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What’s my secret? A box of Bisquick and a can of Sprite. That’s right—I’m not asking you to freeze and grate butter, do any elaborate kneading and folding, or even have buttermilk on hand. Put away the food processor and the bench scraper. When I say these are easy, I mean four ingredients, one bowl, and in and out of the oven in 12 minutes flat. Most of us have a box of Bisquick laying around, which is why I love this recipe....

Black Friday is one of the busiest shopping days of the year, so to make it a little easier, we broke down all the best anti-aging skincare deals into different categories. Cleanser, serums, moisturizers, sunscreens, eye treatments, exfoliants, and body products are all here (and if you’re really pressed for time, we’ve selected one deal not to miss from each group). Full disclosure, it wasn’t easy to put this list together — with brands like La Roche-Posay, CeraVe, Korres, and Biossance all having massive sales, it’s some of the best shopping of the season....

While the recall only pertains to about 7,600 pounds of sausage products, these items were distributed to various retailers nationwide. According to a recall notice posted on the Walmart website, the now-recalled sausage was distributed to hundreds of Walmart stores in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and several other states.The problem was discovered after Bob Evans Farms Foods notified FSIS that it had received consumer complaints reporting thin blue pieces of rubber in its sausage product....

Whether you need to refresh your linens for the fall or simply want some bedding inspiration, you’re in luck. Right now, you can enjoy a bedding renewal for much less, but only for a limited time. Brooklinen is having a surprise sale through September 27 to help you get your bedrooms in the autumnal mood with the warm and neutral tones of its best-selling linen at 25 percent off—plus an extra 10 percent off its bundles....

Pro tip: “If the room is small, [a trick] is to paint the room a light neutral color and carry the color up onto the ceiling,” says Karen Gray Plaisted, a home stager and decorator in Warwick, New York. “Painting the ceiling molding the same color as the ceiling will also make the ceiling appear higher,” Plaisted says. Combine this expert paint trick with one of the roof-raising paint colors below, and you’ll be amazed how a couple coats of paint can transform your space....

Some shoppers actually “prefer it to the ‘adult’ version” for reasons that go beyond its substantially cheaper $10 price. A big win over the original, the baby formula is phthalate-free, but it otherwise contains largely the same ingredients—including skin-plumping hyaluronic acid and all three of the brand’s namesake ceramides—listed in a different order according to their priority level. At the top of the list, dimethicone is promoted to an active ingredient used to trap water and prevent moisture loss, making it ideal for eczema-prone skin....

First, you’ll make a combination of milk and oats to soften them into an oatmeal-like consistency. The softened oats and milk get blended up with banana, cold-brewed coffee, and maple syrup. Cold-brewed coffee is usually in the refrigerated drinks section of grocery stores. But, if you can’t find it, you could also substitute chilled home-brewed coffee or espresso.

A home inspection, on the other hand, determines whether there are any structural issues in the home (and outside of it). Yes, an inspection will cost you (the average cost is $200 to $400, according to Bankrate), but those few hundred dollars can potentially save you a lot of money down the line. “In this super-competitive housing market, waiving a home inspection can be appealing for buyers seeking to make their offers more attractive to sellers who have plenty to choose from—but buyers do so at their financial peril,” says Clare Trapasso, real estate expert at Realtor....

Pro tip: You can save some money on cutlets by DIYing them at home. Buy an equivalent weight chicken breasts, then slice horizontally through the center to create cutlets.Headnote by Lindsay Maitland Hu

Designed to be used while sitting down, the DeskCycle Ellipse seemed like an easy way to stay active while working from home. Putting it together was extremely simple—all I had to do was attach the foot pedals and hook on the LCD screen. There are eight resistance settings so you can adjust the intensity of your workout; I generally keep mine on level five or six so I’m not too out of breath....

Cattle produce staggering amounts of methane, one of the most dangerous greenhouse gases. They do this mostly through burping, a necessary product of the ruminal fermentation they use to digest grass. Through their manure, cattle produce nitrous oxide, another potent greenhouse gas. Cattle ranches also need large tracts of land, prompting deforestation. As trees are razed for herds, carbon dioxide escapes into the atmosphere. Finally, many cattle operations feed animals more than grass....