Mixed Greens Recipe Susan Olayinka/Mashed By Susan Olayinka AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 20, 2021 8:13 am EST Mixed greens cooked in a little oil with garlic and salt is an incredibly simple recipe that you can whip up in no time. This dish has a little bit of kale and a little bit of spinach, which both have many health benefits that can make you feel good about what you’re putting into your body, and you don’t even need to blanch them before cooking them....
Oomancy: The Truth About Egg Fortune Telling verbaska/Shutterstock By Gina LaVecchia Ragone/Oct. 27, 2021 10:26 am EST Halloween calls for plenty of macabre entertainment, but if you want to do something a bit different at your Halloween parties this year, you can engage in some fortune telling with nothing more than the common foods you have in your kitchen. Fortune telling, or “divination,” is the practice of interpreting signs using occult methods....
Pumpkin Cranberry Cake Recipe Hayley MacLean/Mashed By Hayley MacLean AND Mashed Staff/Dec. 20, 2021 8:34 am EST Pumpkin and cranberry are two foods that become quite popular around the holidays, both separately and together. If you’ve never had a pumpkin and cranberry treat, you’re truly missing out — the flavor combination is beyond delicious! Recipe developer Hayley MacLean knows just how well the flavors go together, and that’s why she’s crafted this pumpkin cranberry cake recipe....
Starbucks Employee Exposes Incredibly Messy Cold Brew Issue In Viral TikTok Mert G/Shutterstock By Ashley Steinberg/Updated: Nov. 21, 2021 11:03 am EST Starbucks cold brew is pretty much a staple by this point. It seems the menu item only just came to stores beginning in 2015, per Starbucks Stories, and it’s not to be confused with iced coffee, which is altogether a different drink. Starbucks cold brew coffee is made with a special process, as their site denotes, in which “baristas combine cool water with coarse ground coffee and steep for 20 hours....
Steak ‘N Shake Just Brought Back This Festive Milkshake For The Holidays Andre Roque Almeida/Shutterstock By Gillie Houston/Nov. 17, 2021 2:23 pm EST Steak burger specialist Steak ’n Shake has been a Midwestern fast-food staple for nearly 90 years, earning a devoted customer base by offering craveable items like chili cheese fries, patty melts, and to wash it all down, a long lineup of creamy milkshakes. Over the years, the Indiana-based chain has created a number of limited-time seasonal milkshake flavors, including an Eggnog Shake, White Chocolate Shake, Red Velvet Shake, and Speculoos Cookie Butter Shake (via Facebook)....
Subway Just Brought Back This Fan-Favorite Sandwich, But With A Twist Monticello/Shutterstock By Emily Weaver/Feb. 15, 2022 1:50 pm EST If you forgot to get lunch meat at the grocery store this weekend, don’t sweat it — the sandwich fairies at Subway are looking out for you. According to Chew Boom, the Subway Club is officially back and better than ever with a brand new ingredient. Longtime Subway customers will recall the original Subway Club as the classic ham and turkey combo, piled high with veggies on soft, fluffy bread....
The Best Store-Bought Ice Cream Brand, According To 28% Of People Brent Hofacker/Shutterstock By Amanda Tarlton/Jan. 4, 2022 11:52 am EST There’s never a bad (or wrong) time to dig into a pint of ice cream. Maybe you’re celebrating your kid’s birthday. Maybe you’re comforting your best friend after a bad breakup. Maybe you’re treating yourself after a tough week at work. Or maybe it’s just a random Tuesday night and you’re craving something sweet....
The Best Temperature For Sous Vide Salmon Gulsina/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/Sept. 27, 2021 2:56 pm EST If you like your salmon soft, flaky, and incredibly buttery, welcome to the world of sous vide — a method as foolproof as can be to ensure that your fish is far from dry every single time (via Sous Vide Ways). For sous vide salmon, you essentially need to soak it in a brine first, seal it in a vacuum-packed bag, and dunk it in hot water for a certain period of time....
The Best Way To Eat Stroopwafels, According To Aldi Shoppers Fascinadora/Shutterstock By Naomi Kennedy/Nov. 3, 2021 12:26 pm EST It’s not every day you hear people raving over the in-flight snack they received during their most recent travels, but then again, not all airplane food is as good as the stroopwafel. Described by Spoon University as two thin, crispy waffles with a layer of caramel in between, this delectable Dutch treat entered into the complimentary snack rotation on United Airlines flights in 2015 and quickly became a favorite for passengers and non-passengers alike shortly after (via The Points Guy)....
The Real Reason Betty Buzz Mixers Mean So Much To Blake Lively Denis Makarenko/Shutterstock By Lauren David/Nov. 10, 2021 2:59 pm EST Actress, mother and entrepreneur Blake Lively has recently launched her own drink mixer brand, called Betty Buzz. She’s no stranger to campaigns and partnerships, but launching her own company and creating these mixes is something completely new and different for the actress because “it allowed her the ability to take full control this time around,” according to People....
