Editor-in-Chief of Cook’s Illustrated magazine Chris Kimball shares some easy, healthy, quick, and affordable meals with The Early Show hosts.
Make a bed of the asparagus and place the salmon on top. Add 1 cup of water and salt and pepper. Cover the pan and simmer for 8 minutes. Reduce the sauce down and add 1/2 [...]
Sometimes, busy family life demands dinner solutions that are quick and easy. This is a quick and easy family meal that goes from raw ingredients to steaming hot dishes in 30 minutes or less.
Tortellini Alfredo with Spinach & Ham
1 1/2 cups milk
1 Tbsp butter or margarine
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1 pkg Knorr Alfredo Pasta Sauce Mix
2 [...]
This Middle-Eastern chicken recipe requires advance preparation, but it is fast. Mix the marinade ingredients in a plastic bag and add the chicken the night before, or in the morning. It only takes a few minutes to cook. Serve with rice and a salad.
In the summer, thread the chicken on skewers and grill it in [...]
These chicken drumsticks are easy to make and put together pretty quickly. Just dip and bake. The hot sauces gives just a little kick, not really hot. Serve them with a side of prepared Ranch dressing for dipping.
Ranch Chicken Drumsticks Recipe
20 chicken drumsticks or wings
1/4 c. butter, melted
1 tbsp. hot pepper sauce
2 tbsp. vinegar
1 pkg. [...]
Quick and Easy Quiche
This quiche is quick and easy to put together, but it does take 40-45 minutes in the oven.
5 large Eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 c Buttermilk baking mix
2 tb Grated Fresh Parmesan Cheese
1/2 teaspoon Dry Mustard
1/4 teaspoon Hot Sauce
1 c Cheddar Cheese; shredded
3/4 c Ham; Diced
1/2 c Chopped Green Onions
Vegetable Cooking Spray
Cherry Tomatoes; Optional
Green [...]
Most mac and cheese recipes call for making a white sauce with flour and milk, which takes time. Not so with this recipe. Just boil the mac, add the rest and bake. The rich result is easy to cut into squares because it’s not soupy. The hot sauce puts a little zing in all that [...]
Healthy dinner meals don’t need to take all night to prepare. This quick dinner recipe combines quick cooking pieces of chicken with fresh vegetables and lots of flavor. Served over angel hair pasta, this is a sure hit on a busy night.
Angel hair pasta cooks very quickly, so don’t start it too soon. Put [...]
This is a quick dessert that is easy to make with no mixing and no bowls to wash. Dump it in the pan and bake for 30 minutes. Enjoy!
BLUEBERRY DUMP CAKE
Ingredients:
1 (18.25 ounce) box yellow cake mix
4 cups fresh blueberries, or frozen, thawed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions:
Preheat oven [...]
This quick and easy family meal recipe dates back to my days in south Texas, when the children were small. My kids discovered spicy foods and there was no looking back. I went from owning the same bottle of Tabasco sauce my whole life, to buying the stuff by the gallon. In my [...]
Kids are gonna snack–but snacks don’t have to be junk food. Author and dietitian Elizabeth Somer has great ideas to help you get your kids to eat healthy snacks.
Encouraging kids to eat healthy snacks
* 25% of your children’s calories come from the food they snack on — that’s a quarter of their daily intake that [...]
