How to Add Umami to Tuna Salad

A tuna salad sandwich is a simple pleasure. Canned fish, mayo, and maybe a little relish are all you really need, but some brands of canned fish can be bland and, once you add mayo, any flavor the tuna was bringing becomes super muted.

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Author: Claire Lower on Skillet, shared by Claire Lower to Lifehacker

How to Tone Down Your Toddler’s Noisy Toys

When my son was a toddler, he had a train toy that used to chug at all hours of the day and night. There was no off switch and the damn thing was possessed, so we had to bury it in the basement in order to sleep at night. When it woke me up in the middle of the night (in my bed on the second floor), I’d had enough. I…

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Author: Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Meghan Moravcik Walbert to Lifehacker

How to Craft a Perfect Email

There’s a thing kids do when they write letters or essays. They write “Oh, and…” as if the reader were receiving their words in real time. They don’t know how to hide their stream of consciousness from their writing. If you’re writing in a burst of inspiration, you might do it too. Writing your thoughts out is fine.…

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Author: Nick Douglas

Should You Consider a No-Penalty CD?

If you know only one thing about certificates of deposit, you probably know that this type of investment has a fixed period. You might put your money into a CD for nine months, a year, two years or more, but no matter which you choose, you won’t be able to access that money until that period ends—that’s the CD’s…

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Author: Lisa Rowan on Two Cents, shared by Lisa Rowan to Lifehacker