Turning to easy recipes that require minimal cooking time can help your loved ones take the stress out of busy back-to-school evenings while increasing the opportunities for sharing family moments together.

Skip the long cook times of complicated dishes and instead turn to an option like this Skillet Macaroni and Cheese, a kid-friendly and parent-approved meal to turn hectic school nights into happy time with family.

A new study in Nutrients reveals that 12% of Americans are eating around 50% of the country’s beef! How much is that? Well, beef consumption hit a record 30 billion pounds in 2021 — so that means 39,600,000 of you are downing about 378 pounds of cow in one form or another every year. To you “Eager-Beefers,” I want to say — “Whoa.”

Here’s why beef (and other red meats) are not as healthy a choice as other proteins.