 McKinnon is the editor of "Australia's Favorite Recipes" (2012), a cookbook which raises money for the charity Legacy and features the family recipes of ordinary Australians.In 2014, McKinnon resigned from "Weekend Today" to focus on other projects on the Nine Network, she was replaced by Deborah Knight.In May 2017, McKinnon and "Nine News" journalist Neil Breen teamed up to host "The Way It Was," a podcast which dissected the weekly news cycle.