Whether your Independence Day celebration includes a neighborhood cookout at the pool with burgers, hotdogs, watermelon, and other summery favorites or a picnic under the fireworks, the food for your celebration should be delicious. To help you to make this year’s plans the best yet, we have pulled together our favorite July 4th burger and salad recipes. We hope that these will bring smiles to faces and allow you to focus less on the food and more

Even if family dinners are a top priority, we all have nights when sitting down together is impossible. For those nights, having healthy on-the-go meals can be a lifesaver. Here are some of our favorites, plus tips on how to make the planning, prepping, and serving of these meals as easy as possible. Table Of Contents What Makes a Good On-the-Go MealIdeally, they should be hand-held mealsOn-the-go meals should be completeThey should be delicious at

Perfectly chewy and light, these whole wheat bread machine bagels are simple to make and taste just like bagels shop bagels!Note: This page contains affiliate links. If you purchase a product through these links, your cost will be the same but The  Scramble will receive a small commission. I only link to products I personally use, trust, and love. If you want to learn more, please check out my disclosure page. Thanks for your support!A

I don’t know about you, but as soon as the weather gets warmer, my desire to enjoy outdoor dining and cooking kicks in. For some people, grilling can feel kind of intimidating, so I wanted to share my tips on how to cook on a gas grill to help you get over any fears you might have. Note: This page contains affiliate links. If you purchase a product through these links, your cost will be

Hosting can be a stressful undertaking. I used to be a reluctant host but over the years I have learned how to overcome the fear of entertaining. Here are my tricks that help to make hosting easier so that you can actually enjoy having people over for meals. Table Of Contents Confessions of a Reluctant HostHow to Overcome the Fear of EntertainingStart SafeStart with KidsSimplify, Simplify, SimplifyPeople are ForgivingPrepare in AdvanceAsk for HelpIt Doesn't Have