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Etsy isn’t all frivolous pottery and way-too-expensive throw pillows. You will find a lot of those things, of course. You’ll also find a lot of practical stuff, too. Practical stuff that’s also beautiful. And not too expensive!

Here, we rounded up 10 of the best things you can buy on Etsy for your kitchen. Bonus: Everything is just $25 or less.

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While I have a shockingly controllable sweet tooth, I am a devout lover of crunchy, salty snacks. They are the thing I reach for time and time again when the munchies hit. Of course, not just any salty snack will do. Crackers are totally acceptable now and then, as are potato chips. What I really want, though, all of the time, is tortilla chips. This brand of tortilla chips, specifically.

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The 50-year reign of Red Delicious as the most dominant apple variety in American orchards is OVER AT LONG LAST. According to the U.S. Apple Association, the new ruler over the apple domain is the far superior Gala apple.

This year, U.S. grocers will produce 52.4 million boxes of Gala apples compared to 51.7 million Red Delicious, proving one thing: The American people have spoken and they demand tastier apples.

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If you’re not already slotting one-pot dinner recipes into your meal plan, there is no time like the present to get started. “One-pot” is basically code for easy and fuss-free, both when it comes to cooking and cleanup. That’s exactly what I’m looking for when it comes to weeknight dinners, and no doubt so are you.

We’ve shared a lot of one-pot recipes over the years, but these are the 10 that readers have saved more than any others so they can come back to them again and again.

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Costco’s free sample situation is legendary (read: The Top 4 Grocery Stores for Free Samples). People joke on social media about how they go to the warehouse store just for free lunch. Although, they’re not really joking, are they? You can fill up on bites of glazed salmon, spoonfuls of yogurt, squares of frozen pizza, and so much more.

You knew that though (again, legendary free samples). So, here are five other things about Costco’s free samples that you probably didn’t know.

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Are fruit flies a plague in your kitchen? It’s prime season for these pesky little buggers to start their invasions. Fortunately there are many ways to banish them from your kitchen.

Here are our best tips and tricks to go fruit fly-free!

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Any kid who grew up with parents of the cacao-loving hippie generation or thought themselves sneaky by stealing a bite of baking chocolate has come face to face with the bitter realities of unsweetened cacao. In this Reddit video, the mom — exasperated with her kid’s begging for a taste of the 100% cacao powder —finally gives in and lets him teach himself a lesson. The results tiptoe the line between heartbreaking and hilarious.

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I buy as many fresh fruits and veggies as my grocery store has to offer, but I’m also a firm believer in shopping online whenever possible. And shelf-stable snacks are the best things to buy online; I find stocking up online helps me stay prepared and keeps me from overspending at the grocery store.

Obviously Amazon has lots of options when it comes to snacks. An overwhelming number of options, in fact! So I’ve compiled this list of nine healthy lunch box snacks I almost always buy on Amazon. As a nutritionist, I also recommend these to my clients.

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It’s funny — I thought when my kids stopped drinking out of bottles that I was done with that phase of cleaning all sorts of bits and bobs associated with their drinkware. Alas, they went into straw cups next, then to insulated water bottles that they, to this day, carry with them to school or daycare every day. And then we all realized just how terrible those plastic straws you get at restaurants are for the environment. All of that’s to say: I clean a lot of straws.

Cleaning straws is not particularly hard, but people sure do love to complicate it. In my research, I came across tips about using all sorts of stuff like dental floss, denture cleaner, an espresso machine, and more — all clever, and yet, so unnecessary. All you truly need is one good brush.

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Getting kids excited to eat more vegetables is really all about how you market dinner. For example, this back-to-school meal is actually just a 30-minute, one-pot, veggie-packed pasta, but call it Confetti Spaghetti and it will be gobbled up twice as fast.

This miracle meal was born, as most of them are, out of desperation. We were having our last summer hurrah the weekend before school started, so there was no time for grocery shopping. When it came time for a quick dinner after the first day of school, we turned to the half a bag of broccoli slaw and the box of pantry spaghetti. Combined, it became our new go-to meatless Monday dinner.

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