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From Apartment Therapy → Upgrade-Worthy: 5 Cheap Household Items Worth Replacing (When You Can)

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Have you heard the buzz about Bee’s Wrap? Touted as a sustainable, reusable alternative to plastic wrap, there’s a whole lot to like. And if you watch this video of Sarah Kaeck, the woman behind Bee’s Wrap, who started waxing her own cloth in her own kitchen, you will absolutely fall in love with it too. In another life, I would totally live on her sun-dappled farm growing vegetables and reviving traditional food storage techniques while my beautiful children feed goats.

Alas, it’s cloudy today and my window looks into the apartment building across the street. So let’s talk about the pros and cons of Bee’s Wrap for the rest of us.

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I lived a mustard-free childhood. Instead, Miracle Whip was the condiment of choice in my household. That was all well and good with me, as I found mustard too sharp and pungent for my tastes anyway. Funny how tastes change, however, because once I matured and flocked the Miracle Whip nest, I developed an insatiable taste for mustard.

While I truly love it in all forms now (with the minor exception of yellow mustard), my heart lies quite squarely with Dijon. The jar on the door of our fridge is easily what gets used up and replaced the fastest compared to other condiments.

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Target is awesome for all sorts of things: towels, toiletries, sports bras. It can also be a great place to buy food — especially if you know how (and when) to shop.

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Everything about summer always has a way of feeling more simple and relaxed — and weeknight dinners shouldn’t be any different. That’s why my favorite approach to the simplest, easiest weeknight meals starts with a sheet pan. Everything from your main course and the sides comes together on one pan, so it’s easy cooking and easy cleanup.

From a can’t-miss tomato tart to Asian-inspired tofu and broccoli, here are 10 sheet pan suppers to add to your summer meal plan.

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If you asked your kid to chose their own lunch box, they’d probably go for the one with their favorite Disney character. But Hero today, gone tomorrow, we always say. Besides, there are actually several important factors to consider.

Related: 10 Kid-Friendly Lunch Boxes Without Disney Characters on Them

You want it to be relatively lightweight (these are independent children and they’re going to want to carry their own stuff); you need it to be easy for little hands to open; you want it to be inexpensive because, let’s be honest, they are probably going to lose a lunch box or three; and you want it to be easy to clean. And yeah, it helps if it’s something that gets kids excited to eat their lunch.

With all that in mind, we present our favorite lunch box for elementary school kids.

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You’re never too old for weed — at least, that’s according to a new study that shows seniors are the fastest growing marijuana consumers. Published by researchers from the New York University School of Medicine and Columbia University, the study looked at a 2016 survey on drug use, and found some surprising results. “The prevalence […]

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Welcome to Kitchn’s Food Budget Diaries series, where we show you how people around the country spend money on what they eat and drink. Each post will follow one person for one week and will chronicle everything that person consumed and how much it costs them.

Name: Morgan
Location: Portland, Oregon
Age: 29
Number of people in family: 1 (I have a roommate, but we don’t share expenses)
Occupation: Volunteer coordinator for a local animal shelter
Household income: $50,000
Weekly food budget: $80 ($60 for groceries and $20 for meals out)

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Hello! You clicked on this post because you thought the “thing” I referred to in the title could be any number of, well, things, right? You might have guessed paper towels. Or wine charms. Or a coconut opener. All of those things would technically be correct-ish. (See what you should use instead of wine charms.)

The actual answer (at least the one I had in mind): fold-top sandwich bags.

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Being a teacher isn’t all “Best Teacher Ever” mugs and sharing funny stories about the kids’ antics during class breaks, you know. In fact, it seems like it’s hardly ever that stuff. From where I sit, teaching seems like a ton of work. Not just mental, but also physical (standing all day, walking from class to class, sitting for hours grading papers at a computer), emotional (there is almost nothing sadder than seeing a kid cry because the popular girl didn’t invite her to the coolest birthday party of the year), and spiritual (having to maintain patience on a rainy day after three straight games of “Heads Up Seven Up” would absolutely send me to my place of worship for some serious prayer).

That kind of work requires a good breakfast — one that is filling, nutritious, and wholesome, but also tastes good. Here are some breakfast ideas from teachers of all grades and areas of study. And yes, it’s more than just a shiny red apple.

(And no, we did not include a cup of coffee, even though that answer came up more than once and with varying descriptions ranging from “enormous” to “a giant vat.”)

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