The Kitchn Archive: Sep 2018

Make This French Chicken Casserole for Dinner This Week

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. What is a casserole exactly? Last week Joseph Lamour wrote about the two-year-long Twitter debate going on to define this cold-weather favorite. Is it the dish it’s served in, or is the stuff in the dish what really matters? Joseph concluded a casserole is really more of a vibe thing.

Ariel Knutson

Sep 30, 2018

Here’s How to Get Krispy Kreme’s New Doughnut-Flavored Coffee for Free Today

Plenty of places have coffee-flavored doughnuts, but Krispy Kreme just decided to turn it all upside down and come out with doughnut-flavored coffee. Now everything is topsy-turvy and coffee-flavored, and I don’t know which is supposed to be dunked in which anymore: the coffee or the doughnut? (I probably just need some more coffee.) “Our coffee is going doughnuts, and our doughnuts are going coffee!” Krispy Kreme said in a statement.

Elizabeth Licata

Sep 29, 2018

Alton Brown Reveals the Trailer for “Good Eats: Reloaded”

Alton Brown’s cult-favorite show, Good Eats, which premiered in 1999 and ran all the way until 2012, is officially getting a makeover. Last week we learned the premiere date for Good Eats: Reloaded (October 15 on the Cooking Channel), and this week he shared a trailer of what is to come. Can you even handle all the excitement?

Elisabeth Sherman

Sep 28, 2018

Meal Prep Plan: A Week of Easy Healthy Meals for Two

My meal prep routine varies week to week depending on how much free time I have on Sundays. But I’ve learned that even on weekends where I only have one hour, there’s a lot I can accomplish. When time is limited, I maximize my efforts by leaning on recipes and ingredients that require minimal prep and little to no hands-on cooking — allowing me to prep multiple things at once.

Kelli Foster

Sep 27, 2018

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Smoky Fall Squash Mac & Cheese You Can Make in Minutes

A cheesy baked pasta dish studded with bacon is a dream meal for sure, but rich comfort food like that doesn’t make its way onto every week’s meal plan. Between the heavy prep before and the “too full” feeling a rich meal leaves after, it’s definitely a special-occasion dish. Fortunately, with a little help from the store and a quick roasting of some fresh veggies, you can make the easy everyday comfort food you crave.

Creative Studio

Sep 27, 2018

Recipe: Chrissy Teigen’s 3-Ingredient Chocolate Mousse

This fast and fancy dessert is the recipe you didn’t know your life was missing. Chocolate mousse, unlike cookies or brownies, is all too often considered a fussy restaurant-only recipe, but Chrissy Teigen proves it’s just the opposite. The mousse is easy enough to make any day of the week, and the crispy-rice-cereal-meets-lux-hazelnut-crackle makes this recipe extra special.

Meghan Splawn

Sep 27, 2018

This Garlic Basil Chicken with Tomato Butter Sauce Is Unreal

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Can we have an honest discussion about chicken? Why are we all so obsessed with it? Is it really that great? In the case of this garlic basil chicken that’s swimming in tomato butter sauce from Pinch of Yum, yes — yes it really is that great. I’m so sorry, chicken, I should have never doubted you.

Lauren Masur

Sep 27, 2018

7 Things Super-Healthy People Do at Home That You Don’t

Being healthy can feel like a chore. You think that you have to cook special food or try trendy fitness classes to achieve any healthy goals, but when I talked to some really healthy individuals — from the founder of Whole30 to a sleep doctor — none of them brought up any scary so-called-superfoods or intense workout routines. Turns out being healthy is just about making a few very simple, but very good, choices.

Samantha Zabell

Sep 26, 2018

One of Our Favorite Apron Designers Now Makes Kitchen Shoes

When I’m planning a serious cooking day, there are two things I need besides all the ingredients and kitchen tools: A good apron and sturdy shoes. And one of my favorite apron brands, Hedley & Bennett, just announced that they are getting into the shoe game. Yes, really! The stylish and practical apron brand teamed up with Vans to create the most colorful kitchen shoes on the planet and I’m kind of already obsessed with them. These soles have soul.

