Meghan Splawn

Proof that a skillet is your BFF.

You can never have too many of these in your weeknight roster.

No frying required!

Easy, quick, and delicious. A win all around!

Want pork chops that rival a steak? You've got to know the best method for cooking those chops!

Adding just one pantry ingredient gives you tender, browned beef.

Once you try it, you'll never go back to the old way.

These appetizers and snacks are perfect for your next family-friendly party!

Proof that a skillet is your BFF.

We're talking pizza pinwheels, Raisinets, and, yes, vegetables.

Trust us: This is best (and easiest!) thing you'll cook in your Instant Pot this year.

With or without a mold!

Adding just one pantry ingredient gives you tender, browned beef.

Want pork chops that rival a steak? You've got to know the best method for cooking those chops!

We'll help you stay organized, save time, and keep lunches delicious — and safe.

Easy, quick, and delicious. A win all around!

"I've found that my two kids will eat four times as many vegetables when they are presented with tasty dips and a few special snacks."

Of course there are sprinkles.

A big batch of pancakes in half the time — what else could you want?

Choose greatness for your Thanksgiving leftovers. The best way to relive the glory of a loaded Thanksgiving plate is this towering lasagna stuffed with all good things.

Who says Christmas is the only holiday that gets a cookie house?

Just stick to this simple formula.

Easy to cook and beloved by kids, hot dogs are all too often passed over by the adults at cookouts. But hot dogs can make an exciting dinner for the whole family with just a little bit of planning and a few fun upgrades. This family snack board combines two grill-friendly recipes with store-bought basics for the ultimate backyard dinner. Serve it to celebrate the start of summer, the Fourth of July, camping at home, or just a really good Tuesday night.

Chili mac is everything I want in a dinner bowl: creamy, cheesy, and infinitely cozy. Unfortunately, making it from scratch typically involves dirtying multiple pots and a decent amount of time — which is what makes this Instant Pot version so brilliant. With just eight ingredients and a 20-minute cook time, you can pull off this easy and delicious dinner anytime you’re craving comfort.

A few years ago I ordered a heart-shaped pizza from a big pizza chain, and boy was I disappointed; I paid something like $14 for a pizza that was barely big enough to feed me and my two preschoolers at the time and was more oblong than heart-shaped. I vowed to never order a holiday pizza again and set out to find the best method for making heart-shaped pizza at home.

I could write a whole ode to the humble cream cheese sandwich. Cream cheese and jelly sandwiches got me through a particularly picky time when my daughter was in a nut-free preschool. And veggie cream cheese has become one the most reliable ways for me to get vegetables into my two kiddos. In fact, so much veggie cream cheese has been coming out of my kitchen that I make it in bulk and freeze it for future use.

Snack boards are my never-fail, super-easy appetizer—and a clever way to serve dinner on busy nights. Take this Halloween snack board, for example: It’s perfect for a party (when we’re not in a pandemic, of course), but doubles as a quick meal before trick-or-treating (again, in non-COVID times) that will delight kids and adults alike.

Do you remember the absolute joy you’d feel when your mom would pop open a can of biscuit dough and a package of bite-sized sausages — meaning pigs and a blanket were on the horizon? Our version embraces that exuberance, but we’re upgrading the whole thing. Thanks to our smart technique, you don’t have to individually wrap 50 tiny sausages to create the perfect bite of flaky, buttery pastry and smoky sausage (but more on that later).

Getting kids to try new foods is simply an exercise in marketing. Case in point: When I made falafel for dinner one night, I called them chickpea nuggets instead of falafel and my children gobbled them right up. They asked for chickpea nuggets again and it got my mind churning with an idea for an actual chickpea nugget recipe — one with all the flavors and textures of chicken nuggets, but baked and egg-free.