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You bought a bunch of kale with good intentions, but until now it’s done nothing but take up space in the fridge. Let’s put an end to that and get it on your table while it’s still good. Sure, you could turn it into a salad, but I believe kale is at its best when cooked. There are a bunch of ways to cook kale, but these are the five easiest methods I turn to again and again.

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Our pumpkins have been sitting on the front porch, unadorned, for weeks. My 6-year-old had been pestering me every day to carve hers into a cat and I had been avoiding it — mostly because I didn’t want to deal with sticking my arm into sticky, slimy pumpkin guts to make way for carving.

Then I saw a pumpkin cleaning hack on a Facebook video that inspired me to put it to the test and finally carve pumpkins with my kids. The results were surprisingly delightful.

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There are two reasons why you might need to substitute something for canned pumpkin purée: either your grocery store ran out (it happens!), or you accidentally forgot to pick some up.

Don’t worry, though — there are a few pantry and freezer staples that you can easily substitute for canned pumpkin purée in most recipes. These three pumpkin purée alternatives will keep you cooking or baking no matter what.

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Don’t own a muffin tin because it takes up too much room or you don’t make cupcakes often enough? Or, have you ever filled up your single muffin pan with batter but have just a little left over — enough for one or two muffins?

Lucky for you, there’s an easy solution to fix all that: use Mason jar bands as molds instead! Here’s how to do it.

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Hey everybody, I know some of you are stopping in this morning for your Sunday dose of salient news—all the latest on epigenetic findings, human oddities, and other Primal worthy items.

No worries. We’re not abandoning Weekend Link Love, but we are rescheduling it—this time to Mondays—and adding to it for good measure. You’ll find all the things you love—latest research, stuff I’m up to and interested in, quote of the week (and more)—on Monday mornings, right when you’re just about ready for that first morning break and second cup of coffee.

Still looking for some Sunday content? Newsletter subscribers now get a Sunday morning note from yours truly. No ads, no promos, just me talking about the latest fitness routines I’m trying, books I’m reading, studies I’m pondering—a casual weekend check-in from me to you. I’ve gotten great feedback, and I appreciate all the emails from readers the last few weeks about it. So, if you haven’t signed up for the newsletter (there’s a sign-up form just below this post and on the home page), this is a great time to do it. I’d love to have you join us.

In the meantime, have a great weekend.

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On Halloween night our number-one priority is trick-or-treating, so we’re not counting on spending any extra time at the stove. Dinner needs to be quick — both for cooking and cleanup. (And bonus points for loading up on veggies before all those fun-size candy bars take over!) These 10 dinners will fill you up but still leave room for lots of dessert.

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I often have lofty goals when it comes to my dinners. Around noon, I’ll start to plan the elaborate meal I’m going to cook myself, complete with fresh bread and a glass of wine. (Hey, I deserve the best of the best.) I’ll spend my afternoons daydreaming about flaky salmon, moist chicken, or cheesy potatoes.

However, by the time the evening comes around, it’s a whole different story. At 7 p.m., when I finally drag my dejected body through the door, my dinner dreams wither away faster than you can say, “You’re no Ina Garten.”

The end result is always the same: I am way too tired to head to the grocery store. Instead, I gloomily look through my fridge, my freezer, and my pantry in order to whip up something using the hodge-podge of ingredients I have on hand. (Sound familiar?)

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Good sleep is intricately tied to good health. If you don’t give your body the rest that it needs it can quickly come back to bite you in the form of persistent fatigue, sickness, and a compromised immune system. There are an innumerable number of ways that you can naturally promote great sleep. However, none […]

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Halloween is just around the corner, and we want to show you just how cheap and easy it can be to gather some friends and celebrate. There’s no elaborate menu, hours in the kitchen, or fancy cocktails required. All you need is an easy-yet-impressive boozy beverage paired with a festive sweet treat. Think of this as your itty-bitty party plan!

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This delicately sweet and warmly spiced pumpkin cake tastes just as gorgeous as it looks, and bakes up tender and moist. The cake itself is designed to be flat (making it easy to roll), and you’ll spread it with just the right amount of cream cheese frosting to help hold the spiral shape in place.

We know rolled cakes can be a little intimidating, which is why we’re sharing all our secrets for rolling a cake with no cracks, and filling it with just the right amount of frosting so it doesn’t spill out the sides. Plus, we’ve got a few make-ahead tips that help make this pumpkin roll absolutely foolproof.

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