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Baking Powder Substitute For 1 teaspoon baking powder, substitute ½ teaspoon cream of tartar plus ¼ teaspoon baking soda. Healthy Baking Powder Substitute Regular baking powder has about 1,500 mg sodium per tablespoon. If you’re trying to cut your sodium intake there are low-sodium or sodium-free baking powder substitutes that have about 0 to 15 mg sodium per tablespoon. For 1 teaspoon baking powder, substitute 1 teaspoon sodium-free or low-sodium baking powder....

Name: Solidago spp. Growing Conditions: Full sun in well-drained soil Size: Up to 3 feet tall Zones: 4–8 Buy It: Goldenrod roots ($18, Etsy) Name: Pennisetum glaucum Growing Conditions: Full sun in well-drained soil Size: Up to 5 feet tall Zones: Annual Name: Eryngium planum Growing Conditions: Full sun in well-drained soil Size: Up to 3 feet tall Zones: 5–9 Name: Eutrochium purpureum Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in medium moist soil Size: Up to 7 feet tall Zones: 4–9 Name: Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Growing Conditions: Full sun in well-drained soil Size: Up to 6 feet tall Zones: 4–8 Buy It: Raydon’s Favorite Aster ($19, The Home Depot) Name: Helianthus annuus Growing Conditions: Full sun in well-drained soil Size: Up to 10 feet tall Zones: Annual Buy It: Procut Orange Hybrid Sunflower Seeds ($7, The Home Depot) Name: Cosmos bipinnatus Growing Conditions: Full sun in well-drained soil Size: Up to 4 feet tall Zones: Annual Buy It: Cosmos Sensation Mix ($3, Etsy) Name: Rudbeckia hirta Growing Conditions: Full sun in well-drained soil Size: Up to 3 feet tall Zones: 3–7 Name: Echinacea purpurea Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in well-drained soil Size: Up to 5 feet tall Zones: 3–8 Buy It: Magnus Coneflower ($40, Breck’s) Name: Zinnia elegans Growing Conditions: Full sun in well-drained soil Size: Up to 4 feet tall Zones: Annual Buy It: California Giants Zinnia Flowering Seed Mixture ($8, The Home Depot) Name: Coreopsis spp....

Get Organized with The Home Edit follows Shearer and Teplin into celebrity homes and around local communities as they tackle overstuffed closets, chaotic kids’ areas, and disorderly kitchens. The first season’s eight-hour-long episodes will feature familiar names including Reese Witherspoon (who is also the executive producer of the show), Neil Patrick Harris, and Eva Longoria, as well as families in need of organizing help. “Our intention for everything that we do is to give people the tools to make a system smart, sustainable, and beautiful,” Teplin says in the show’s trailer....

Buy It: Heart Leaf Philodendron ($39, Bloomscape) Buy It: Lucky Bamboo ($26, The Home Depot) Buy It: Snake Plant ($57, The Sill) Buy It: Jade Plant ($24, The Home Depot) Buy It: ZZ Plant ($57, The Sill) Buy It: Jasmine Shrub ($53, The Home Depot)

What Is Key Lime Pie? Key lime pie is a custard-style pie that’s flavored with limes and gets extra richness from sweetened condensed milk. It’s made with either a graham cracker crust or pie pastry and can be topped with whipped cream or meringue. So, where did Key lime pie originate? The Florida Keys, of course! According to Jeanne A. Voltz, author of The Flavor of the South, Key lime pie’s origin dates to the mid-19th century....

The pair of midcentury chairs in the living room got a young and fresh makeover with hot-pink leather. The bold color works because the rest of the colors in the room are more subdued: deep green drapes, pale blue velvet sofa, gray grasscloth walls. The art on the mantel ties the palette together and lends a little cheekiness. Shimmery sheens repeat on the ceiling and walls for extra interest. A beige patterned rug adds visual texture without competing color....

Editor’s Tip: If you’ve added too much water or paint to one area, you can use a paper towel to lightly blot up the excess. Editor’s Tip: To achieve organic swirls and prevent your colors from turning muddy, don’t manipulate the paint too much beyond the techniques shown.

Both Ben and Leigh have ideal skill sets for reviving an old house. Ben works in urban planning and design, branding hundreds of U.S. communities and historic downtowns. Leigh, a full-time mom to five kids ages 5 to 15, grew up in a family of home restorers and is now back in school studying architectural design. The couple also makes full use of Leigh’s grandfather’s nearby commercial workshop. In their Milford, Delaware, house, the two put their talents to work, rejiggering the kitchen, mudroom, library, and back porch....

The home’s outdoor space was a big selling point for Jessica and Ben Swaney. It adds precious living space to their 1,700-square-foot house, so Jessica worked hard to make it feel like an extension of the inside. She started with bistro chairs from Serena and Lily that reflect the interior’s recurring blue-and-white palette, then she gave the natural wood a floor-to-ceiling glossy white paint job—another parallel with the inside. “I had to have a leather sofa,” Jessica says....

Method 1: Make a Big Batch of Pancakes and Keep Warm This one will still take time, but the goal is for everyone to have pancakes when sitting down at the breakfast table. Choose your favorite pancake recipe and as they come off the griddle, place them on a baking sheet ($13, Walmart) in a 300°F oven. Loosely cover with foil (to keep them from drying out) until all the pancakes are cooked....

Some fertile common ground: a passion for tropical motifs inspired by time together in coastal locales. Gilbane intermingled tropical patterns with velvets, jewel tones, and lacquered shine to travel in that direction but keep it cosmopolitan. Existing and newly acquired pieces of colorful Pop Art flow with the palette and add a modern edge. The result could be described as midcentury metropolitan meets swanky beachfront hotel—and totally livable. Gilbane’s tricks include choosing patterns and colors that are sophisticated but not serious and, when one room is busy, going more solid in the next....