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Generally, a refrigerated stick of butter can take anywhere between 30 minutes and an hour to soften; meanwhile, frozen butter can take upwards of four hours to reach a usable consistency. If you forgot to leave the butter out ahead of time, or it just won’t thaw quickly enough, we’ve gathered a few helpful tips for achieving smooth, soft butter fast. Benefits of Softened Butter Aside from the much more malleable texture, softened butter plays an important role, especially when baking....

If your chili looks a little or a lot thinner than you’d like, these tips for how to thicken chili will help you bolster your bowls so they are hearty enough to satisfy. We tapped our Test Kitchen pros for several ideas about how to make chili thicker (aka sturdy enough stand up to copious toppings and dunkers). And since we’re often searching for ideas for how to make a thicker chili after it’s already thin, they also offer tricks to prevent this culinary challenge before it happens....

Read on to find out the pantry ingredient that can reduce saltiness. This works for any rich gravy, including chicken gravy or giblet gravy. How to Cut Saltiness in Gravy When making turkey gravy (or any pan gravy), avoid making your gravy too salty by waiting to add any salt until the end. The pan drippings from the bird and any added broth may be enough to properly season the gravy....

Dried fruit is sweet, snackable, and can be taken on the go a heck of a lot easier than a few easy-to-bruise bananas or bulky cartons of berries. But if you’ve ever reached the bottom of a bag in a single sitting and found yourself wondering how this snack stacks up nutritionally—you’ve come to the right place. We tapped nutrition expert Amy Shapiro, RD, to give us the lowdown on our dried fruit addiction....

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But you don’t have to be Father Christmas to get a cheery greeting at Adam and Lauren Allen’s new Houston home. “We wanted a house that’s warm and inviting,” Lauren says. “We envisioned a revolving door of friends coming and going, a place Adam and I can have friends over and so can the kids.” To set the stage, architect Ryan Gordon gave the family an open floor plan with a wealth of connections to the outdoors through expansive steel-frame windows and doors....

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In the November 2022 issue of Real Simple, we declared olive green our Color of the Month because it’s the trendy yet timeless shade we’re loving right now. Olive feels like the older, slightly more sophisticated sister to the lighter and brighter greens that have been everywhere over the past year. It fits perfectly among earth-toned palettes and natural textures, like warm wood, jute, and wicker. Or, you can go retro with it, picking olive green accents in mod shapes and pairing them with other bold colors....

As a skincare-loving shopping editor, I’ve tried many of them for myself, and my favorite by a mile is the Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Tinted Serum. This serum is part skincare, part makeup, and all beneficial for my face. As the name implies, it enhances my skin’s natural glow by evening out any hyperpigmentation, providing light coverage where I need it, and nourishing with several trusted skincare ingredients. The anti-aging hero hyaluronic acid is able to plump and hydrate skin while fine lines are smoothed away via squalane and peptides....

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Need a side that’ll cook in the oven alongside this roast? Follow our instructions for butternut squash, beets, baked potato, mac and cheese, or Parker house rolls. And don’t forget to use the roast drippings for gravy! While the roast is resting, try this: Pour off excess fat and then scrape the drippings into a sauce pot, add a cup of wine, simmer until the wine is nearly gone, and then add a little beef stock and reduce by half....