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Last week, my daughter came home from school, dropped her backpack on the floor, and asked with the most dramatic sigh, “What’s for dinner?” It...

On one of those long Saturday afternoons when the kids were playing tag in the backyard and my husband was fixing the garden fence, I...

Late one Saturday, after a backyard cookout and a messy game of cornhole with visiting friends, I stared at leftover burger fixings and a box...

Last rainy Saturday, after shuffling kids to piano lessons and wrestling a wild sock warp in the laundry, I found myself staring at a lonely...

Back when my kids were in middle school, Thursdays were the one day we all got home late—between sports practice, work meetings, and my husband’s...

One chilly Sunday morning, I wandered through a bustling farmers’ market with my two energetic teens. We had just tasted soft pretzels and hot cocoa,...

One Thursday night, somewhere between scrambling dinner and helping with 7th-grade algebra, I stared at four chicken breasts and a sad-looking bunch of broccoli in...

It was one of those Tuesday nights when dinner had to come together fast but still feel like something special. My youngest was in a...

Sometimes, dinner ideas come from what’s already in the fridge. It was a Thursday evening, I had just come back from the grocery store with...

One Saturday afternoon, the kids had friends over for an impromptu playdate while I tackled a mountain of laundry. They were thirsty and rambunctious, my...