THE PIONEER WOMAN

Ree Drummond fixes up a warming lunch, chunky beef chili, a cowboy favorite with two kinds of beef, cheesy quesadilla, individual caramel cakes.

Ree Drummond makes spicy food, Kung Pao chicken, spicy srirachi popcorn, new queso, spicy cowgirl coffee, spicy shrimp.

Evening meals in Ree Drummond's 16-minute frontier fast lane, shrimp tacos with slaw and fixings, pork chops with wine and garlic with a side of zesty lemony green beans, pepperoni chicken, crispy grilled cheese.

Filling the fridge with the kids' favorite foods, Paige's quiche with her pick of fillings, broccoli cheese mac and cheese mash-up as ordered by Bryce, chicken noodle soup for the Merc's newest recruit, berry yogurt parfaits.

Ree is testing delicious ideas for kitchen hacks to up her breakfast game, including a shortcut to Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Pancakes, she creates a crazy Omelet in a Bag, unleashes the waffle iron for cheesy hacked Wafflemaker Hash Browns.

Ree cleans out her fridge and uses up food that's on the way out, she creates a lemon rice pudding with left-over lemons, the produce drawer is transformed into a Fridge Gazpacho, she creates marinade for grilled Tex Mex Chicken and Chicken Alfredo.

A ready-made angel food cake becomes Baked Alaska, a package of cookie dough transforms into Fruit Tarts, a round white loaf makes a Roasted Garlic Four Cheese Pull-Apart Bread, a can of tomato soup becomes Tomato Soup 2.0.

Ree Drummond tries to win back her husband, she makes the Farmer's Breakfast, with over-easy fried eggs, honey-glazed ham, fried sausage and bacon, plus crispy bits potatoes and sticky buns.

Ladd and his father look forward to a slap-up cowboy spread, Ree makes a PW steak rub to sprinkle over breakfast steaks, side dish: breakfast grits with bacon and jalapenos, a can of Ree's mom's classic apple dumplings.

Breakfast cookies are a perfect jump start on the morning, a bountiful bento box for Paige with Amish baked oatmeal, mini fruit kebabs with blueberry yogurt dip and individual ham casseroles, full-on fun apple granola stackers.

The Drummond family tackles a big fence post project on the ranch, strip steak sandwiches with grilled onions and over easy eggs, cowboy dippers with a delicious buttermilk dip, shortcut mini pecan pies and frozen summer coolers.

Alex is home from college and the cousins get together for a street taco feast, Texas braised beef, ranch chicken to pile into tacos, avocado lime crema, salsa diablo, mango de gallo, brown beans, grilled mini peppers, purple paletas.