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Stuck in a recipe rut? Try our assortment of versatile recipes, nutritious menus, and expert cooking tips. We've assembled the most delicious Better Homes and Gardens recipes and how-to instructions for every occasion, whether you need a creamy chicken casserole for a potluck dinner or quick and easy snacks for your next tailgate party. Our new and exciting recipes include tasty desserts and appetizers, as well as savory soups and salads that are sure to inspire your breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus. If you're on a time crunch or a budget, we have cheap and easy recipes, including slow cooker meals, no-bake dinners, and delectable pasta recipes complete with protein and veggies. Plus, we make the holidays less hectic by providing a collection of flavorful holiday recipes packed with seasonal ingredients.

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Copycat Recipes That Are Better Than the Originals

Copycat Recipes That Are Better Than the Originals

Yep, it happened—we found copycat recipes that beat the real deal.
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5 Important Things You Didn't Know About Gut Health

5 Important Things You Didn't Know About Gut Health

Your gut can affect more aspects of your health than you think. Our five facts will help you understand your gut a little better so you can take good care of it and stay healthy. We’ve also included a few tips you can follow for a healthy gut.
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Jackfruit Basics: Everything You Should Know

Jackfruit Basics: Everything You Should Know

This crazy-looking tropical fruit is full of nutrition and tastes delicious in all kinds of jackfruit recipes. You've likely seen the green-skinned jackfruit used in savory recipes like jackfruit pulled pork, but it can easily go sweet in dessert recipes, too. Here are the basics you should know.
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3 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Chocolate Nutrition

3 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Chocolate Nutrition

When you hear about the benefits of chocolate, it’s almost all dark chocolate nutrition information. But we’ve got news for you: Milk chocolate has nutritional value too! Here are some of the benefits you can gain from eating chocolate, milk chocolate included, along with a few other facts about chocolate nutrition.
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7 Dump Cakes for When You Need an Easy Cake Recipe

7 Dump Cakes for When You Need an Easy Cake Recipe

No mixer, saucepan, or other special tools are required for any of these easy dump cake recipes. As you’d expect, each recipe is only three simple steps: dump in your ingredients, mix (sometimes you don't even need to do this), and bake. When you crave cake but don't have time to whip up a multistep recipe, these dump cakes are here for you.
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Fruity Sorbet Recipes: The Essential Summer Dessert

Fruity Sorbet Recipes: The Essential Summer Dessert

What is sorbet? At its most basic, this refreshing dessert is frozen fruit juice and/or pureed fruit sweetened with sugar or other sweeteners. But it doesn't have to be basic. There are as many possible sorbet ingredients as there are fruits under the sun. Try our favorite recipes, including mango, lemon, watermelon, and raspberry sorbet, as well as a few unique flavor combinations.
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9 Ways to Eat Avocado for Breakfast (That Aren’t Toast)

9 Ways to Eat Avocado for Breakfast (That Aren’t Toast)

We'd never turn down a new avocado breakfast idea.
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12 Frozen Yogurt Recipes You'll Love Even More than Ice Cream

12 Frozen Yogurt Recipes You'll Love Even More than Ice Cream

You don’t need to search out the nearest frozen yogurt shops to enjoy this smooth and creamy treat. Instead, learn how to make frozen yogurt at home with some of our all-time favorite recipes. You can start simple with plain frozen yogurt, or dive right into one of our dressier recipes for cakes or more elaborate flavors.
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14 Paleo Breakfast Ideas to Start Your Day Right

14 Paleo Breakfast Ideas to Start Your Day Right

These Paleo breakfast recipes are worth waking up for! Whether you're new to the diet plan or you’re an old pro, add these quick and easy Paleo breakfast ideas to your morning routine to jump-start your day. Each breakfast is hearty enough to keep you satisfied until lunch, so you don’t have to worry about your stomach rumbling midmorning.
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Gluten-Free Desserts That Are Seriously Delicious

Gluten-Free Desserts That Are Seriously Delicious

Cookies, bars, cakes, and cobblers are all still options even when you’re making gluten-free sweets. Whether you’re baking gluten-free desserts for your own allergy or intolerance or that of a family member or friend, each of these goodies keeps out gluten-containing ingredients and keeps in all the delicious sweet flavor.
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Healthy Rhubarb Recipes You Can Make in Just 45 Minutes (or Less!)

Healthy Rhubarb Recipes You Can Make in Just 45 Minutes (or Less!)

