Lifehacks Kick Off the Long Weekend With Maraschino MartiniLifehacker - Claire Lower Holiday weekends—particularly the summery ones—are often associated with barbecues and beer. I am always down to eat some barbecue, but beer makes me …
Lifehacks Frozen Yogurt Is a Breakfast FoodLifehacker - Claire Lower Eating a frozen dessert for breakfast seems like the ultimate morning rebellion. Not only is it the “wrong” time of day, but starting your day with …
Lifehacks Here's How You Fill a Freezer Bag With LiquidLifehacker - Claire Lower Laying food flat in a freezer bag is a great way to ensure it freezes evenly and with minimal damage. Getting liquidy foods into a yielding plastic …
Vinaigrette Make a Vinaigrette Inside an Almost Empty Honey BottleLifehacker - Claire Lower It can be hard to get the last bit of honey out of the bottle, particularly if the bottle is shaped like a bear (so many crevices). Luckily, the …
Pasta Salad Imperfect Pasta is the Secret to Perfect Pasta SaladLifehacker - A.A. Newton Like other entries in the “carbs coated in mayo” category of side dishes, pasta salad is incredibly polarizing. When it’s good, I can’t stop eating …
Lifehacks Should You Cut Your Spaghetti With Kitchen Shears?Lifehacker - Meghan Moravcik Walbert There is a thing about me that I’m not particularly proud of, and it is this: I cannot eat spaghetti without first cutting the noodles. Well, I guess …
Booze The Best Things to Bring to a Party That Aren't BoozeLifehacker - Claire Lower Back when I was a person bestowed with enough square footage to host parties, I always appreciated anyone bringing anything. When people asked what …
Burritos Put Your Burrito in a Mug Instead of on a PlateLifehacker - Claire Lower Some ideas do not get the praise they initially deserve. This was the case with Copernicus’ heliocentric solar system back in the 1500s, and it’s the …
Pasta How to Make Pasta Without a Pasta MachineLifehacker - Claire Lower Fresh pasta is preferable to dried in most cases, but I do not have a pasta machine, nor am I in possession of very much upper body strength. Because …
Aldi What to Know Before Your First Trip to ALDILifehacker - A.A. Newton The Cult of ALDI is real and it is powerful. Fans of the chain love its distinctive approach to the customer experience just as much as they love its …
Lifehacks When You're Cooking, Use a Wooden Spoon to Taste FoodLifehacker - Claire Lower Even if you’re following a tried-and-true recipe, you should still taste your food as you cook it. A whole slew of other variables can arise during …
Lifehacks Go Ahead and Eat Lunch at 11 a.m.Lifehacker - Beth Skwarecki It feels a little sad to be waiting outside a restaurant at 10:55 a.m., hungry and feeling like you have failed at planning your meals like a normal …
Grubhub Reminder: Grubhub and Seamless Are Shitty to RestaurantsLifehacker - Josh Ocampo We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Pick up the phone the next time you decide to place a delivery order. By contacting a restaurant …
Lifehacks The Case for Overcooked RiceLifehacker - Claire Lower Eating is a sensory experience, and sometimes it’s a good idea to re-set your senses. Maybe you’ve been eating too many aggressively flavorful foods, …
Garlic Soothe a Cold by Grating Raw Garlic Into Your SoupLifehacker - A.A. Newton Whether or not there’s any actual science behind it, lots of people swear by the sickness-busting properties of raw garlic. Some of my friends and …
Lifehacks Make Your Kitchen Feel Instantly Cleaner by Washing Your Trash CanLifehacker - Claire Lower A “clean trash can” may sound oxymoronic, but having one is a very important aspect of maintaining my sanity. Thought it’s never directly in my line …
Lifehacks Lillet and Tonic Is the Perfect Low-Proof Summer SipperLifehacker - Claire Lower I am a lazy person, but I become even lazier once the temperature rises about 72 degrees. I also become very panicky if left in the heat too long, …
Lasagna This Celery Root Dish Tastes Like LasagnaLifehacker - Claire Lower When you think of celery root, you probably think of heavy, creamy dishes that stick to your ribs. What you don’t think of, probably, is lasagna. But …
Recipes You Should Marinate Pork Chops in Root BeerLifehacker - Claire Lower A juicy, perfectly cooked pork chop is not hard to achieve; a simple brine, followed by a reverse sear situation will render it juicy and flavorful …
Lifehacks Tech CEOs' Biohacks, RatedLifehacker - Beth Skwarecki It seems every few weeks there’s a new interview about how a tech bro spends their morning. We totally get wanting to mine the habits of successful …
Cheese Fruit Salads That Are Really an Excuse to Eat More CheeseLifehacker - Claire Lower Goopy, yogurt-covered fruit salads are decidedly unsexy, particularly after sitting on a picnic table for hours. But a fruit salad doesn’t need …
Feta Try Using Feta in Saag Paneer for a Tangy TwistLifehacker - A.A. Newton No matter who you are or what you do for a living, getting dinner on the table can feel like an impossible task. After a full day of recipe …
Lifehacks How to Host a Cookbook Swap PartyLifehacker - Meghan Moravcik Walbert Admit it: You’re stuck in a rut. Last night was Taco Tuesday, tonight is meatloaf, and Thursday’s gonna be baked chicken. Again. We’ve all been there. …
Berries Pour Heavy Cream on Fruit Instead of Whipped CreamLifehacker - Claire Lower My dad lived in Washington state when I was a teen, which meant I spent many summers picking cherries and berries with my stepmom and sisters. Most …
Lifehacks I'm Actress and Writer Mara Wilson, and This Is How I EatLifehacker - Claire Lower Mara Wilson has been famous for a long time. If you are a young millennial woman, you know who she is, and you were probably obsessed with one of …
Lifehacks What Temperature Should You Keep Your Refrigerator Set At?Lifehacker - Tessa Miller Is your milk getting frosty? Are your eggs spoiling quickly? Your refrigerator probably isn't set right, and your food items may not be where they …
Butter Make Ghee in the Microwave Because You're Lazy and Also SmartLifehacker - A.A. Newton If any cooking fat is worthy of the title “liquid gold,” it’s gotta be ghee. Ghee is clarified browned butter—which means it has the high smoke point …
Cheese Cottage Cheese Is Even Better WhippedLifehacker - Claire Lower I love cottage cheese with my whole heart, but it does not have the sexiest reputation, and it can be a challenge for those with textural issues. But …
Butter Why Is The First Pancake So Ugly?Lifehacker - Claire Lower I make a lot of pancakes, but I have never been particularly skilled at making pretty pancakes, with even, golden-brown tops. The first pancake …
