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Why You Should Think Twice Before Throwing Out The Liquid From Canned Beans Shutterstock By Taylor Huang/May 25, 2021 2:31 pm EST Tossing your canned chickpeas or black beans in a colander to rinse before cooking may be a habit for many, but what if you found out that fluid your beans were sitting in was liquid gold? When you buy a can of beans, you shouldn’t only be using the legumes, but also the valuable juice inside....

Aldi’s Pizza Flavored Baked Pita Puffs Are Turning Heads Instagram By Aimee Lamoureux/Feb. 25, 2021 4:52 pm EST Aldi is known for their special finds, where shoppers can purchase one-of-a-kind items that can’t be found at other grocery stores. This week, Aldi has released a special find that has some shoppers feeling nostalgic for the ’90s. They are now selling Clancy’s Pita Puffs, a pizza-flavored snack that comes in both cheese and pepperoni varieties....

Aldi Shoppers Swear This Italian Dressing Tastes Just Like Olive Garden’s Reddit By Kate Hagan Gallup/May 22, 2021 9:39 am EST Almost as exciting as the first real DIY recipe for Cheddar Bay Biscuits, Aldi shoppers swear by the store’s Tuscan Garden Restaurant Style Italian Dressing, a Darden look-alike (and taste-alike) new Italian dressing. Says Aldi shopper Amyliabedylia, “This dressing is amaze balls….seriously just like olive garden and 1/4 the price!...

Easy Instant Pot Meatball Soup Recipe Carlos Leo/Mashed By Carlos Leo AND Mashed Staff/June 9, 2021 2:36 pm EST There’s just something about meatball soup that is oh-so-good and oh-so-comforting. Whether you’re enjoying a delicious bowl by the fire on a cold winter afternoon or satisfying a craving smack-dab in the middle of summer, it’s always a good idea to keep a go-to recipe on hand. Take it from us — this hearty soup is sure to please the family or a crowd of guests....

Everything You Need To Know About Savory Italian Easter Pie Shutterstock By Cristine Struble/March 29, 2021 11:33 am EST Have you ever had a delicious Italian Easter pie? While some people might think of pies only in terms of sweet desserts, this savory dish can be found at many gatherings. As shared by Spruce Eats, after abstaining from certain foods during Lent, the Italian Easter table often features lavish and indulgent dishes, like Easter pie....

Everything You Need To Know About Sour Cream Shutterstock By Keira Wingate/June 20, 2021 1:41 pm EST There are so many foods that double up to make sweet and savory dishes. Heavy cream, butter, mayonnaise, and many more. These smooth and yummy ingredients are added to so many dishes, it’s hard to not have them in your kitchen at any given moment. One creamy item you should make sure is on your list of kitchen must-haves is sour cream....

Here’s How Wonder Bread Got Its Name Bloomberg/Getty Images By Anthony Mastroianni/April 14, 2021 1:45 pm EST There’s no shortage of white bread in the world, but few have the same brand recognition as Wonder Bread. After all, who among us doesn’t have Proust-like recollections of peanut butter and jelly spread between two pieces of soft, pearly white Wonder Bread? But how exactly did Wonder Bread become Wonder Bread? According to ABC News, the infamous bread was first sold in 1921 and went by the name Taggart Baking Company....

How Thomas Jefferson Helped Popularize Macaroni Pasta In The US Donaldson Collection/Getty Images By Kalea Martin/June 3, 2021 3:16 pm EST Thomas Jefferson may have drafted the Declaration of Independence, but another one of his written works, a recipe for macaroni, had just as much impact on American history (via Monticello). Though the recipe is not a government document, it is a product of Jefferson’s efforts to popularize pasta in the U....

Mario Lopez Reveals The Real Reason He Did That Colonel Sanders Movie - Exclusive D.Dipasupil/Getty Images By Lauren Cahn/April 5, 2021 1:11 pm EST When Lifetime announced that it had partnered with KFC for a “Lifetime Original Mini-Movie” along with a promo photo featuring Saved By The Bell’s Mario Lopez dressed as Colonel Sanders — with the iconic bow tie and goatee (via Twitter) — we weren’t sure what to make of it....

McDonald’s Is Giving Away Caramel Brownie McFlurries. Here’s How To Get One Facebook By Erich Barganier/April 27, 2021 3:17 pm EST Good news for McFlurry lovers — McDonald’s finally has a new flavor, and you can get one for free for a limited time! While the fast food restaurant has served up this tasty ice cream treat for a while, only two flavors are currently available nationwide – M&Ms and Oreo (per the brand’s website)....

