerdy grocery list template I created during my pre-smartphone days. And you know what? It’s awesome. via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/why-i-made-a-shopping-list-template-organized-by-my-trader-joes-layout-shopping/ Everything I know about cornbread dressing — and Thanksgiving — I learned from my mother, which she in turn learned from her mother. It is a long line of resourceful Southern cooks, and I trust them with this important meal completely. The secret? via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/recipe-southern-style-cornbread-dressing-recipes-from-the-kitchn/ |
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