Ariel Knutson

Sep 26, 2018

Make Smoky Lentils with Harissa Roasted Cauliflower Tonight

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. As much as it pains me to admit this to myself, a die-hard carnivore, I feel immensely better (both physically and mentally) when I eat a mostly plant-based diet.

Lauren Masur

Sep 26, 2018

A Woman Accidentally Returned Her Life Savings with a Costco Freezer

Costco has been the site of many terrible returns. The bulk warehouse’s famously generous return policy has led many people to take things too far and return old mattresses, dirty kitty litter, and even empty bottles of alcohol. But one Colorado woman is extremely upset over what might be the most unfortunate Costco return ever, after she lost upwards of $35,000 in cash after she put her money in the freezer for safekeeping, and then accidentally returned the freezer to the store.

Elizabeth Licata

Sep 25, 2018

You Should Vacuum with a Paper Towel Tube — Here’s Why

I love my vacuums. Yes, we have two: A Dyson small ball (the big ones are way too heavy for me to vacuum with comfortably, and was definitely too heavy for me to carry up and down the stairs when we lived in a two-story house) and a cordless that was a (requested) Mother’s Day present that has for real changed my everyday life.

Shifrah Combiths

Sep 25, 2018

We Had No Idea This Everyday Kitchen Tool Was a Legit Design Icon

If you’ve been to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in midtown Manhattan, you’ve probably marveled at its permanent collection, which includes some of the most iconic and immediately recognizable works, ever — there’s the melting clocks of Salvador Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory, the soft-focus pastels of Claude Monet’s massive Water Lilies triptych, and everyone’s go-to poster from their freshman year, Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night.

Jelisa Castrodale

Sep 25, 2018

We Tried the Starbucks PSL Alternative This Secret Facebook Group Is Obsessed With

There’s a place on the internet that is entirely wholesome and happy. In this magical secret spot, people post their fall decorations and cute babies dressed up as pumpkins. Everyone supports one another and is kind and thoughtful. It’s basically the opposite of Twitter. Welcome to Starbucks’ Leaf Rakers Society. This not-so-secret Facebook group is a gathering of people who love fall and Pumpkin Spice Lattes.

Ariel Knutson

Sep 25, 2018

3 Smart Tips That’ll Make Unloading the Dishwasher Way Easier

In my experience, there are two kinds of dishwasher users: people who have figured out the right way to load the dishwasher, and people who really don’t care. Also in my experience, those two camps of people tend to marry each other and spend the rest of their lives complaining about the other’s method of loading or critiquing the other’s loading technique (sorry, husband of mine).

Ayn-Monique Klahre

Sep 25, 2018

Slow Cooker Southwest Chicken and Rice Is a Must-Make Recipe

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Is there a more tried-and-true combination than chicken and rice? It’s my default big-batch meal of choice that I can cook once and eat for a week. And as easy as cooking a big pot of rice and cooking chicken pretty much every which way can be, making it all together in the slow cooker is even easier. In Slow Cooker We Trust.

Lauren Masur

Sep 25, 2018

You’re Handling Your Aluminum Can Lids All Wrong

If you’re conscientious about recycling, the instinct is to try to put every component of every recylable object into the recycling bin. But in researching the subject over the years, I’ve learned something surprising: Some items, even though they’re recyclable, can actually become a hazard in recycling centers.

Ayn-Monique Klahre

Sep 24, 2018

Twitter User Demands Answers to Definition of a Casserole

What constitutes a casserole? Is it the dish itself, or what it contains? Is it both? Dictionary.com defines a casserole as two things: a baking dish of glass or pottery, usually with a cover, and also any food (usually a mixture) cooked in such a dish. For all intents and purposes, defining this around-the-world staple is a bit like asking Which came first: the chicken or the egg?

Joseph Lamour

Sep 24, 2018

This Is the Best Chicken Soup You Will Ever Eat

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Whenever I feel even the slightest of cold symptoms coming on, my body enters autopilot and my subconscious proceeds to make a vat of chicken soup — enough to consume for three meals a day, seven days a week, until that little sucker is GONE.

