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recipes do exist! You can roast them, bake them, blend them into soup, or transform them into a tangy, healthy potato salad. These easy potato side dishes all come together fast and feature fresh ingredients, so you can confidently serve a healthy potato side dish with dinner tonight. Buy It: OXO Potato Masher ($16, Target) Buy It: OXO Tabletop Spiralizer ($48, Bed Bath & Beyond) Buy It: Cuisinart Stainless Everyday Pan with Cover ($40, Target)...

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Test Kitchen Tip: Bake this pie the day before you plan to serve as it’s best once it has chilled overnight. Test Kitchen Tip: When making (or buying!) dried bread cubes for your stuffing, double up and make them for this recipe as well. Related Video

Buy It: Lodge Pre-Seasoned 12-Inch Cast Iron Skillet ($25, Walmart) Buy It: OXO Good Grips Tabletop Spiralizer ($48, Bed Bath & Beyond) Buy It: Nordic Ware Naturals Baker’s Half Sheet ($13, Target) Buy It: Lodge Enameled Cast Iron 5.5-Quart Dutch Oven ($50, Walmart) Related Video

Growing Conditions: Grow in full sun with well-draining soil. It’s fussy at transplant, so keep root disturbance at an absolute minimum. Plant in fall. Size: 4-5 feet tall x 8 feet wide Growing Conditions: This shrub is dry growing after established; plant in full sun or part shade and well-draining soil. Size: 5-10 feet tall x 10-15 feet wide Growing Conditions: This shrub is dry growing after established; plant in full sun or part shade and well-draining soil....

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Know your USDA Hardiness Zone. Use it as a guide to avoid planting trees, shrubs, and perennials that won’t survive winters in your area. You’ll also get a better idea of when to expect your last frost date in spring, so you know when you can plant vegetables, fruits, and annuals outside in your area. Not sure when to prune? Prune spring-flowering shrubs, such as lilacs, and large-flower climbing roses, immediately after the blooms fade....

Buy It: Lodge 12-Inch Cast Iron Skillet ($30-$40, Williams Sonoma) Buy It: Pyrex 9.5-Inch Pie Plate ($5, Bed Bath & Beyond) Test Kitchen Tip: For a twist, replace the coating or crushed cornflakes with bread crumbs seasoned with Italian spices. Related Video

Editor’s Tip: If you need to make some compartments longer for necklaces, take out a few slats with a hammer. Get the pink ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ label Get the blue ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ label Get the ‘I Drink Wine’ label Get the ‘Best Mom Ever’ label Editor’s Tip: If you can’t find white vases, you can make your own by pouring white paint into clear vases—just make sure mom doesn’t fill them with water later!...

Try the following tool storage ideas so you can confidently tackle DIY projects with all of your equipment at your fingertips. 1. Set Up Slatwall or Pegboard Because garages tend to be short on floor space, installing shelves is a smart option that also works well for small spaces. Track shelving, drawers, and tall cabinets make the most out of vertical space. However, there’s another type of garage storage system to consider, especially if you like your tools in plain sight....

1. Choose the Right Kind of Hydrangea Only the flowers of bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) can change color. Other types such as oakleaf hydrangeas or smooth hydrangeas such as ‘Annabelle’ only bloom in white or cream. These plants are just as full and beautiful, but if your goal is blue hydrangeas, make sure you’re planting varieties that can turn the shade you want. 2. Choose Blue Varieties Look for hydrangeas that are bred to be blue such as ‘Nikko Blue’, Endless Summer The Original, ‘Penny Mac’, ‘Blauer Prinz’, or Endless Summer Twist-n-Shout....

A store-bought evergreen wreath or a real pine wreath of any size work great for these ideas. If you’re just looking for inspiration, take a look at our projects below, then click on the how-tos for further instructions for each DIY Christmas wreath. These easy guides will help you to create a custom wreath with step-by-step instructions. But first, pump up the holiday tunes, pour yourself some hot cocoa, and get in the holiday crafting spirit!...

1. Invest in a Key Lockbox If you’re renovating your home before moving into it and live far away, consider investing in a key lockbox. You’ll need to hire a contractor if there are significant projects on your checklist that you can’t do yourself. Remember that contractors start early, so unless you want to drive in morning rush-hour traffic to let workers inside, plan to attach a lockbox or install smart door hardware that allows you to provide entry to guests with a code....

Margaret Drisi is the mastermind behind the idea. She uploaded a video of her “dinosaur egg” avocado hack to her TikTok and Instagram profile. In the clip, she cuts off the top of the avocado and digs out just a little bit of the fruit to use. Then she places the remaining avocado in a food storage container and puts it in the refrigerator. Throughout the week, as she scoops out more and more, she continues to keep the pit inside the fruit....

Helen is a lifelong nature lover who has always surrounded herself with birds, bees, butterflies, insects, and snakes and learned to identify and care for their habitat. From 1985 to 2001, Helen worked at Parson Engineering as an air pollution engineer. After that, she owned and operated Gardening with Confidence, a gardening maintenance company, for 16 years. In 2017, Helen founded Bee Better Naturally, an educational non-profit teaching homeowners to sustainably attract and care for birds, bees, and butterflies....

Use the following expert tips to make sure the star of your meal will be good to go when it’s time for roasting. How Long Can You Freeze Turkey? According to the Butterball Turkey Talk Line, you can keep a turkey stored in the freezer for up to two years, and it’s still safe to cook. You might, however, end up dealing with a not-so-tasty bird keeping it that long....