Trader Joe S Shoppers Have Some Seriously Creative Uses For Its Ube Spread

Trader Joe’s Shoppers Have Some Seriously Creative Uses For Its Ube Spread Trader Joe’s By Aimee Lamoureux/June 16, 2022 12:54 pm EST Recently, Trader Joe’s Ube products have been turning shoppers’ heads. Ube, a type of purple yam that is native to Southeast Asia, has been gaining popularity in the United States in recent years, and Trader Joe’s has been at the forefront of delivering the subtly sweet, slightly nutty flavor to their fans....

January 24, 2023 · 6 min · 1134 words · Mary Zeller

Traditional Southern Fried Apples Recipe

Traditional Southern Fried Apples Recipe Miriam Hahn/Mashed By Miriam Hahn AND Mashed Staff/June 6, 2022 10:09 am EST When it comes to dessert, most people think of ice cream or cookies as their go-to. However, some of the best desserts involve fruit, and we truly believe that desserts with fruit are highly underrated. These Southern fried apples are the perfect after-dinner treat and they have a fun history. According to Historic Union County, fried apples go way back to a time before WWII....

January 24, 2023 · 10 min · 2082 words · Le Hickman

What You Might Not Have Realized About Dairy Queen S Cheese Curds

What You Might Not Have Realized About Dairy Queen’s Cheese Curds FILMME/Shutterstock By James Lewis/March 24, 2022 2:48 pm EST The fact that cheese isn’t defined as “an edible version of heaven” is nothing short of a disgrace. Scientists need to find a way to allow cheese to simply be absorbed by our bodies, drawing it in with unbreakable gravitational strength. That way, our stuffed stomachs will never be able to resist all the cheesy goodness....

January 24, 2023 · 5 min · 1012 words · Ross Spradlin

What You Need To Know About The Latest Protein Shake Recall

What You Need To Know About The Latest Protein Shake Recall NatalyaBond/Shutterstock By Crystal Antonace/Aug. 2, 2022 6:51 am EST Inflation in the U.S. is still on a slow uphill burn, and people are feeling pressure to work long hours to make up for those price increases. Deciding what you’re going to eat the following day is probably the last thing on your mind after working a long shift. Having a protein bar or shake handy for when hunger strikes is a fast and typically nutritious option that goes hand in hand with the protein supplement market and its recent surge in popularity (per Globe Newswire)....

January 24, 2023 · 6 min · 1277 words · Elizabeth Mitchell

Why Reddit Has A Big Problem With Costco S Membership

Why Reddit Has A Big Problem With Costco’s Membership dennizn/Shutterstock By Dai Poole/June 22, 2022 6:45 pm EST During the pandemic, big-box warehouse stores like Costco saw considerable increases in sales and store memberships as customers were looking to stockpile common household goods like cleaning supplies and toilet paper, according to CNN. With over six million added members during the pandemic, the real test is how many people decide to keep their membership moving forward....

January 24, 2023 · 6 min · 1131 words · George Jones

Why Salt Can Be The Enemy Of A Good Marinade

Why Salt Can Be The Enemy Of A Good Marinade ValdisOsins/Shutterstock By Karen Hart/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 6:22 pm EST Marinades are important if you want to impart extra flavor to your favorite meat. Let’s face it, some of the most delicious barbecue foods start with a marinade. Marinades, per Meathead’s AmazingRibs.com, are like a bath for beef, pork, and chicken. However, the barbecue site notes that a marinade’s reach is usually rather shallow, only really affecting the meat’s exterior....

January 24, 2023 · 6 min · 1132 words · Daniel Franks

Why The Internet Is Furious With Prue Leith S Son

Why The Internet Is Furious With Prue Leith’s Son Ian Gavan/Getty Images By Vedran Maslovara/June 30, 2022 7:27 am EST Dame Prue Leith is practically a British national treasure. You probably know this woman from “The Great British Bake Off,” in which she judges delicious cakes and other baked goods with her colleague, Paul Hollywood. Leith started her GBBO journey in Season 8, after the show’s contentious move from BBC to Channel 4 (via Time)....

