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Forgo the can this time around — you won't regret it.

It's much easier than it sounds.

For when you're bored of chicken (and pork chops).

Green tomatoes — not to be confused with tomatillos — are simply regular tomatoes that haven’t ripened to redness, yet. Tomatoes can keep producing fruit well into fall, but they need temperatures of 75 degrees or more in order to reach full growth and optimum ripeness. Therefore, most tomatoes that start growing in the fall stay small and green. Don’t throw them out, though.The good news is that green tomatoes are still edible, delicious, and good for so many things!

When cherries are in season you may want to pick up bags of dark, sweet berries at the market and eat them all fresh. But make sure you save a pint or two to bake with. What’s your favorite cherry recipe? Here are 24 recipes, from pie bars, to a frangipane galette, chocolate-covered cherries, cherry sangria, cherry dump cake, and more … And if cherries aren’t in season where you are, we fully endorse using frozen.

Make a perfect pot every time.

Plus, two ingredients not normally found in chili.

Knowing how to make chocolate pudding from scratch is like having the golden key to winning dessert.

It's impossible to mess this up.

Is there a more versatile and dessert-friendly fruit than bananas? From the simplest one-ingredient banana ice cream to banana pudding to lavish banana foster there are so many ways to spin this fruit into a fantastic dessert. Maybe banana cream pie isn’t your thing, but you are up for some Nutella banana bread, a caramel banana cake, or chocolate-covered frozen bananas. From unexpectedly light treats to decadent cakes, bananas make some of the best desserts.

Make it once and enjoy all week long.

Just add a loaf of bread, a salad, and a bottle of wine!

It's sweet with a golden crumb, soft and moist, and dense without being heavy.

Still figuring out your turkey plan? Try one of these. No brining required!

Like the boxed stuff, but so much better. Here's a step-by-step recipe that shows how to get the taste you crave on Thanksgiving and beyond.

The best kind of kitchen magic we know.

When your Thanksgiving turkey is roasted and the guests are seated, you don't have to worry about your gravy; it's already done. Here's a step-by-step recipe to show you how.

Here's a step-by-step recipe for the best mashed potatoes, made from start to finish in the slow cooker.

It also happens to be pretty easy to make.

This buttery crumble does some things differently — and wow does it work.

This is one of the simplest, heartiest breakfast casseroles we know how to make.

I recently discovered that ice cream cake is a surprisingly divisive topic. When I asked friends and readers whether actual cake belonged in ice cream cake, the responses were severely split. Of course! said some. Absolutely not, insisted others. It turns out, you see, that many, many people were raised on the Dairy Queen and Carvel ice cream cakes, which are nothing but pure and cold ice cream, with chocolate cookie bits in the middle, and a luscious layer of whipped frosting over it all.

The recipe that makes almost any meal a little better.

This old-fashioned pot roast, cooked quietly in the slow cooker all day with a mess of caramelized onions, makes a rich broth and meat that melts in your mouth.

Don't try to be original — just make this four-ingredient recipe.

You're just 3 ingredients away from the ultimate spring side dish.