Lauren Masur

Sep 24, 2018

Meal Prep Plan: A Week of Easy Breakfasts & Lunches for 4

Meal planning is my mom superpower, but meal prep has never been my thing. As a mom of two, I find most of my weekend time gets gobbled up by soccer games, laundry, and epic LEGO tower building. But having a fridge stocked with at least a few prepped meals makes me a more peaceful, kinder mom come Monday morning. In an effort to make the most of any free weekend time I do have, I focus on breakfast and lunch, which tend to muck up my mornings most.

Meghan Splawn

Sep 23, 2018

4 Ingenious Ways You Should Be Using Instant Potato Flakes

Instant potato flakes aren’t exactly high on most lists of pantry essentials. You may keep them around in chilly months as a quick and easy shortcut to creamy mashed potatoes, but they’re probably more likely collecting dust on supermarket shelves. What you might not know, though, is that these little flakes — made most often from either russet potatoes or Yukon Golds that have been cooked, mashed, and dehydrated — can work their magic in a surprising amount of dishes.

Grace Elkus

Sep 23, 2018

The Best Money-Saving Grocery Shopping Tips, According to My Mom

I grew up in a household that normalized semi-extreme coupon clipping. The level of bargain hunting that I was taught was not extreme enough to deserve a TLC special, but sustainable enough to form life-long habits. Over the years, my mom has expertly honed her ritual of scanning the inserts in the Sunday paper and gingerly snipping (only relevant!) coupons for any upcoming grocery hauls.

Lauren Masur

Sep 22, 2018

There’s No Way This Slow Cooker Full English Breakfast Is an Improvement

During everyone’s most-and-least favorite holiday movie, Love, Actually, Prime Minister Hugh Grant lists all of the reasons why he thinks Great Britain deserves that first part of its name: “We may be a small country, but we’re a great one, too,” he said. “The country of Shakespeare, Churchill, the Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter. David Beckham’s right foot. David Beckham’s left foot, come to that.

Jelisa Castrodale

Sep 21, 2018

It Takes Longer to Audition for The Great British Bake Off than It Does to Film the Season

If you watch U.K. mainstay The Great British Bake Off, the reality competition where 10 amateur bakers duke it out to be crowned best baker in the land, there comes a moment where a tiny part of your brain tells you “maybe I could do this.” This usually happens when one of the 10 contestants makes a rookie mistake and confuses a stroopwafel for a caramel cookie during a technical challenge.

Joseph Lamour

Sep 21, 2018

An Easy Way to Add Natural Fragrance to Your Home

I really dislike artificial fragrances, especially those plug-in types of air fresheners that are full of chemicals. Give me essential oils any day. However, many of the nicer reed diffusers are also pretty pricey. Paying $20 or $30 for a store-bought one seems rather silly when many of us have the raw materials to make our own lying around the house. Here’s how to DIY a reed diffuser for a hit of natural aromatherapy at home.

Michelle Chin

Sep 21, 2018

Over 100,000 Pounds of Ground Beef May Be Contaminated by E.coli

Carnivores should be on high alert: A meat supplier for many grocery stores including Publix has decided to recall over 132,000 pounds of ground beef due to E. coli concerns. The trouble began last month, when Publix stores in Florida announced that it would be pulling beef products made from ground chuck from shelves after 18 people became ill. Cargill Meat Solutions, the supplier in question, is now taking extra precautions to make sure that no one else gets sick.

Elisabeth Sherman

Sep 21, 2018

The Smartest Dishwasher Tips We Learned from Apartment Therapy Readers

Earlier this year our sister site, Apartment Therapy, ran a post about common dishwasher mistakes that people make. The post generated a surprisingly lively flurry of chatter in the comments. And while the great debate of whether you should pre-sort your utensils or not may never be resolved, we picked up some more dishwasher tips from those savvy commenters. Here are the smartest dishwasher tips we gathered from Apartment Therapy readers.

Ayn-Monique Klahre

Sep 21, 2018

Launching Today! Hear Kitchn Recipes on Your Alexa Device.

Have you ever wished you had an extra pair of hands while cooking to flip the pages of your cookbook, set a timer, look up how long the chicken should roast, or read the next step in your recipe? Well, starting today, you can, thanks to a new set of features from Amazon on Amazon Echo devices — and a new Kitchn relationship with Amazon. Today, Amazon is launching a new feature that enables you to cook with Alexa on Echo Show and Echo Spot.