When rhubarb season is underway, make these quick and easy rhubarb recipes for breakfast through dessert. Each healthy idea stars fresh rhubarb and includes other nutritious ingredients such as whole grains, vegetables, and lean protein.
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How to Use an Air Fryer for Healthier Fried Foods

How to Use an Air Fryer for Healthier Fried Foods

Yes, you can make fried recipes healthier, and an air fryer is the ticket! If you’re new to this countertop appliance, we’ll teach you how to use an air fryer, share some of our best air fryer recipes, and offer a few product recommendations (we've tested quite a few). So go ahead, indulge in french fries and pickle chips made in the handy appliance.
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Foil Pack Recipes for Grilling Season

Learn how to make grilled foil pack recipes (aka hobo packs) for a great taste and easy cleanup. Plus, try our best recipes in foil packs. You no longer have to spend your beautiful summer nights washing dishes or cleaning the grill.

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5 Important Things You Didn't Know About Gut Health

5 Important Things You Didn't Know About Gut Health

Your gut can affect more aspects of your health than you think. Our five facts will help you understand your gut a little better so you can take good care of it and stay healthy. We’ve also included a few tips you can follow for a healthy gut.
Read More
Jackfruit Basics: Everything You Should Know

Jackfruit Basics: Everything You Should Know

This crazy-looking tropical fruit is full of nutrition and tastes delicious in all kinds of jackfruit recipes. You've likely seen the green-skinned jackfruit used in savory recipes like jackfruit pulled pork, but it can easily go sweet in dessert recipes, too. Here are the basics you should know.
Read More
3 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Chocolate Nutrition

3 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Chocolate Nutrition

When you hear about the benefits of chocolate, it’s almost all dark chocolate nutrition information. But we’ve got news for you: Milk chocolate has nutritional value too! Here are some of the benefits you can gain from eating chocolate, milk chocolate included, along with a few other facts about chocolate nutrition.
Read More
7 Dump Cakes for When You Need an Easy Cake Recipe

7 Dump Cakes for When You Need an Easy Cake Recipe

No mixer, saucepan, or other special tools are required for any of these easy dump cake recipes. As you’d expect, each recipe is only three simple steps: dump in your ingredients, mix (sometimes you don't even need to do this), and bake. When you crave cake but don't have time to whip up a multistep recipe, these dump cakes are here for you.
Read More
9 Ways to Eat Avocado for Breakfast (That Aren’t Toast)

9 Ways to Eat Avocado for Breakfast (That Aren’t Toast)

We'd never turn down a new avocado breakfast idea.
Read More
12 Frozen Yogurt Recipes You'll Love Even More than Ice Cream

12 Frozen Yogurt Recipes You'll Love Even More than Ice Cream

You don’t need to search out the nearest frozen yogurt shops to enjoy this smooth and creamy treat. Instead, learn how to make frozen yogurt at home with some of our all-time favorite recipes. You can start simple with plain frozen yogurt, or dive right into one of our dressier recipes for cakes or more elaborate flavors.
Read More
Healthy Rhubarb Recipes You Can Make in Just 45 Minutes (or Less!)

Healthy Rhubarb Recipes You Can Make in Just 45 Minutes (or Less!)

When rhubarb season is underway, make these quick and easy rhubarb recipes for breakfast through dessert. Each healthy idea stars fresh rhubarb and includes other nutritious ingredients such as whole grains, vegetables, and lean protein.
Read More
How to Use an Air Fryer for Healthier Fried Foods

How to Use an Air Fryer for Healthier Fried Foods

Yes, you can make fried recipes healthier, and an air fryer is the ticket! If you’re new to this countertop appliance, we’ll teach you how to use an air fryer, share some of our best air fryer recipes, and offer a few product recommendations (we've tested quite a few). So go ahead, indulge in french fries and pickle chips made in the handy appliance.
Read More
Foil Pack Recipes for Grilling Season

Foil Pack Recipes for Grilling Season

Learn how to make grilled foil pack recipes (aka hobo packs) for a great taste and easy cleanup. Plus, try our best recipes in foil packs. You no longer have to spend your beautiful summer nights washing dishes or cleaning the grill.
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Cute Frozen Desserts to Save Summer

Cute Frozen Desserts to Save Summer

Chill out with an adorable seasonal sweet treat. Taking inspiration from summer produce (mmm... watermelon) and summer vacation favorites like ice cream tacos, you’ll want to rotate through these frozen desserts all summer long—and beyond.
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No-Bake Icebox Cakes and Pies Perfect for Summer

