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Want breakfast ready when you get up? This French toast recipe cooks overnight and will greet you in the morning.

Lentils are affordable, cook up fast and have a great hearty texture. Using half lentils and half ground meat for meatloaf and taco filling is a healthy choice for your budget (and for you!).

This twist on classic gingerbread cookies calls for tea right in the dough.

Kids can help roll dough balls, mark them with their thumbprints and lick up any leftover Nutella.

A sweet-savoury and subtly spicy treat, this shortbread is the antidote for wrapping rage.

These not-too-sweet icebox cookies are your secret frozen weapon when holiday chaos hits.

The perfect indulgence, you’ll want to bookmark these oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

These shortbread balls couldn't be easier — no chilling, rolling pin or finicky cutting needed!

Pizza night just got flaky. Puff pastry makes a perfect base for this greens-and-cheese pie.

These twisty cheese straws are irresistible. Try them as a snack or on the side of a saucy plate of pasta. There's no way you can eat just one.

Marry two classic dinner meals by serving your family this easy Cheeseburger Meatloaf.

Bring some fun to the dinner table with this educational Chicken Alphabet-Noodle Soup. It's great for overcoming a cold or flu, too.

Want a sure way to secure a snow-shovelling helper? Bribe them with a creamy cup of hot chocolate with a tricked-out stir stick.

Get out the melon baller (a perfect kid-safe tool) and start scooping gourd guts. The whole family will love these roasted pumpkin seeds.

Gather your little helpers and tighten your apron strings; this monkey bread is fun to make as a team.

Parents of picky eaters gather near: this pasta tastes plain-ish, but packs protein with eggs and prosciutto. It's next-level.

Green soup may be a bit of a hard sell, but its got smooth texture and sweetness working for it, plus lots of toppings.

Let the slow cooker do all the work for this saucy pulled pork recipe.

Balsamic carrots may seem like a grown-up ingredient, but its smooth, candied flavour is perfect for little palates.

You may worry your kid isn't getting enough protein if she shuns meat and eggs. A stack of these protein-heavy pancakes will fill her up good.