Liven Up Your Turkey Gravy With Nutritional Yeast

Nutritional yeast—known as “nooch” around my studio apartment—is best known for the savory, cheese-adjacent flavor it brings to vegetarian and vegan dishes, as well as popcorn. But the yellow flakes have applications outside of their hippyish beginnings, particularly when dealing with sauces and gravies.

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

How to Introduce Your Kid to the Wild World of Social Media

One of the trickiest parts of parenting is teaching our kids how to safely do things that have a great potential for harming them. It starts with teaching them to use scissors safely when they’re preschoolers, then sharp knives to cut their own food and, before we know it, how to drive a car. We don’t like it but we…

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

How to Harness the Placebo Effect When You Have a Cold

A cold being a viral infection, there’s not much you can do to make it go away. That means most of the remedies people swear by—think vitamin C, essential oils, elderberry syrup—are only making you feel better, not literally fighting your cold. But since feeling better is kind of the point, here’s how you can get the…

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Author: Beth Skwarecki on Vitals, shared by Beth Skwarecki to Lifehacker

Invite Corn Nuts to Thanksgiving Dinner

Usually, when drawing up the guest list for a dinner party, one tries to minimize the kooks and troublemakers, but one does not have this luxury with Thanksgiving, as most of the guest list is made up of family members. You may have to invite your nut of an uncle, but you can also invite a different kind of nut—the…

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

Cook Fresh Corn on the Cob in Your Microwave

Summer may be over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t eat corn on the cob. In fact, it’s a great way to add a little summery flair to your next meal and make it feel more like a picnic. You can even enjoy fresh corn on the cob at work by covering the corn with wet paper towels and cooking in your microwave.

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Author: David Galloway