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The 5 Costco Prepared Foods to Avoid, According to Customers

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The prepared foods section at Costco is diverse, affordable and delicious—the perfect solution for picking up a quick dinner on a busy night or a ready-to-eat dish for a potluck. In fact, the prepared meals are quite popular with customers and there is a wide variety to choose from.

However, a couple of items seem to be less satisfying and not worth the purchase, according to Costco fans and customers on Reddit. Actually, several users had a lot to say in a Reddit thread discussing the worst Costco prepared foods available based on personal experience and preference. (Plus, for the most part, users agreed on which ones to avoid, creating a general consensus.) 

Here are the top suggestions from Redditors on which prepared foods to skip the next time you go to Costco.

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70 Easy Chicken Dinners You’ll Make on Repeat

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You don’t need to be a pro in the kitchen to whip up these delicious chicken dinners. Even beginner cooks will find that these no-sweat recipes come together with ease.

Our Best Ideas for Easy Chicken Dinners

Chicken is often a go-to protein, mostly because it’s easy to cook and is considered a lean protein. Though chicken has a reputation for being bland, that couldn’t be further from the proof. Whether you prefer juicy chicken thighs or tender chicken breasts, there are so many easy ways to dress the meat up and turn it into a winning meal. We recommend starting with this Tuscan Chicken Skillet. It’s full of bacon, cream and Parmesan—is your mouth watering yet? There’s no need to go out to dinner when you can make this restaurant-style creamy, cheesy chicken and fettuccine at home.

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16 Old-Fashioned Fall Desserts Like Grandma Used to Make

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There’s nothing quite like walking into your grandma’s house during the fall, with the smell of sugar and spice wafting from the kitchen, a cool breeze blowing through the leaves outside the window where she rests her pies. Whether she’d normally be baking an apple pie, rolling out a batch of snickerdoodles, or slicing up a freshly-made carrot cake, you can’t beat grandma-approved desserts this time of year. Try one of these grandma dessert recipes today to really celebrate the autumn season.

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Wonder Bread Settles the Debate: This Is the Best Way To Store Sliced Bread

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If there’s one thing you never want your food supply to run short on, it’s sliced bread. It’s the base of endless quick meals, lunchtime fixes, and late-night bites. It’s one of those grocery staples you never really know when you’ll need, but you just know you will need it at some point.

And, on the occasion you reach for that ever-dependable bag of sliced bread, there’s nothing more horrifying than realizing mold has gotten to it faster than you have. Now, your beloved white bread—as well as your dreams of a quick PB&J snack—are headed to the trash. 

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My Mother-In-Law Taught Me How to Clean Cast Iron Pans and Her Simple Hack Is Honestly Life-Changing

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If you’ve ever Google searched “how to clean XYZ pan,” the internet will instantly flood your results with an overwhelming amount of feedback. It’s enough to make you a skeptic. Which method rings true? Which of these results is a paid product push? Which of these is safe to potentially ingest after cleaning? HOW much is this?! The list goes on. Before you know it, your search has been redirected by the Googlesphere, and you’re suddenly shopping for new pans, wondering how on earth you got here.

When it comes to cooking and cleaning in the kitchen, I’ve realized that more often than not, the most trustworthy, reliable, simple, and straight-to-the point answers we can find come from asking the experienced home cooks in our lives what they would do. When it comes to cleaning cast iron, my mother-in-law had it right all along, and her tried and true solution isn’t some expensive spray or sponge from Amazon or the latest and greatest state-of-the art bottled chemical. To remove stubborn bits and food stains from your cast iron pan, you need just two things, and both of them are likely already hanging out in your pantry. Looking for a new cast iron pan? Discover some of the best cast iron skillets here.

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