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Make Meat Dishes Healthier

Cook with 95 percent lean ground beef instead of ground round, to cut saturated fat and calories. Your family won’t even notice the difference.

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How to Get Closer to Your Kids

Research shows that strong parent-child bonds make kids more resilient, confident and socially successful. Here’s how to boost your relationship with your kids.

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P’Noodles

Protein-packed peanut butter helps make this dish an ultimate crowd pleaser.

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We’d like to buy our son a digital camera for the holidays, but then we’d be spending more on him than on his younger sister. Is that really terrible?

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Italian Meatball Stew

This hearty one-dish dinner features small meatballs braised with vegetables and topped with Parmesan cheese. Veggies make it savory and nutritious; meatballs make it fun!

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