The zesty yet savory ground spice blend is flavorful yet balanced, and can be used in countless dishes. Sprinkle a few dashes onto some baked chicken wings, or add some to your burger meat. Or perhaps you’d like to try a traditional New Orleans dish like beurre blanc shrimp. Jazz up your fries and roasted vegetables, or craft your very own compound butter to add to steak and lobster (is your mouth watering yet?...

Mini Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls (adapted from here and here) Printable Recipe Instructions:

While they’re easy enough for a special weeknight dessert, they’d also be perfect for a DIY crepe party—fun for both kids and adults! Start by making the crepes before guests arrive and stack them on a decorative plate. Alternatively, make the crepes the night before, store them in the refrigerator, then warm them up the day of in the microwave or oven before serving. Let guests spread the whipped cream, sprinkle on the chocolate chips, fold them up, and pile on the toppings....

With these fertilizer spikes, it doesn’t take a green thumb and a huge time commitment to keep your houseplants happy and healthy. Since they deliver a targeted amount of nutrients that last up to two months per spike, you can check one more activity off your plant care to-do list. To buy: $3 for 24 spikes; amazon.com. Simply stick a few Miracle-Gro Plant Food Spikes into your houseplant’s moist soil—a small 3-inch pot only needs two spikes, while a 5-inch pot takes three—and press down until they’re covered in soil....

Enter: Modern Sprout’s collection of convenient indoor gardening kits, which make growing your own lavender, basil, mint, and chamomile easier than ever. Each kit comes with organic seeds housed inside a chic glass planter. Beyond the brand’s streamlined and sustainable approach, each herb planter features a self-watering hydroponic system—a truly low-maintenance growing process, no green thumb necessary. The planters provide your mini garden with all the water and essential nutrients needed to grow, giving you access to fresh herbs for all your favorite dishes and drinks....

This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase via these links, I may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Monster Halloween Games for Adults A couple of weeks ago I had my family come over to brainstorm ideas for Halloween games. They came up with all sorts of ideas but one theme that kept running through the suggestions was Halloween monsters. My dad kept mentioning the original Halloween monsters – Frankenstein, Werewolf, etc....

That’s where Omsom’s starters come in. Including deliciousness like Thai larb, Korean bulgogi, and Filipino sisig, the brand’s range of sauces are a flavorful foundation for phenomenal Asian dishes. I simply add a packet to my favorite vegetable or protein, and within 30 minutes, I have a dinner that tastes like I’ve spent hours cooking. But while Omsom meal starters are speedy, the brand doesn’t cut corners or water down flavors....

What Is Orange Wine, Exactly? Skin-contact refers to a style of wine making that produces orange-colored wine from white grapes. In essence, skin-contact wine is a white wine that’s made like a red wine. Typically, white wines have their skins removed prior to soaking and fermentation, whereas red wines keep their skins on. Orange wines are made by allowing the juice from white wine grapes to soak and ferment with the skins still on....

Over the past few years, Pyrex-inspired body art has become “a thing,” with images popping up periodically on Instagram and Pinterest. Some introduce the floral designs into an armband, while others incorporate the motifs into a full sleeve. Others take the trend more literally, and instead of choosing the pattern, they opt to tattoo an entire stack of Pyrex bowls or a simple teacup into their forearm. Even those who claim to not be “tattoo people” are considering a tattoo homage to their favorite vintage bakeware....

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The fitness method pairs resistance-based high-intensity training with low-impact movements. P.volve Senior Trainer Maeve McEwen calls it “strengthening, sculpting, and energizing.” And while its studios in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago have been affected by the pandemic, P.volve has a library of hundreds of exercise videos featuring full body workouts designed to stream from your computer or through an app on your phone. Plus, it offers live Zoom classes every day, which are the next best thing to visiting a studio in person....

Unlike wring mops that can create quite a mess, this Shark favorite uses microfiber grip pads that allow the hot steam to seep through, cleaning stuck-on dirt and grime in just a few passes. The mop is designed with three steam settings to choose from on the control panel that allow you to customize how much power you need based on the mess you’re taking care of. To buy: $100 (was $130); amazon....

Now, the designer and creative is bringing her excellent, punchy taste into the holidays with a curated gift guide at Nordstrom—and it’s full of colorful hosting essentials. If it feels too early to be planning for the holidays, consider the very real issues challenging the global supply chain: Route, a consumer app that helps you track all your online purchases in one place, has found that the average number of packages tracked per shopper is up 27 percent year over year, and it is seeing three times the amount of packages being routed this September than the same time last year....