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This appliance has come a long way in recent years. Many newer models have auto-shutoff and keep warm settings (for times you get tied up in meetings or traffic), LED-lit digital displays, delay start functionality, and multiple temperature settings. Don’t be intimidated: All of these fancy features help make slow cooking even more convenient. Ready to slow-cook? Keep scrolling for our best, super-easy slow cooker recipes.

Instead of saving all of your chores for the weekend (when you’ll likely want to spend time with friends or relax with family), we asked cleaning pros how to work daily cleaning seamlessly into our everyday routines. At first, making your bed every morning or remembering to wipe down the kitchen counter before bed may take some getting used to, but once you get in the habit, these routines will quickly become second nature....

As difficult as decluttering and letting go can be (we see you, Marie Kondo), there’s something about the prospect of packing up and hauling every single item you own that suddenly makes you willing to give things up. Combine that with a time constraint (aka, the movers are arriving at 2 p.m.), and the urgency the situation creates makes it easier than ever to determine which items to keep and which to ditch....

But despite the convenience, mixing something designed to go on your ends with something designed to go on your scalp doesn’t seem like the smartest thing to do. So what are 2-in-1s, exactly? “[The] technology is essentially a shampoo that has added silicones (a substance that coats the hair shaft, locking in moisture) and a suspending/bonding agent—usually glycol distearate—that keeps the silicones from separating out of the shampoo formula,” says Paul Wintner, hairstylist and global education manager for Alterna Haircare....

Fortunately, Dyson has an answer. Dyson has been known for its beloved vacuum cleaners for years, but in more recent years, it launched the Dyson Supersonic hair dryer, a high-tech, effective hair tool that people the world over swear by. Now, Dyson has launched the Dyson Corrale, a hair straightener that has the potential to change the way we straighten our hair. The Dyson Corrale hair straightener, announced March 10, is a more efficient alternative to standard flat irons....

I am a total side person. I’d eat just sides and skip the meat all day long if I could. Pretty sure I did that exact thing at a barbecue restaurant a few days ago. Oops. So I think it’s fun to come up with different side dishes, gourmet ones even, for fancier meals like Easter, Christmas, and Thanksgiving! These bacon wrapped green bean bundles are just that – a perfect fancier side dish that’s still super easy....

This essential guide will help you stay cool (with a fabulous cocktail!) when hosting your next summer barbecue. Barbecue Food Calculator Nothing says “party” like math, right? Allow us to help you calculate exactly what you need. Here’s an easy way to add up how much to buy and make. Don’t leave food out all day. In 85-degree weather, about two hours is the maximum for everything except the chips, says Faith Critzer, an assistant professor of food science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville....

It’s Girl Scout season time, which means I have boxes of cookies just sitting on my counter waiting to be enjoyed. I always try to order at least one box of each flavor (or at least the flavors we like) and then two of my favorites – Thin Mints, Tagalongs (if they’ll still called that) and Samoas. Or Caramel Delites, whatever they’re called where you lived. When I was growing up they were called Samoa cookies, so they’re still Samoas in my head even though in Kansas they’re called Caramel Delites....

As my youngest son gets older, he’s getting way more into arts and crafts. Last week he was on on a coloring kick (thank goodness I have all sorts of coloring pages for him to choose from). And this week he’s on a painting kick, so I thought it would be fun to let him paint leftover egg cartons I had after making breakfast muffins this week. This little garden craft is super fun because kids can paint their egg carton gardens and then can also make the tissue paper butterflies to stick into the garden – making it like a real little garden!...

LAUREN IANNOTTI: During your first 18 months as First Lady, you traveled to roughly 40 states, 75 cities, and 10 countries. You’ve crisscrossed the U.S., rallying support for the administration’s priorities, and visited an active war zone. As the first First Lady to keep a job outside the East Wing, you maintained a full teaching schedule and “showed up,” as you put it, for your family. So I guess my question is: Do you sleep?...

Though the market appears to be normalizing somewhat as more listings become available, 2022 is poised to have some unique issues and challenges of its own when it comes to real estate sales. Two factors in particular are likely to impact the market in the year ahead: The Federal Reserve’s decision in November to scale back its pandemic-era economic stimulus efforts. Foreign investment returning to the U.S. real estate market as American borders open....

Printable Halloween Activities With many things still up in the air and looking a little different for Halloween this year, my guess is there will be lots of printable Halloween activities that kids can do at their desks instead of Halloween minute to win it games. Going on a Halloween scavenger hunt instead of traditional trick or treating. And more changes. That’s why I’ve come up with tons of fun Halloween ideas you can still do this year whether kids are together or not!...

It’s reindeer season, and I’m here for it! We’ve made our reindeer food, made some reindeer brownie balls, and even made ourselves some reindeer chow for a little Rudolph movie night. So last but not least are these fun free printable reindeer treat bags! Four different free printable reindeer snack bag toppers – reindeer noses, reindeer poop, reindeer horns, and even reindeer snacks. There’s an option for all occasions and all taste buds depending on if you want something a little healthier or just funny....