The Untold Truth Of Fearne Cotton Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock By Adrianna MacPherson/Sept. 17, 2021 1:44 pm EST Fearne Cotton has been a staple of the entertainment industry for decades now. Cotton got her start at just 15 years old when she won a competition to snag a presenting gig on the early morning kids’ show “The Disney Club,” per Good Housekeeping. She transformed that teenage gig into a lasting career in the entertainment industry, lending her skills as a presenter to a huge variety of television programs, weighing in on everything from interior design to pop music (via Hello!...
The Untold Truth Of The Pioneer Woman’s Kids Monica Schipper/Getty Images By Emily Monaco/Updated: Jan. 31, 2022 12:43 pm EST From beloved blogger to Food Network host, memoirist to children’s book writer, home cook to owner of a local mercantile, Ree Drummond (aka the Pioneer Woman) seems to be living the dream on her gorgeous Oklahoma ranch, home to her strapping husband Ladd (known to long-time fans as Marlboro Man), her basset hounds, her massive, envy-worthy kitchen, and her five kids....
The Untold Truth Of Tri-Tip Steak Atsushi Hirao/Shutterstock By Emily Monaco/Updated: Feb. 14, 2022 3:24 pm EST Tri-tip steak certainly isn’t the top choice at your average steakhouse — or even, for that matter, available at many supermarkets or butcher counters. Indeed, according to the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce, for years, butchers barely gave this oddly-shaped cut a second look, as there was just one piece per side of beef (aka two per cow)....
This Should Be Michigan’s Official Food, According To Reddit Bennian/Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/Sept. 18, 2021 12:23 am EST Michigan is a quirky kind of state – and we mean that in the nicest possible way. From Detroit’s gritty urban vibe to the far Northwoods Upper Peninsula, sitting up there on top of Wisconsin like the matching hat to the rest of the state’s mitten, it’s a land of contrasts, to be sure, and its food certainly reflects that....
Public reaction to the McDonald’s fracas 8th.creator/Shutterstock The video has social media in something of a state. Understandably, many people can’t understand the behavior. “Folks got that much energy for McDonald’s? Ain’t nothing in there worth this,” says user BlackMenAreHuman (via Twitter). Some people suggest the customers were under the influence of something other than an artificial sweetener while user D seems more concerned with the plight of the employees, writing, “I feel so bad for those girls just trying to do their job....
We Tried Arby’s New Boneless Wings So You Don’t Have To Laura Grier/Mashed By Matt Meltzer/Oct. 28, 2021 8:30 am EST Where “The Simpsons’” identical twin Sherri (or maybe it was Terri) once lamented she was so hungry she could eat at Arby’s, today she might even prefer it to Krusty Burger. Because is Krusty the Clown offering a limited-time menu of boneless chicken wings, served with both Classic Buffalo and Honey Hot Sauce?...
Why These Montana Town Residents Object To Having A Starbucks ARTISTBELLA/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/Feb. 14, 2022 8:58 am EST Starbucks opened its first store in Seattle back in 1971 and by 2007, the one outlet coffee shop had turned into a global giant with 15,000 stories worldwide (via Britannica). And yet, it took 47 years for the chain to step foot in Italy, as it was only in 2018 that the country saw its first Starbucks with a grand 25,000-square-feet roastery in Milan (via Forbes)....
‘Sea Salt’ Doesn’t Always Mean What You Think Christina Rumpf on Unsplash By Jen Peng/Nov. 22, 2021 5:57 pm EST For something as basic and essential as salt, there’s actually quite a lot of variety out there. In addition to regular old table salt, these days you have Himalayan salt, kosher salt, rock salt, and a seemingly endless variety of sea salt. But wait a minute, doesn’t all salt come from the sea ultimately?...
12 Ways To Use Kimchi You Haven’t Thought Of Yet Shutterstock By David Tormsen/Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 8:26 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Kimchi is the national dish of Korea, and it is rare to sit down to a Korean meal without finding kimchi on the side. The dish dates back to ancient times when Koreans preserved vegetables for the long winter by salting them....
Andy Cohen Just Introduced Son Ben To The ‘Best Burger In NYC’ Cindy Ord/Getty Images By Amy Hamblen/Jan. 11, 2022 2:10 am EST Fans who routinely tune in to “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” to see the cheeky host probe his guests with revealing questions may be surprised to learn that the Emmy Cohen won was for an entirely different kind of TV role altogether. In 2010, Cohen received an Emmy for his role as Executive Producer on Bravo’s “Top Chef,” which landed an award that year for Outstanding Reality – Competition Program (via Emmys)....