McDonald’s Is Offering These Impressive New Benefits To Attract Employees Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/July 15, 2021 1:06 pm EST A funny thing happened on the way to post-pandemic recovery… somewhere along the line, the job market switched from being an employer’s one to one that overwhelmingly favored the job seeker. As to why there are more jobs than people to fill them, some have speculated that generous unemployment benefits have made it more profitable for people to stay home than to take positions on the lower end of the pay scale....

Mirin Vs. Sake: What’s The Difference? Shutterstock By Emily Cappiello/April 19, 2021 1:33 pm EST You’re probably familiar with sake, the traditional Japanese alcoholic beverage that is made with fermented rice and is a staple in Asian restaurants around the U.S. But, you may not know there is another type of Japanese rice wine that may not exactly ring any bells when you hear it but is actually a cornerstone of Japanese cuisine: mirin....

Mistakes Everyone Makes When Cooking Tofu Shutterstock By Aly Walansky/Updated: April 12, 2021 3:49 pm EST Tofu may bring to mind bland health food enjoyed by vegans and fitness fanatics but the truth is, tofu is a pretty misunderstood ingredient, and that is worth exploring in the kitchen. It’s easy to not understand quite how to flavor tofu or even how to incorporate it into dishes — but tofu actually has endless possibilities, be it breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, snack, or even as a topping!...

People Are Loving Christina Clemons’ Doritos Earrings Patrick Smith/Getty Images By Owen Duff/June 24, 2021 5:34 pm EST It all began June 19 at a Hot Topic store in Eugene, Oregon, according to Yahoo! Sports. The 2018 World Silver Medalist Christina Clemons was doing some shopping on the eve of the US Olympic Trials when the track and field star spotted a pair of dangly Doritos Cool Ranch earrings. She bought them on a whim....

Read This If You Recently Bought Panera’s Chicken Tortilla Soup Bruce Bennett/Getty Images By Aimee Lamoureux/Aug. 6, 2021 4:21 pm EST If Panera soup is one of your favorite at-home lunchtime staples, then you’ll definitely want to take the time to read the newest U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announcement. Per the USDA, Blount Fine Foods of McKinney, Texas has issued a recall of around 6,384 pounds of Panera Bread brand’s at Home Chicken Tortilla Soup due to potential contamination with a foreign material....

Reese’s Puffs’ New Cereal Boxes Double As Musical Instruments. Here’s How They Work General Mills By Lisa Curran Matte/Aug. 3, 2021 2:16 pm EST If we were living in the magical world portrayed in Disney’s Toy Story movies, where toys come to life when their humans aren’t looking, the toilet-paper-roll kazoos and paper-towel-roll flutes would be standing on the sidelines in awe of the new Reese’s Puffs cereal box keyboards. General Mills, the company that makes Reese’s Puffs, revealed in a recent press release that they have debuted a collection of special-edition cereal boxes that double as keyboards....

Ted Allen’s Favorite Part Of Chopped Is So Relatable Mike Coppola/Getty Images By Gina LaVecchia Ragone/April 2, 2021 3:34 am EST Being a Food Network star must come with plenty of perks: a big contract, plenty of love from your fans, and easy reservations at great tables in any restaurant. But always low-key, drama-free, and understated Chopped and Chopped Junior host Ted Allen is much easier to please, and we love him for it....

The Futuristic Way You Could Soon Be Getting Your Groceries From Kroger Shutterstock By Adrianna MacPherson/July 22, 2021 12:55 pm EST While it may have once seemed unfathomable to not pick out your own produce and browse the aisles of your local grocery store in search of all the ingredients you’d need for the week, many consumers have gotten more comfortable with ordering groceries online. In fact, it’s estimated that online grocery will account for about 21....

The Plant-Based Burger King Menu Hack You Need To Know About Shutterstock By Felix Behr/April 27, 2021 8:27 am EST In March 2021, Alasdair Murdoch, the CEO of Burger King UK, announced that the company could fill up to 50% of its menu with plant-based options by 2030. “Over time the amount of beef that we are selling as a proportion of our total sales is reducing,” he explained to the i News....

The Real Difference Between A McFlurry And A Blizzard Shutterstock By Melissa Campana/Aug. 14, 2021 10:29 am EST The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing us that ice cream was a drink. It goes by many names, but the milkshake has been in our lives since at least 1885, when the word first appeared in print, according to Hamilton Beach. In those glorious days, a milkshake referred to an eggnog-like whiskey drink (a prelude to the “hard shakes” [per Food & Wine] of today’s culinary scene, perhaps?...