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Have you always wanted to make vegan brownies with Dwight Schrute? Or cook cranberry turkey chili with Kevin? Well, you’re in luck: Angela has a cooking show. Or, the actress who played her, Angela Kinsey, does — and it is completely and totally delightful.

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Humans have been seasoning their food as far back as six millennia ago. A piece of pottery found in Germany from 5,900 years ago contained evidence that prehistoric hunter-gatherers flavored fish and deer stews with garlic mustard seed. The difficulty of gathering that seed simply to add a dash to food proves the impetus to spice up meals is ingrained in the very fabric of humans and cooking.

And that’s why when we come across a person who doesn’t use a dash of anything when they cook, we have a lot to say about it.

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World Market is having a site-wide furniture sale, and we’ve found a few stylish picks to help you achieve (and maintain) order in your kitchen. While none of these items were traditionally designed for the kitchen, we think they’re a big upgrade to a lot of the more purpose-built storages solutions out there that too often lack style. They all serve the same purpose: to free up valuable storage and counter space so you can put your creativity to work when cooking and entertaining.

The sale also includes great dining room sets, tables, and chairs. See those here, and our picks below.

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With their crispy, crunchy edges and creamy, tender centers, crash hot potatoes were quite possibly the best thing I ate in 2018. So to kick off the new year, I was eager to play around with a shiny new version. These smashed sweet potatoes (not to be confused with mashed sweet potatoes) are just as delightful. As they roast, the naturally sweet vegetable — slicked with olive oil and tossed in garlic, dried herbs, and plenty of salt and pepper — begins to caramelize and brown. And the sprinkling of Parmesan cheese creates a crunchy topper on every round, almost like a little frico to go along with every bite.

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Welcome to Kitchn’s series A Week of Dinners, where we show you how our favorite cooks put dinner on the table.

My New Year’s resolution is to be a little more like Beth Moncel in 2019. She’s the mastermind behind Budget Bytes, a wildly popular blog-turned-Instagram-turned-app born out of an aim to bust the long-held myth that cooking on a budget means eating canned beans and ramen noodles every single night.

Beth’s dishes are flavorful, inventive, and colorful. Since she got her start in 2009, Beth has been teaching people how to eat delicious food made with a multitude of ingredients. Her trick? She analyzes the cost per amount of ingredient used for every single recipe she makes — a technique she learned while working at the prepared foods counter at Whole Foods. In fact, she calculates out price per recipe and price per serving so you know exactly how much you’re getting and what it’ll cost you (i.e., this vegan winter lentil stew will cost you $5.08 for the entire pot, and $0.64 cents per serving). Worth it? I think yes.

We got a chance to chat with Beth to find out what a week of dinners looks like for her, where she chooses to cut corners, and the one thing she likes to splurge on (when she lets herself!).

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If you’re wondering what a dump dinner is, let me enlighten you. It’s a slow cooker or Crock-Pot recipe that only has one main step: dumping all of the ingredients in. These fuss-free dinners are perfect for hectic weeknights where the last thing you want to do is spend an hour cooking. You simply prep all of your ingredients, toss them into the slow cooker, and let the appliance do the work. While some dump dinners require an additional step or two (such as garnishing with fresh herbs or cheese at the end), the bulk of the work is done in the first step — so you can sit back and relax.

Oh, and the best part about dump dinners? For many recipes, you can get them started in the morning, go about your day, and come home to a hot dinner. You can also prep all of the ingredients and stash them in storage containers or zip-top bags until you’re ready to get cooking. So go ahead, bookmark a few of these recipes and save them for a busy weeknight. Your future self will thank you.

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I love to purge my home of junk — and if you’re moving (or got a lot of stuff over the holidays that you can’t really use), you’re probably getting rid of things left and right. But unlike other people, I approach this task with some consideration to where our donations will end up: a thrift shop.

You see, I worked at a second-hand store for a year in college. In that time, I saw countless bags, boxes, and bins of donated items be carefully sorted through the staff behind the scenes. I found out what was kept, what was recycled, what was doomed to sit on the racks and shelves for eternity, what was gone in seconds, and what couldn’t be accepted. Just because those pesky things aren’t sitting in your kitchen anymore, it doesn’t mean they’re somewhat easier for another person to have to deal with.

So knowing that staff sees more broken plates and weathered coffee makers than you’d imagine, here are the three mistakes I saw most often.

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On a busy weekend day when you have a lot of things to take care of around the house but not much time to devote to dinner, pull this slow cooker chicken and dumpling recipe out of your back pocket. This comforting dish — with tender chicken swimming in a creamy sauce filled with herbs and vegetables that’s topped with tender dumplings — requires very little attention on your part, but you’re rewarded with a dinner that tastes like you’ve been standing at the stove all day.

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Mark your calendars! No, not for Valentine’s Day — for January 30. That’s the day that Aldi stores will start carrying its special Valentine’s Day cheese assortment. What’s a Valentine’s Day cheese assortment? Oh, you know, just some cheese that’s made specially for Valentine’s Day!

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Anyone who has ever stood in front of a wall of white paint swatches can tell you that there are somehow hundreds (thousands?) of different shades of white. Snow is different from eggshell is different from cotton … you get the point.

Apparently there are lot of factors that go into finding the perfect white paint color, so we consulted expert interior designers to find out their favorites. We learned that the right white is not too creamy, sterile, or cool, but just the right amount of warm, soft, and fresh. Hue knew? (Sorry.)

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