The Pioneer Woman

Waffle maker pizzas, paninis and quesadillas; tips for using a zip bag to make Caesar salad and fruit salad; chocolate cake in a mug; spicy tea kettle noodle soup.

Make-ahead dishes including chicken satay with peanut sauce and a spinach and artichoke dip with salted pita wedges.

It's a few days before Christmas, and Ree is making Christmas goodies to give as gifts. She whips up homemade gumdrops, Christmas cherries, pretzel turtles, cayenne cheese straws and sweet spicy smoky roasted almonds.

It's Ree Drummond and husband Ladd's anniversary, so to celebrate she's cooking a meal for the whole family. She prepares a Colorado wedge salad, prime rib for five with chimichurri and rustic bread with honey butter.

Ree stocks her kitchen to make some of her favourite meatless meals. She whips up broccoli cheese baked potatoes, grilled aubergine steaks, roasted vegetable panzanella, Italian cornbread and tofu lettuce wraps.

Ree makes dinner for her family after a long, sweltering afternoon of hauling hay at her brother-in-law's house. On the menu is spicy slow cooked ribs, cheesy hominy casserole, broccoli salad and ice cream layer cake.

It's all about stunning five ingredient meals, and on the menu is a chicken fennel bake, spaghetti carbonara, eggs in tomatoes, veggie tortellini soup and three varieties of baking tray suppers.

Cowboy Pete has had a long, hard summer on the farm, so Ree makes a Tex-Mex dinner to thank him and his family. On the menu is carnitas, mango salad, cheesy refried bean casserole and guacamole with a kick.

Ree's sons are football crazy, so when their friends come over to compare fantasy teams, Ree's on hand to cook their favourite foods, kicked-up spicy wings, make-ahead sandwich rolls, a potato skins bar and salted pretzel brownies.

Ree packs some fun treats for a late afternoon picnic with the younger kids. She makes animal crackers, crunchy cereal chicken fingers, cucumber finger sandwiches, salad on a stick and mini watermelon wedges.