Baby
Introducing Solids Foods (Fruits & Veggies) to Baby
Introducing solid foods to your baby? Here is a simple guide to making fruit and vegetable purees at home. It’s easy peasy.
Toddler
Toddler Food Wars, Fruit Edition
What to do with a kid who doesn’t like to eat fruit?
Baby
The 12-Month Milk-to-Food Transition
All milk and no solids! What to do with a newly-minted toddler who’s stuck with babyish eating habits.
Food & Home
Why Your Kids Should Help Prepare Meals
Kids like to feel involved and important. I love the conversations that we have in the kitchen while we cook. The kitchen really is the heart of the home.
Food & Home
They Have No Idea That It Is Good For Them
My kids love to eat junk food. I want them to eat healthy food. Why not healthy food that pretends to be junk food? That would be a great switch, wouldn’t it?
Big Kid
Motivating Meals
What if I told you that the way to get your teenagers to do chores around the house was to use food as motivation? Hear me out.
Toddler
The Mealtime Wanderer
Oh, I’m the type of toddler who will never settle down, put food on the table and I just like to roam around…
Food & Home
Mother’s Day Brunch
Don’t hate me, but I was invited to a Mother’s Day Brunch– torn from the magazine pages of their May issue– and prepared at Everyday Food’s real test kitchen within the Martha Stewart offices. Yes, I consider this an early Mother’s Day gift. Because really? It was a divine and rare treat.
Family Fun
Family Dinner Not Working? Try Family Breakfast
We press on and continue to try having family dinners, but while our dinners are a work in progress, breakfast has become a win!
Toddler
Dining Out With Toddlers
At what point is it no longer kosher to go to a restaurant and bring your child’s meal in the diaper bag?
Big Kid
Body Image, Eating Disorders, and Raising Little Girls
I do my best to model the kind of attitude I would like my daughter to have about her body. However, mine isn’t the only opinion she hears.
Toddler
Low-Carb Diets & Toddlers
When a parent’s diet plan turns dangerous.
Health & Safety
Becoming a Gluten-Free Family
It was three years ago when I realized my daughter needed to go on a gluten-free diet. Pretty much everything my child loved to eat, she couldn’t have anymore.
Health & Safety
Junk Food Wars
Problem: Grandma likes stuffing little Susie full of junk food all day long. Double Problem: You’re not actually little Susie’s mom.
Health & Safety
Playing Food Detective
Some things you may have wondered about your food but were too afraid to ask.
Baby
What To Do With Leftover Baby Food
I’ve got a freezer full of lovely, organic, homemade baby food purees…that my baby is suddenly too grown-up to eat. Help!
Baby
Is My Baby Eating Enough?
My 9-month-old has dropped from the 25th percentile for weight to the 5th. How do I help him pack on the pounds?
Toddler
Toddler Mealtime Wars
Kids can be picky about their food — but making your toddler a separate meal is not the answer. Here’s how to teach your toddler to eat what she’s served.
Baby
Beyond the Cereal Box: Wholesome Finger Foods For Babies
My baby suddenly won’t eat anything from a spoon. NOW WHAT?
Baby
Homemade Baby Food When You’re Away From Home
Does traveling with your baby also mean traveling with a blender and a steamer and pots and pans…or just giving in to the Gerber?