January 24, 2023 · 5 min · 1050 words · Pamela Harper

Why You Should Be Cooking With Vodka

Why You Should Be Cooking With Vodka Miguel Tamayo Fotografia/Shutterstock By Sophia Lo/July 24, 2022 10:14 am EST If you make cocktails often, keeping some vodka on hand is important. And for the summer, an easy vodka-spiked watermelon is sure to please an adults-only crowd. But even if you’re not a big fan of vodka, there’s a lot more you can do with it than make drinks. Cooking with vodka is a great way to take your dishes to the next level, and you can use vodka in sweet and savory dishes....

January 24, 2023 · 4 min · 821 words · June Widner

100 Brunch Recipes Perfect For Sunday Mornings

100 Brunch Recipes Perfect For Sunday Mornings liloon/Shutterstock By Molly Clark/Aug. 5, 2022 3:42 pm EST Brunch is the quintessentially slow-paced, relaxed, Sunday morning meal that straddles the genres of breakfast and lunch. It may be the only meal during which it is socially acceptable — heck, socially expected — to have a heaping plate of both sweet and savory foods ranging from pancakes, muffins, and waffles to casseroles, salads, and even breakfast nachos as well as a coffee, mimosa, and Bloody Mary all set in front of you on the table at the same time....

January 23, 2023 · 92 min · 19575 words · Brenda Knox

Cheez Its Flavors Ranked Worst To Best

Cheez-Its Flavors, Ranked Worst To Best Bloomberg/Getty Images By Kori Ellis/Updated: May 10, 2022 1:30 pm EST One hundred years ago, back in 1921, Cheez-It crackers were born. These cheesy one-inch squares with their iconic hole in the middle were introduced by the Green & Green Company, a company that was most well-known at the time for supplying hungry soldiers in the U.S. military with cracker-like snacks during World War I....

January 23, 2023 · 31 min · 6548 words · Steven Paine

Domino S Just Took Pineapple On Pizza Way Too Literally

Domino’s Just Took Pineapple On Pizza Way Too Literally Facebook By Felix Behr/April 2, 2022 11:00 am EST “Introducing our newest and very real menu item,” the Domino’s Pizza social media team tweeted on April 1. A picture is attached to the social media post that shows a slab of pineapple laying in a box with tiny slices of pizza on it. April fools! Unfortunately, it’s not a real item at all — but imagine the respect the pizza chain could have gotten for committing to the bit....

January 23, 2023 · 6 min · 1221 words · Patricia Solari

Easy Homemade Poke Bowl Recipe

Easy Homemade Poke Bowl Recipe Cindy Chou/Mashed By Cindy Chou AND Mashed Staff/Updated: March 24, 2022 4:33 pm EST A poke bowl is a dish made up of raw fish, rice, and fresh vegetables that’s been part of Native Hawaiian cuisine for many years. Though, as Hawai’i Magazine reports, poke didn’t become widely popular until the 1970s, it’s since become a modern classic of Hawaiian food culture. There was once a time when you could only reliably find poke at restaurants in the Hawaiian islands, but, thanks to a surge in popularity, versions can be found across the mainland United States today....

January 23, 2023 · 24 min · 4910 words · Danny Robson

Easy Slow Cooker Taco Soup Recipe

Easy Slow Cooker Taco Soup Recipe Kristen Carli/Mashed By Kristen Carli AND Mashed Staff/Updated: March 23, 2022 4:48 pm EST Who knew that most of the same ingredients that usually serve as your favorite taco fillings also make for one delicious, hearty soup? Well, to name one person, there’s recipe developer and private practice registered dietician Kristen Carli of Camelback Nutrition & Wellness. She created this scrumptious taco-inspired slow cooker dish....

