Better Than Take-Out (& Faster, Too)

Research shows that children in families who sit down to dinner together are more likely to be successful, but on-the-go families need ideas for accomplishing this with meals that don't require much time in the kitchen. Offering a helping hand to exhausted parents who are often faced with screaming kids and no dinner plans, this cookbook for busy families is filled with easy recipes that parents and children can make together from whatever is in the house. Included are quick ideas for appetizers, soups, salads, main dishes, and desserts that can be made at any time. Recipes for dishes such as homemade onion soup, black bean salad, stuffed mushrooms, chicken with orange sauce, and chocolate banana cream pie are presented in an appealing, fun format that will inspire even those who hate to cook.