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Cooking with kids

There's nothing like quality time with your family. We’ve got fun ideas for indoor games, camping and travel tips, holiday crafts, and everything in between.

Family

Let us help navigate daily life with your growing family, with everything from kids’ craft and activity ideas to advice on discipline and birthday party inspiration.

Activities

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Holiday

Say goodbye to lost lids and tumbling stacks. You’re five steps away from having the neatly organized Tupperware storage space of your dreams.

The very best way to organize and store Tupperware

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kitchen tips

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Family life

Don’t know your strip loin from your sirloin? Your flank steak from your flat iron? Read on to become a pro at the butcher counter.

The best way to cook 8 common cuts of steak (with recipes!)

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Recipes

Registered dietitian Emily Kichler explains why you don't need to give up meat entirely to reap the benefits of a plant-based diet.

Want to cut down your grocery bill? These are the most filling plant proteins

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Food

Braising your meat may be the answer to having tasty meals while shopping on a budget.

Cheap meat hack: How to make inexpensive meat melt in your mouth

This easy cooking hack will make inexpensive meat melt in your mouth

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Plus, a life-changing hack for storing natural peanut butter.

10 surprising foods you need to start refrigerating ASAP

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Family health

Quickly cut watermelon into kid-size slices with this awesome trick.

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Simple kitchen tasks can build kids' confidence and food knowledge and make them more likely to try new things. Here's how to get them cooking.

Give your kid a knife: 10 best kitchen tools for small hands

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Kids

This sweet, green fruit is jam-packed with antioxidants that can help ward off the cold and flu. So eat up! Here's how to quickly peel a kiwi.

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Toddler

You really just want to enjoy your mango, but first you have to cut it open. We show you the easiest way to do it.

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kitchen tips

How to get your kid to help make dinner (and eat it, too)

How to actually enjoy holiday baking with your kids

The very best way to organize and store Tupperware

The best way to cook 8 common cuts of steak (with recipes!)

Want to cut down your grocery bill? These are the most filling plant proteins

This easy cooking hack will make inexpensive meat melt in your mouth

10 surprising foods you need to start refrigerating ASAP

How to cut mess-free watermelon slices

Give your kid a knife: 10 best kitchen tools for small hands

How to peel a kiwi: Two easy ways

How to cut a mango