Crafts
Rainbow Quickle: the Quick Spring Pickle!
Teach your kids to “Eat the Rainbow” by getting them involved in this food craft for Spring. Learn to easily make a pretty and delicious vegetable pickle.
Food & Home
Three Tasty Alternative Chili Recipes (That Don’t Taste Like Alternatives)
Nothing warms up the family on a cold day like a hearty chili, but why stick to the standard? These three recipes are all very different and super delicious.
Health
Preserving the Pantry during the Time of Corona Quarantine (and Every Day)
Looking for guidelines on how to keep your food safe and what the different dates listed on your food products mean? Us, too. Here’s our cheat sheet.
Family Fun
Gold Star Chart: iCarly Contest Promotes Creative Kids’ Vegetable Recipes
Can’t wait to see what awaits mom and kid viewers with the fun and imaginative iCarly iCook with Birds Eye (aka VEGETABLES!) recipe contest. I hope it’s as creative as Spaghetti Tacos.
Food & Home
How to Make Chicken Soup (Recipes Kids Should Know Before Leaving Home)
Homemade chicken soup is a great way to use leftover roasted chicken. Plus who doesn’t love it? You’ll be able to keep your friends and family happy for years making them chicken soup! This is a meal your kids should know how to make before leaving home.
Health & Safety
A Five-Year-Old & Food Anxiety
A five-year old has suddenly developed anxiety around healthy eating and her food choices. Her parents are very concerned. Should they wait and see or take a more proactive approach at this point? We have some thoughts.
Food & Home
How to Make Tuna Salad Sandwich (Recipes Kids Should Know to Make Before Leaving Home)
Since tuna sandwiches are one of the first things I learned how to make, I think it’s a meal that kids should know how to make before leaving home.
Products & Services
Best Meal Kit Delivery Services for Families to Solve the Daily Dinner Grind (we tested 9 of the most popular ones)
Wondering which meal kit delivery service might be right for your family? An experienced family cook (of picky teens) tried most of them and gives you the 411.
Food & Home
Why I Make My Kids Pack Their Own Lunches (And One Thing That Makes It Even Easier)
Teach your kids how to make their own crustless sandwiches and get one step closer to crossing making school lunches off your daily to-do list.
Young Child
The Child Who Eats Too Little
A child has always eaten very little but now he’s fallen off the growth charts and isn’t keeping up physically and socially with his peers. What should the mom do when her pediatrician insists everything is “fine”?
Postpartum
Bounce Back: Must-Have Healthy Postpartum Snacks
Following the birth of your child you NEED TO EAT. And you need to eat well, and regularly. Here are our fave postpartum healthy snacks.
Food & Home
A Baseball-Themed Lunch for Little League Season
Have a kid or kids crazy for baseball? Tis the season. We’ve got a cute baseball-themed lunch box idea perfect for school or for noshing in the stands during practice.
Food & Home
Cooking For (& With) Kids: Citrus Sweet Potatoes, Two Ways
By popular demand, Amalah shares with us the homemade foods that are most popular with her kids and easiest to make from scratch. First up, transforming sweet potatoes into tots and a delicious side serving of mash.
Food & Home
Yummy Greek Yogurt Blueberry Lemon Muffins!
Brenda modifies her great grandmother’s famous recipe for lemon bread so that it has some extra protein and great taste in it… she adds greek yogurt and blueberries. And turns them into muffins, making them perfect for on the go.
Food & Home
Why I Choose Organic Milk for My Family
A lifelong milk-lover shares why she chooses organic milk for her family and how she incorporates milk into her sons’ diets.
Food & Home
Our Morning Protein: a “new” New Year’s Resolution!
This month I’m focused on getting the family starting the day off with more energy and focus. That means we’re eating a more nutritious breakfast, making sure we get enough protein in our diets throughout the day. See how I’m doing it.
Food & Home
Grilled Cheese (Recipes Kids Should Know How To Cook Before Leaving Home)
How to make grilled cheese, a meal kids should know how to make before leaving home. Here’s our recipe and special tips for kids.
Food & Home
Recipes Kids Should Know How to Cook Before Leaving Home: Omelets
The first post in a series on recipes should know before they leave home. First recipe up – omelets!
Holidays
Apple Monsters Halloween Snack
In the lead up to Halloween, it’s nice to have an healthy snack in your repertoire. These apple monsters are quick to put together and they are fun for a pre-trick-or-treat snack or lined up on a tray for a Halloween party.
Young Child
Picky Eating & Mom Guilt
A WOHM mom doesn’t want to engage in a mealtime battle with her young picky eater because she wants a pleasant dinnertime experience but is experiencing guilt about his limited food palate. What can she do?