Kitchen and recipe organization become a snap with great apps that are geared toward busy families with a desire to eat well in spite of rushed days and little time. Find out more about some of our favorites.
We’ve tried the carrot -- the benefits of physical activity. Let’s examine the stick -- the dangers of inactivity – to see if that will knock a few more potatoes off the couch.
Making dinner on a single sheet pan saves time before and after dinner. Working seasonal vegetables into the mix and using one pan to bake them all means fewer dishes to clean and a meal that will easily end up in your menu rotation.
New baby potatoes get a starring role in summer's favorite salad. This creamy potato salad is perfect alongside everything that comes off the grill and makes an appearance at my table several times a month throughout the summer.
An entire meal on the grill that's bursting with flavor and is actually pretty good for you? No, you aren't in heaven ... you're in your backyard enjoying a frosty beverage while you let the grill get dinner on the table.
Soup is the cure for what ails you, especially if it's just being darned tired after a long day of hiking and exploring the great outdoors. Find an exception to the no soup in warm weather rule with a hearty chowder that's made to replenish you while making you feel pampered.
One bowl meals have been all the rage for dinner for some time now. Let's get breakfast on the train with loads of your breakfast favorites mingled with the flavors of Mexico. Before you know it, you'll be turning to bowl basics first thing in the morning!
A little nostalgia for a favorite carnival treat becomes the inspiration for a great cake. Layering a beautifully spiced apple cake with pillows of apple filling and a rich coating of sweet, sticky caramel results in bliss. Add a generous sprinkling of chopped peanuts and you've got a cake that's paying proper homage to the best carnival caramel apples.
This simple no bake dessert is a great way to get French pastry taste without French pastry work. A summer favorite, now is a great time to enjoy it before summer is at its end. Add a few chocolate-covered espresso beans to take it up a notch.
Sometimes, all you need to make a quick meal that will appeal to your family is a can of refrigerated biscuits and a handful of leftovers or convenience items. Next thing you know, you're serving them a bevy of creatively-assembled empanadas!
My favorite baked chicken recipe involves thighs, a hot oven, and little else. But part of its charm is being able to change course halfway through the baking process to add a sauce and give it a flavor makeover!
With kids all over home for the holidays, now is a fantastic time to make a big batch of caramel popcorn. Making it can be a project and it's fantastic for settling down and enjoying while you watch a movie as a family, play board games that made their way under the tree, or gather together with friends and loved ones you haven't seen much over the year. What a sweet treat!
Your bread machine and oven come together to help you make super simple pita bread. What's more, you can easily freeze any of the leftovers, double a batch, and find lots of ways to use and enjoy this versatile bread.
This beautiful winter salad is filled with tender spinach, juicy pears, tangy pomegranate seeds, and so much more. Plus a quick and easy dressing can be doubled or tripled to have on hand to dress any salad any time.
Lemon, spinach, and freshly grated Parmesan cheese support chicken and rice, the star of this recipe. Then garlic, dry white wine, shallots, and more help bring it to the table … ready to impress everyone around the dinner table.
One pan. A couple chicken breasts. Some pasta. And all kinds of flavor. This quick dish brings together fresh and sun dried tomatoes, capers and olives, onion and garlic, chili flakes and anchovies, and so much more to bring you a meal that is bursting with flavor.
A one pan meal idea that's bursting with flavor, texture, and a variety of veggies, pasta, turkey (or chicken), cheese, and so much more. Ready in under an hour and able to do the heavy lifting for dinner tonight, it's just what you need.
A cast iron skillet and a bread machine make fantastic focaccia a snap. Get the basic recipe and top it (or don't) any way you'd like. Mine had cheese and olives, but this is definitely a make it your own kind of thing.
The final installment in our ode to slow cookers brings us to something crockpots are great for: making soup. This time around, everything from potatoes to dried beans to kale find their way into a creamy soup that's the epitome of the chilly season before us.
