Kitchen Tips & How-Tos

Bananas go from green to spotty brown in what feels like a day. These simple tricks help them last longer, and here’s what to do when they don’t.

Love a casserole or roast recipe but want to make it in the slow cooker? Here’s how to adapt it without ending up with soup.

Slow cooker meals often end up thin and watery. Here are three easy ways to thicken the sauce at the end.

A freezer full of casseroles is a gift on busy nights. Here’s how to freeze them so they bake up tasting fresh, not soggy.

The warm setting is handy for potlucks and late dinners, but it isn’t meant to hold food forever. Here’s how to use it safely.

Baked-on rings and stuck food in a slow cooker crock can look impossible. Here’s an easy way to loosen it without scrubbing.

Added too much salt to the soup? Before you pour it out, try these simple fixes that really work.

Cooking bacon in the oven means no grease splatter, no standing over the stove, and perfectly flat strips. Here’s how.

Leftover rice is handy, but it needs a little more care than most leftovers. Here’s how long it keeps and how to store it safely.

It’s tempting to peek, stir and taste. But lifting the slow cooker lid has a bigger effect than most people think.