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A week of dinners that are easy on prep, big on flavor | Weekly meal plan 229

by Lisa Barnes | Nov 6, 2020 | Meal Plan, Recipes

This coming week (and maybe a few weeks after that), I need meal planning to be a bit easier. In fact, I need every one of my responsibilities to be a little easier — don’t we all? So I’m putting together a meal plan of five super easy recipes that...

Upgrading 6 kids’ menu favorites for the whole family. In case they’re missing their favorite restaurant.

by Lisa Barnes | Oct 20, 2020 | Recipes

So many of us miss eating out our favorite local restaurants these days, unless they’ve got heat lamps outside these days and a good social distancing table plan. As for our kids, well, they mostly miss eating out so they can make us spend good cash on the most...

5 fall-inspired family dinners for the week ahead | Weekly Meal Plan 226

by Lisa Barnes | Oct 9, 2020 | Meal Plan, Recipes

For next week, I am planning some of my family’s favorite fall-inspired dinners that are easy to make, prep and clean up. Because Fall seems to be full of all kinds of busy even though we are doing all of the things from home. And honestly, fall cooking is my...

Weekly Meal Plan: 5 dinner recipes offering a twist on some of your staples.

by Lisa Barnes | Jul 17, 2020 | Meal Plan, Recipes

Just like many of you, I am cooking a lot more than I did before COVID and I find it’s easy to get into a rut and just fall back on those meals I don’t have to think very hard about. (Which may or may not include a box of cereal). For this week’s...

Weekly Meal Plan: 6 amazing meals from Black food bloggers you should totally be following

by Lisa Barnes | Jun 5, 2020 | Meal Plan, Recipes

Editor’s Note: To say that this past week has been an especially hard one is an understatement — particularly for our Black friends, family, neighbors, and readers. We have always done our best on this site to be inclusive in different ways: by amplifying...