January 23, 2023 · 13 min · 2664 words · Lewis Gay

Friendly S Just Made Huge Changes To Its Menu

Friendly’s Just Made Huge Changes To Its Menu Friendly’s By Justina Huddleston/Updated: April 12, 2022 11:50 am EST Correction 4/12/22: An earlier version of this story cited a social media comment stating that the Friendly’s Fishamajig and Fish and Chips were removed from the menu; they are still available at Friendly’s restaurants. Friendly’s is the third-oldest restaurant chain in the United States, which means a lot of people have nostalgia-filled childhood memories of eating Friendly’s clown sundaes after a meal with family and friends....

January 23, 2023 · 6 min · 1148 words · Margaret Ortiz

Gordon Ramsay S Hilarious Reaction To This Tiktok Donut Bread

Gordon Ramsay’s Hilarious Reaction To This TikTok Donut Bread Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images By Maria Scinto/Updated: May 2, 2022 6:48 am EST One of the most popular YouTube genres, from back in the days when YouTube was a thing (remember them, kids? kind of like TikTok for people with attention spans over 30 seconds long) was something called reaction videos. Popular titles included such gems as “Kids React to Blockbuster Video” and “Elders React to Kim Kardashian....

January 23, 2023 · 6 min · 1090 words · Charles Cline

Here S How Expensive Chicken Has Gotten With Inflation

Here’s How Expensive Chicken Has Gotten With Inflation nastya_ph/Shutterstock By Crystal Antonace/Aug. 5, 2022 11:06 am EST With the initial shock of the COVID-19 pandemic slowing in 2022, people in the United States are attempting to return to the lives they once knew. And part of that includes having reliable food products in their pantries and refrigerators without too much additional worry. That being said, with food prices continuing to rise, your beloved cup of coffee isn’t even safe from the world’s increasing inflation rate, which is the highest it’s been in the United States in nearly 40 years (per Time)....

January 23, 2023 · 6 min · 1205 words · Charles Price

Here S How To Get Free Fries For A Year At Burger King

Here’s How To Get Free Fries For A Year At Burger King pancha.me/Shutterstock By Naomi Kennedy/April 25, 2022 12:35 pm EST Just like every king needs a crown, every burger needs a side of fries (though we’ll admit that there are times our tastebuds may decide it needs a side of onion rings instead). If Burger King’s famous, flame-grilled Whopper is your burger of choice when you’re looking for a bite to eat while on the go, adding the quintessential burger accompaniment to your meal is about to get a whole lot cheaper for some customers....

January 23, 2023 · 7 min · 1285 words · Tracie Henry

Here S Why Restaurants Put Rice In Salt

Here’s Why Restaurants Put Rice In Salt Shutterstock By Hanna Claeson/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 1:40 pm EST In the world of late-night diners, there are some things we grow up taking for granted: There must be at least three kinds of pies in a rotating display, apple among them. There must buttermilk pancakes, blueberry pancakes, and chocolate chip pancakes, all available in steaming stacks of three to six. The lighting must either be too bright or too dim....

January 23, 2023 · 5 min · 898 words · Jason Duncan

House Of The Dragon Now Has Its Own Wines

House Of The Dragon Now Has Its Own Wines Facebook By Ree Winter/Aug. 24, 2022 11:07 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Three years after HBO’s “Game of Thrones” finished, it still ranks as one of the most popular shows on television today (via Winter is Coming). As such, when it was revealed that a spin-off prequel titled “House of the Dragon” was about to hit our screens, it’s no wonder that the news was received with excitement and anticipation....

January 23, 2023 · 7 min · 1374 words · Rebecca Figueroa

How Momofuku Wants To Redefine The American Pantry

How Momofuku Wants To Redefine ‘The American Pantry’ Colin Woods/Shutterstock By Michael La Corte/June 16, 2022 9:52 am EST For years, Momofuku has been a fixture in the food realm, opening numerous restaurants and fast-casual establishments, influencing the baking and ice cream worlds in conjunction with Christina Tosi’s Milk Bar and staking its claim as a culinary cultural institution. In response to the pandemic, the company pivoted into supermarket goods and it’s paid off tenfold, both for the brand and for the palates and pantries of the general American public at large....

January 23, 2023 · 6 min · 1156 words · Doris Sims