Faith Durand

Sep 20, 2018

You Can Make Honey Sesame Chicken in Your Instant Pot

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Well, well, well, what do we have here? Another fast and easy weeknight chicken thigh recipe, that’s what! If you have a package of chicken thighs, a few pantry staples, and an Instant Pot, you can have this honey sesame chicken on the table in less than 15 minutes — I kid you not.

Lauren Masur

Sep 20, 2018

I Tried Costco’s Knockoff LaCroix and Here’s How It Went

When word got out that Costco was unleashing a lineup of LaCroix knockoffs in lime, lemon, and grapefruit flavors, sparkling water fans rejoiced. Finally they could satisfy their unquenchable thirst at a rock-bottom Kirkland Signature price! Read more: Look Out, LaCroix — Costco’s New Flavored Seltzer Is Here Packaged in giant flats of 32 cans for just $7.

Danielle Centoni

Sep 19, 2018

Sorry, but There’s No Such Thing as the “Clean Part” of Moldy Bread

We’ve all been through this scenario: You get hungry, stroll over to the kitchen, and decide you’ll make the perfect sandwich, layered with your favorite deli meat (or veggies), a slice of lettuce, some tomato, a dab of mayonnaise (which is not dead for this millennial), all in between your favorite sliced bread. But what do you do if you pull out a packaged loaf and discover it has a teeny little bit of mold at the top?

Joseph Lamour

Sep 18, 2018

Why It’s Time to Replace All the Dish Towels in Your Drawer

Do you remember the date that Kate Middleton and Prince William got married? I do, because my friend Marnie (hi, Marnie!) sent me a commemorative dish towel all the way from London to celebrate the occasion (which happened on April 29, 2011, if you don’t remember). I have a somewhat large collection of dish towels; ones I’ve gotten as gifts, or bought myself, or props I’ve taken home after photoshoots.

Ayn-Monique Klahre

Sep 18, 2018

Make These Garlic Mushroom Chicken Thighs ASAP

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. One of the hardest parts of adulthood is asking the question “What’s for dinner?” every single night, and having to answer it yourself. Ideally, a weeknight dinner should come together in less than a half-hour, be equal parts healthy and hearty, and require very minimal dishwashing after the fact.

Lauren Masur

Sep 18, 2018

Watch the Trailer for Season 5 of Netflix’s “Chef’s Table”

Starting Friday, September 28, you can once again count on Netflix to pull through with judgy reminders that you’ve been idly binge-watching Chef’s Table for a little too long. Earlier today, the streaming service released the trailer for its fifth season of the Emmy Award-nominated docuseries, which comes on the heels of the lineup announcements for both seasons five and six.

Lauren Masur

Sep 17, 2018

Anthony Bourdain’s New “Parts Unknown” Trailer Is Here, and It Made Us Cry

The 12th and final season of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown premieres on September 23, and will include six episodes. The first one will be the last one to feature Bourdain’s own written narration, following his death by suicide at age 61 in June. A heart-wrenching preview of that episode released today by CNN gives a taste of what the season looks like. Comedian and television star W.

Naomi Tomky

Sep 17, 2018

Alton Brown Shares the Release Date for “Good Eats: Reloaded”

For over a year now there have been rumors and hints about what Alton Brown is working on next. Last year he teased something out on Instagram about “Return of the Eats,” which we now know is coming to the Food Network in 2019. Then this summer we heard he was working on “remixing” some classic episodes of Good Eats, but the news was relatively sparse. Is the show really coming back? Was it going to be a web series or something we could watch on TV?

Ariel Knutson

Sep 17, 2018

I’ve Been Using This Beloved Money-Saving App for Four Weeks — Here’s What I Think

Here's what I think of it.

Ayn-Monique Klahre

Sep 17, 2018

5 Bad Kitchen Cleaning Habits You Should Break ASAP

You know how to clean a kitchen. So do I. But there are things we learned from our parents, shortcuts we developed ourselves, and just straight-up habits that may make our cleaning, well, less than optimal. Heck, half the time I research a story for Kitchn, I learn I’ve been doing something wrong my whole adult life!

