Building a gingerbread house is one of the best ways to get into the holiday spirit without leaving your home. It’s a fun and festive family …
No-Fuss Holiday Recipes: Curated by Tastemaker Meghan Splawn
As a busy mom, this holiday season is all about keeping some traditions in focus and creating new ones while making it as easy to pull off as possible. This collection includes some of my favorite weeknight dinners, simple holiday recipes, as well as some ideas for memory-making activities to do at home with kids — everything you need to make the holidays fun and fuss-free.
My Go-To Recipes
Meghan is the Food Editor for Kitchn's Skills content. She's a master of everyday baking, family cooking, and harnessing good light. Meghan approaches food with an eye towards budgeting — both time and money — and having fun. Meghan has a baking and pastry degree and spent the first 10 years of her career as part of Alton Brown's culinary team. She co-hosts a weekly podcast about food and family called Didn't I Just Feed You.
Cookie decorating is supposed to be a joyous celebration of the holiday season — you’re making holiday memories plus gifts for friends, neighbors, …
I’ve had somewhat of an obsession with Dutch baby pancakes for quite some time now. I mix up the classic cast iron-cooked, crispy-edged pancake at …
In my family, we do a lot of holiday baking. There are the pizzelle cookies I make for neighbor gifts and an entire afternoon dedicated to …
Growing up, I spent winter vacations in Vermont and learned to love the annual ritual of making snow cream with freshly fallen snow. All of the …
Chocolate mousse is the decidedly decadent, old-school dessert you’ve been overlooking for far too long. And honestly, I get it: Classic chocolate …
For the last several years my family has kicked off summer with a celebratory end-of-school cookout with friends. This year, school ended with a very …
My father in-law is not a big fan of turkey. Honestly, I can relate. So about five years ago, we started adding a bone-in-ham to the family …
Welcome to Rollover Dinners, a new monthly series to help you make smart use of leftovers. Step 1: Make a family-friendly big-batch recipe for the …
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Didn’t I Just Feed You?! is a candid weekly podcast about feeding our families -- because, man, kids need to eat a lot. And frequently too! Co-hosts …