I am one of the lucky ones. I have an absolutely terrific mother-in-law who treats me like a daughter, not like a daughter-in-law.
My usually level-headed 29-year-old son called and excitedly told me he’d lost 5 pounds on a juice cleanse. I was a bit skeptical of the whole process. Nothing but juice?
Sometimes you’re on a culinary deadline and you feel like you just got to cut a few corners. You try to justify why buying a – gasp – store-bought cake is OK when really what you should be doing is using these one-bowl recipes that make homemade even easier than running to the store.

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