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½ cup light sour cream 1 ½ teaspoon Dijon-style mustard ½ teaspoon dried Italian seasoning, crushed ½ teaspoon snipped fresh thyme (optional) Brisket Sandwiches with Potato Salad 1 portion of reserved meat and remaining portions of reserved potato mixture, cooking liquid, and mustard sauce from Sunday Brisket and Potatoes 4 whole wheat hamburger buns, split and toasted ½ cup thinly sliced celery or chopped red sweet pepper 1 tablespoon snipped fresh herbs, such as basil, dill, Italian parsley, and/or tarragon 3 tablespoon light balsamic vinaigrette...

Dehydrator Place sweet potato slices on the racks of a dehydrator. Dry at 145°F for 10 hours. Cool.

Maple-Glazed Chicken with Sweet Potatoes

1 cup soft bread crumbs 1 tablespoon snipped fresh parsley 1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel 1 tablespoon olive oil

“When shopping for a small dining table, consider its use and flexibility,” says Sarah Bernard, an interior designer. “Will it be a supplementary table or the main space for eating? Will it need to double as a workspace? For tables that may need to fill a range of uses, a leafed table may provide more versatile surface options depending on daily needs.” To find the best small dining tables, we searched through product catalogs and reviews to determine which ones offered the best combination of aesthetics, value, and performance....

When on the hunt for the best storage containers, Julie Morgenstern, New York Times Bestselling author of Organizing From the Inside Out recommends first taking an inventory of the items you need to store. “Before going shopping for storage containers, make sure you have sorted, purged, and grouped your belongings," she says. “Then you will be sure to get the right containers and really complete your organizing project.” To help you find the best storage containers for your home, we researched many storage solutions looking at size, capacity, material, and more to create this list....

There are certain times throughout the year when vacuums feel even more handy than usual, and the holiday season is one of those times. There are plenty of additional messes to erase thanks to extra gatherings, and then there’s the Christmas tree and its penchant for shedding needles to contend with. So, it’s like a gift to yourself to have a vacuum (or a few) that’s up to the task of keeping your floors in shape....

Pink daffodils have pink center cups (coronas) and the outer petals are usually white or ivory, but you’ll see some pale yellow too. The shades of pink are always on the warm end of the spectrum, like salmon, peach, or apricot rather than hot pink. The flowers are intriguing to watch because the colors develop over several days, with the cup changing from yellow to pink, or a rim turning a bright pink or yellow....

“Patios and other gathering spaces can be as beautifully designed as you please, but if people don’t use them, they aren’t a success,” says Kevin Lenhart, design director and landscape architect at Yardzen. “Because they are [portable], patio umbrellas allow spaces to stay nimble and adapt to different activities, group sizes, and light or weather conditions.” We put 28 of the best patio umbrellas to the test in our lab in Des Moines, Iowa, to see which ones held up against weather conditions, sun damage, stains, and more....

“It would have been a lot cheaper to tear it down,” Rob admits. But as the proud new owner of a historic Prairie School home, dreams of a fabulous renovation danced in his head. Yes, the place had fallen on hard times. Yes, many of its historical elements had been covered up. “It had been 1980s-ized,” Rob says. “But I think if you live in Chicago, you should live in a home that honors this area’s architectural roots....

The pillows are decorated with colored piping around the edges as well as double stitching that keeps them intact. Shoppers can choose from a handful of colors, including black, blue, and gray, as well as two sizes: queen and king. One thing to keep in mind is that the brand recommends that you spot-clean any stains with a sponge, rather than putting the pillows directly in the washing machine. “These are the most luxurious pillows I have ever touched … better than any [at a] hotel I have stayed in,” one five-star reviewer shares....

Combined with just a few simple ingredients, deBoschnek loves that “in so many of these recipes they use all of the ingredient,” she says, referring to the juice from canned fruit cocktail being utilized. Unlike some of the recipes in vintage cookbooks, deBoschnek likes the fact actual timings are used here, so you don’t have to guess when steps are done.

Plants for Creating the Bird and Butterfly Garden Plan 3 Phlox paniculata ‘Eva Cullum’: Zones 4-8 2 Penstemon ‘Prairie Dusk’: Zones 3-8 2 Bee balm (Monarda ‘Petite Delight’): Zones 4-8 1 Butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii ‘Nanho Blue’): Zones 7-9 3 Coreopsis auriculata ‘Nana’: Zones 4-9 1 Sedum ‘Brilliant’: Zones 4-9 2 Shasta daisies (Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Becky’): Zones 4-8 If you can’t find the exact cultivars listed above, substitute them with others that have similar colors, shapes, and sizes....

“Everybody’s home should reflect who they are,” Chris says. “Christy and I are a little more funky—we have an eclectic taste, and I wanted our home to embody that as well. I wanted the house to be an experience—not just a house—that was warm, unique, and had a personality as big as ours.” Chris wanted to give traditional building materials like brick, stucco, and Yellow Balau hardwood a new life, so he combined them in an eclectic fashion....

Silver candlesticks from Replacements Ltd. cast a glow across a tablescape anchored by a tablecloth made of paisley fabric from Duralee. Vintage stemware mixes with “Bicos” amber tumblers from Vista Alegre. Dinner and salad plates are from the “Trianna” collection for Lenox. Juliska’s “Isadora” placemats weave gold onto the table. Candlesticks don’t have to come in pairs. Buy mismatched patterns in varying heights, like these from Replacements Ltd., to guarantee a glowing report for your centerpiece....

1 cup cider vinegar ¾ cup packed light brown sugar 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 1.5 inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced 1/4-inch thick 1 large red onion, peeled and sliced into 1/4-inch rings (2 cups)