Ayn-Monique Klahre

Sep 17, 2018

Meal Prep Plan: A Week of Easy Meals for 2

Although I’m fairly new to meal prepping, it didn’t take me long to get into the groove. I discovered that while I like having some sort of rough framework for what I’m going to eat during the week, I also need some flexibility. Since I’m only cooking for myself and my husband, we have the luxury of cooking somewhat spontaneously on weeknights, which makes our busy weeks more fun and enjoyable.

Sheela Prakash

Sep 16, 2018

VeggiChop Hand-Powered Food Chopper from Chef’n

I’ve talked about this little chopper before, but I wanted to return to it as it has a relatively new and improved design. I really love this chopper. It doesn’t need any electricity, and pulling the cord to make the blades go is actually rather fun. It is wonderful for chopping nuts and herbs and making pesto, sauces, and salsa. It doesn’t mash vegetables to pulp the way higher powered food processors do. I really do use this more frequently than any other food processor.

Faith Durand

Sep 16, 2018

Don’t Make Cabinet Hardware an Afterthought in Your Kitchen

When you’re planning a kitchen makeover, you probably think about the big stuff: the countertops, the cabinets, the appliances, the flooring. But we’re here to remind you that little things can make a big difference, too. Particularly, when it comes to kitchens, that means hardware.

Nancy Mitchell

Sep 14, 2018

This Loaded Mashed Potato Casserole Is Unreal

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Whenever my family sits down for a big feast, mashed potatoes are the one dish that physically cannot be passed around the table fast enough. Before the pot lands in my grubby little hands, I monitor everyone’s mountainous scoops with watchful eyes.

Lauren Masur

Sep 14, 2018

Meal Prep Plan: A Week of Easy Whole30 Meals

Last January I tried Whole30 for the first time (here’s a little more about Whole30, including why so many of our readers feel it can make you understand your body and your eating better). I learned a lot about myself (and even more about my eating habits) and slept better than I have in a long time (maybe ever). But probably the biggest takeaway from my month on Whole30 was that the key to sticking with it comes down to meal prep.

Kelli Foster

Sep 13, 2018

This Company Wants You to Take a Roast Beef-Scented Bath

There are few greater joys after a long, stressful day than getting home, queueing up a bit of relaxing music, lighting a few candles, and settling in to a freshly drawn, piping-hot bath. Most people choose citrus, floral, or woodsy scents when they use bath bombs or salts, but one company thinks we should try a new type of scent: roast beef.

Joseph Lamour

Sep 13, 2018

Of Course Pumpkin Spice Latte Deodorant Is a Thing

It’s still another week until fall officially begins, but most of us are already sweating through a blanket scarf, staring at the trees trying to wish their leaves orange, and wondering how to add an Instagram story when both hands are wrapped around a Pumpkin Spice Latte. Starbucks brought its #PSL back earlier than ever this year, putting it on the menu before Labor Day.

Jelisa Castrodale

Sep 13, 2018

Twitter Is Losing Its Collective Mind Over How This Man Stirs Tea

People who like to cook are secretly (culinary) scientists. So much so that I think that we should be included in the STEM category, because cooking involves extensive knowledge of all four fields: science, technology, engineering, and math. Why do you think we call people who make the best cocktails mixologists?

Joseph Lamour

Sep 13, 2018

Winner, Winner, Crispy Parmesan Garlic Chicken Dinner

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. The first time I ever attempted to make chicken cutlets I set off the fire alarm in my dorm building. Luckily that wasn’t a sign of my cutlet cooking abilities to come: I’m proud to announce that I’ve since perfected the technique.

Lauren Masur

Sep 13, 2018

The Best Small-Space Cleaning Advice, According to People Who Live in Tiny Homes

The logic should make sense: smaller spaces are easier to clean, right? In reality, small spaces, and even tiny houses, come with their own set of cleaning challenges. If you convert a trailer into a tiny house, you can expect plenty of dirt, grass, and leaves to be tracked in — 300 square feet likely doesn’t allow for a mudroom. Because every inch is utilized in a tiny house, that means each surface is prone to messes.

Shelby Deering

Sep 12, 2018