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Ever look at a recipe with a long list of ingredients and just feel … tired? I’ve been there too. There’s a time and place for trying out new recipes with interesting ingredients (that require a trip to specialty food stores) and multiple steps, but the end of a long day is not one of them.

For those times, there are super-simple, stripped-down recipes — the ones that call for five ingredients or fewer (not counting olive oil, salt, and pepper, since those are staples in almost everyone’s kitchen!). Here are 10 recipes with short ingredient lists that are big on flavor.

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I’m super curious: How do you save recipes you want to cook and eat? I recently started a file in my saved Instagram photos called “I want to eat” because honestly, even I get writer’s block when it comes to meal planning. And I’d rather not start from scratch looking for recipes every week.

My family keeps a short list of favorites that get rotated in and out of our monthly menus every season, but this week I’m test-driving a few recipes that I think will be crowd-pleasers — in hopes of adding some new ones to our roster.

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Not only are oats one of the most wholesome breakfast ingredients, but they also happen to be one of the most versatile ingredients. Beyond just a comforting bowl of oatmeal, they can be transformed into muffins, grab-and-go bars, and more. Utilize the humble whole grain in these 10 make-ahead recipes and you’ll head into the week with ease.

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Usually the solution to a clutter problem is to get rid of the clutter in the first place, not to buy something that claims to be able to help you corral the mess. That said, most professional organizers have a short list of products they turn to again and again. We interviewed two experts to get their picks for the few products that really are worth the money — and will actually help make a difference in the mess.

Here’s what got nominated.

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Saturday, September 29, is National Coffee Day. But for those of us who require a cup in the morning, every day is National Coffee Day. While we can be cynical and say that it’s all about getting caffeine into our bodies, that would also mean that any ol’ brew would do. Coffee-lovers, however, know that’s not true. There are tons of little things we do to make our coffee just how we like it. And all those little ways we customize and tweak our coffee make it part of our morning ritual.

So, in honor of National Coffee Day, we’re sharing the things that make our coffee — and day — just a little bit better, the other 364 days of the year.

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Plenty of places have coffee-flavored doughnuts, but Krispy Kreme just decided to turn it all upside down and come out with doughnut-flavored coffee. Now everything is topsy-turvy and coffee-flavored, and I don’t know which is supposed to be dunked in which anymore: the coffee or the doughnut? (I probably just need some more coffee.)

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Cauliflower is huge right now. Sometimes it seems like we’re using cauliflower in everything. And cauliflower is generally very easy to cook: Just chop it up and toss it in a salad, pasta sauce, casserole, or whatever your recipe says to do. But Ina Garten recently received a question from a fan who wanted to know how to cut a cauliflower without getting little bits of it all over her kitchen. At first, she did not know what to make of it.

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This vacation home is in a totally dreamy spot and boasts amazing views, but it had a few issues involving the words “filthy,” “particle board,” “mauve,” and “sagging joists.” The new owners were able to resolve all of these issues in a reasonably affordable and prompt way, thanks in part to standard cabinets ordered online … from Costco!

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You may have heard us say that we don’t really support buying knife sets. Our logic: They tend to come with a bunch of stuff you don’t really need. (We feel the same about cookware.) And most professional chefs — like the late Anthony Bourdain and Alton Brown, for example — tend to agree with us.

Of course, knife sets are still a popular choice. And we totally get that! They allow home cooks to check off a bunch of must-have tools in one fell swoop, so they’re especially handy for couples just starting out or young single people who are learning how they like to work in the kitchen. Plus, sets usually include a built-in storage situation. And these things don’t usually look half bad, either.

Feeling curious, we asked our friends at the wedding registry site, Zola, to tell us which knife set appears the most on registries. The top pick actually makes a ton of sense.

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“How can I get my kids to eat more vegetables?” is a question I get often as a mom who also cooks and writes about food for a living. It is also a question that I ask myself often. Vegetables are a pain point at mealtimes because parents know they are nutrient-dense, but kids often think they taste gross (even when they are coated in cheese and butter).

So I asked 10 other parents — some who also write about food and some who just know from their own experience raising tiny humans — how they got their kids to eat more vegetables. Here’s some of their best advice.

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