No-Bake Icebox Cakes and Pies Perfect for Summer

Beat the heat with a chilled sweet that's both refreshing and indulgent. Icebox desserts—like no-bake icebox pies and icebox cheesecakes—are retro desserts (from back when we called refrigerators iceboxes) that are making a comeback. One bite of these cool desserts and you'll understand why the comeback is deserved. 
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What You Need to Know About the Latest Diet Plans

What You Need to Know About the Latest Diet Plans

If you’re toying with the idea of trying a new diet, read this first. We broke down the basics and discuss the pros and cons of the diets you’ve been hearing about lately so you can choose the one best for you. We’ve got the keto diet, the paleo diet, Whole30, intermittent fasting, and clean eating covered, plus more, so all your questions about each will finally be answered.
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You Can Get Food Poisoning from Leftover Rice—Here’s How to Avoid It

You Can Get Food Poisoning from Leftover Rice—Here’s How to Avoid It

Make sure you’re storing your leftovers properly, or you could get seriously sick.
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Everything You Should Know About Sumo Oranges

Everything You Should Know About Sumo Oranges

Don’t let their odd shape dissuade you, Sumo citrus is sweet and delicious.
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5 Cute Ways to Dress Up Donuts

5 Cute Ways to Dress Up Donuts

Whether you consider donuts a special breakfast treat or a decadent dessert, these donut recipes will make you rethink your daily stop at the bakery for a basic glazed donut. We never thought we’d call sprinkles plain, but these dressed-up donuts make sprinkle-covered cake donuts look downright dull by comparison.
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This Is the Easy Way We're Making All Our Hard-Boiled Eggs

This Is the Easy Way We're Making All Our Hard-Boiled Eggs

The experts weighed in, and the BEST way to make hard-boiled eggs requires steam.
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Do You Actually Need to Refrigerate Butter?

Do You Actually Need to Refrigerate Butter?

It turns out you can store it in the fridge or at room temperature, but it depends on how quickly you'll use it.
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What Is Lactose-Free Milk?

What Is Lactose-Free Milk?

If you've been down the dairy aisle lately, you know the number of milk alternatives is exploding. Lactose-free milk was one of the first in the category. Find out what it is, how lactose-free milk is made, and if it's the right choice for you.
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Keto-Friendly Chicken Recipes That Make Wonderful Family Dinners

Keto-Friendly Chicken Recipes That Make Wonderful Family Dinners

Chances are your whole family loves chicken. With these keto chicken recipes in your recipe arsenal there's no need to make separate meals for those on the diet and those who aren't; everyone will love them! These recipes show how to make a typically lean protein work when you’re eating keto.
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Keto Diet Plan Basics: Everything You Need to Know to Start

Keto Diet Plan Basics: Everything You Need to Know to Start

You've certainly heard about keto diets. Now learn the benefits, what you can and can’t eat on it, and how to get started. We've got answers to your most-asked questions so you can determine if a keto diet is right for you.
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How to Make Scrambled Eggs That Are Cooked to Glossy Perfection

How to Make Scrambled Eggs That Are Cooked to Glossy Perfection

Making scrambled eggs is an early cooking lesson, so most people probably think they have it mastered. If you (or someone you know) is serving up a scrambled eggs recipe that isn't fluffy, moist, and glossy—or that has overcooked brown spots—we're here to show you the proper way to cook scrambled eggs.
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10 Instant Pot Desserts That Prove the Appliance Can Ace Sweets, Too

10 Instant Pot Desserts That Prove the Appliance Can Ace Sweets, Too

Your mission: Think beyond soups and stews and use your multicooker for our best Instant Pot dessert recipes! Everything can be adapted to be an easy Instant Pot dessert, including caramel cheesecake and chocolate lava cake. Sample them all, then attempt to pick a favorite. Mission: Impossible.
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How to Keep Bagged Salad Greens Fresh as Long as Possible

How to Keep Bagged Salad Greens Fresh as Long as Possible

There are a lot of myths out there.
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Everything You Need to Know About a Vegan Diet Plan

Everything You Need to Know About a Vegan Diet Plan

Interested in giving the vegan diet a try? Here’s a deep dive on the animal product-free meal plan, including the best vegan diet foods, scientifically proven health benefits of a vegan diet, and what nutrients to keep an eye on for optimal health.
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7 Things You Didn't Know About Extra Virgin Olive Oil

7 Things You Didn't Know About Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Surprise, light olive oil doesn’t have fewer calories than extra virgin.
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