If the dinner bell sounds a lot like a microwave ding, it’s time for Menu for the Week. Every Friday, receive links to seven kid- and parent-approved recipes that can be prepped in less than 30 minutes and require easy-to-find ingredients. Think healthy meals without the zap.

Your (literal) heart’s desire: To enjoy whole foods and regular workouts — and not stress out about it. The South Beach Diet eliminates the rough terrain of calorie counting and tummy rumbling, and guides you through three simple meal plan phases to the easy-breezy shores of a healthy lifestyle.

Beware the one-upping friend. You plan a trip to the Bahamas; she flew the Concorde to Paris. But your days of being one-upped are numbered. Enter The Story Studio. Workshops train students to transform a life experience from ho-hum to hel-lo. Learn to charm a crowd through exercises in story structuring, or conquer your public speaking phobia once and for all.