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Your Sunday cheat sheet for a more fun week

The Skinny is a free Sunday newsletter from 2 friends, Jill and Nicole, who try it first so you don’t have to. Every issue brings the trends worth knowing, the dupes worth buying, the recipes worth making and the tested tips that make your week easier.

We read the labels, check the research and link every source, then tell you what we’d actually do. This site is where it all lives between Sundays: every issue, every recipe and quick, honest guides to what everyone’s searching. Pull up a chair.

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Latest Issues

Travel Cup Wars, Copycat Hamburger Helper and Scents That Fetch Compliments

Travel Cup Wars, Copycat Hamburger Helper & Scents That Fetch Compliments

Protein Without the Blender, Run Club Is the New Happy Hour and the $40 Flat That Beat a $1,450 One

Protein Without the Blender, Run Club Is the New Happy Hour & the $40 Flat That Beat a $1,450 One

Homegating Is the New Tailgating, Sleep Strips, Scorpio Szn and Game Day Got a Stylist

Homegating Is the New Tailgating, Sleep Strips, Scorpio Szn & Game Day Got a Stylist

Soup Szn Is On, Spooky Spots and Sweater Weather

Soup Szn Is On, Spooky Spots & Sweater Weather

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Fresh Skinny Bites

A woman setting up a barbell deadlift on a lifting platform in a bright gym

Lift Like You Mean It, Starting Monday

A woman lifting her hair off her neck in front of an electric fan

It’s Getting Hot in Here

Halved hard-boiled eggs dusted with paprika, an easy high-protein snack

Protein Snacks That Skip the Stove

Lemon slices floating in a cold glass of water, a simple electrolyte drink base

Your Hydration Squad, Ranked

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Reader Favorites: Recipes

The Best Chili (+ Jill’s Beer Hack)

The cook-off winner, plus 1 secret ingredient.

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Walnut Brewery Asiago Dip

The Boulder brewpub copycat that disappears first.

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Jill’s Penance Skillet

1 pan, 1 pound of protein, every vegetable in the house.

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Whipped Cottage Cheese

The high-protein dip your blender didn’t know it could make.

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