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Cheesy popovers

More Crisp, golden popovers are easier to make than you might think – perfect to serve alongside soup, salad, stew or chili. They freeze well, and are great for popping into lunchboxes. Ing...

Biscuit Pizza

More INGREDIENTS:2 cups all purpose flour1 tbsp baking powder1/4 tsp salt2/3 cup water1 tbsp cooking oil1 small can pizza saucetoppings as desiredDIRECTIONS:Preheat oven to 325-350ºF. Stir f...

Yuk Yum: Quinoa, Cauliflower, Apple & Feta Sort-of-Slaw

More This is a crazy looking – and delicious – jumble of salad combining quinoa (pronounced keen-wa), an edible seed that behaves like a grain in the kitchen. It contains a full set o...

Yuk Yum: Snack Attack

More After a long afternoon of school activities, most kids need a snack to tide them over until dinner. (Especially if they play after-school sports, or if there is a chance they haven’t e...

Yuk Yum: Bento-Style Box Lunch

More LUNCH BOX SQUAREDD-I-Y is what kids want.Pick up a multi-compartmented storage box to do double duty as a lunch kit, then fill each section with ingredients: mini-pitas, crackers, cubed or s...

Yuk Yum: Macaroni and Cheese Blocks

More Mix up a batch of mac’n’cheese on the weekend, then pour into a pan and chill; throughout the week it’s easy to slice as many blocks as you need to tuck into lunch. No need...

Yuk Yum: Creative Portable Lunches

More Stuck on what to pack for your kids’ lunches? Check out these tasty and creative solutions.Any parent of school-age children knows it can be a struggle to come up with creative portabl...