Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe This is the easiest — and most delicious — recipe! If you want to know how to make no-knead bread, you’re in the right place. WHat you need to make no-knead bread all-purpose flour yeast sugar salt time Here’s how to make it. recipe: Print How to make no-knead bread Print […]
6 secrets to help kids go from picky eating to “Yes, P-L-E-A-S-E!”—and only 1 is about food
Can picky eating be transformed into kids who have the skills to try new foods? Will we ever enjoy family meals together? You might be surprised, especially at what it takes. Instead of recipes, raising happy, healthy little foodies calls for curiosity, patience and courage. Moving beyond picky eating is more about character than kale. […]
Recipes for Picky Eaters: 12 Ways to Add Secret Fruit & Veggies
It can be hard for kids to get enough produce, especially picky eaters. That’s why I love these 12 recipes to add secret fruit and veggies to their meals. In my experience, repeatedly offering vegetables to kids, in lots of ways, eventually works. But in the meantime, kids still need to shoot for the five recommended […]
Whole-Wheat Mini Tomato Galettes
Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe These whole-wheat mini tomato galettes are a delicious lunch kids absolutely love. With a whole-wheat crust that comes together quick (and freezes like a dream) you can fill them with any combination of: fresh cherry tomatoes cheese (cheddar, goat, feta) sweet corn beans (white beans or chick peas) This delicious lunch […]
Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce
Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe My mother-in-law introduced us to homemade hot fudge sauce and we’ll never go back! Impossibly thick, rich and decadent, this hot fudge sauce is also a great gift idea. What You Need to Make Hot Fudge Sauce You don’t need any special equipment. Just a pan, a whisk and some jars […]
Simple Summer Favorites for Families: Easy Summer Recipes Kids Love
With four kids at home all day, every day, just ALLLL the time, I’ve come to depend on a handful of simple but fresh recipes that I’m basically cooking on repeat. These are the easy summer recipes kids love: Kale with Bacon & Cranberries: You KNOW kale is good for your kids but… This is […]
Rice Pudding with Sweetened Condensed Milk
Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe Can you make rice pudding with sweetened condensed milk? You certainly can! We’ve recently discovered the joy of chocolate rice pudding (starting with leftover but perfectly cooked brown rice) but dare I say it, I love this sweetened condensed milk rice pudding AT LEAST as much. Maybe more. Because you only […]
12 Dinners with 5 Ingredients or Less…that Kids Love
Sometimes dinner just needs to be easy. Because most parents (including myself) find it tough to make dinner every single night. That’s why I love having a stable of dinners with 5 ingredients or less on hand. Not counting salt and pepper, these are a dozen delicious dinners with five ingredients or less, that all […]
Sausage, Kale and Bean Soup: A Nutritious Soup Kids Love
Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe Soup season is the best. I love a hearty dinner full of fresh ingredients that comes together quickly, reheats like a dream (Lunch is ready!) and freezes beautifully for another dinner altogether. Our newest family favorite is Sausage, Kale and Bean Soup, a simple recipe that kids (and husbands) love! We […]
10-Minute Buttery Chicken with Zucchini & Herbs
Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe The fastest chicken dinner I’ve ever made started yesterday at 4pm, when we finally rolled through the door. A sweaty group of kids fussing at each other. You know, the basic after-school mode. And on Wednesdays — hooray! — there’s an extra hurdle to leap over: gymnastics starts at 5pm. I […]