Get a look at the new Le Creuset Star Wars collection. Just in time for Rise of Skywalker fever!
With the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker final trailer breaking yesterday (watch now!), and tickets for the movie going on sale last night (got mine!) the annual end-of-year Star Wars frenzy has begun. If you want to get ahead of the curve on gifts for your favorite...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy vegetarian comfort food meals for fall that even meat-lovers will like
Our all-vegetarian meal plan this summer was a huge hit, so now that the weather's turned cooler we wanted to focus on vegetarian comfort-food meals with this weekly meal plan. From lasagna to chili and pot pie, we've taken our favorite comfort food dishes and given...
6 easy Oreo Halloween treats your kids can help make
Spooky spiders, creepy bats, and even a little blood splatter: It’s amazing what Oreo Halloween treats you can make with a bag right from the store and just a few extra items. Yay for semi-homemade! A little scary but mostly sweet, I found an abundance of easy Oreo...
The game-changing meal-planning tip we had never heard before
This week on the Spawned parenting podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with Suzy Chase, host of the #1 cookbook podcast, Cookery by the Book. After speaking with nearly 200 cookbook authors, restauranteurs, famous chefs and skilled home cooks over the years, Suzy...
Weekly meal plan: 5 great recipes that use leftovers creatively all week long
This week we're laying out an easy plan for you so you only have to cook three times, but you'll get five meals out of it. You'll be making big batches when you do cook, but you'll have the other nights off to make up for it. Totally worth it, in my book. So grab a...
9 of our favorite easy Halloween treat ideas on our Instagram feed. You can do these!
Here, I've wrangled together some of the easiest Halloween treat ideas we've shared over the past few years. on Instagram You know, the kind you can mainly do without complex instructions. You might not even need the recipe at all. Because while have the best time...
Skip the garbage and go right to these 5 delicious pumpkin spice treats + snacks. They’re amazing!
Even though the weather is still jumping up close to 90 where I live, I'm almost wondering if it's too late to be talking about pumpkin spice. And yet, it's October which means it's full-on pumpkin spice season. for some of us -- clichés be damned -- we love it! That...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy comfort food meals for fall
The forecast says the temperatures are finally getting cooler this week, and I couldn't be more excited. So I'm dreaming up some of those comfort food dishes that I've put off making because they just aren't appealing when it's still 100-degrees outside. So grab a pen...
How to make Halloween more safe (and inclusive!) for kids with peanut + tree nut allergies: 5 essential tips
We have always had an acute awareness about making Hallowen safe for kids with peanut and tree nut allergies. Especially because some of our own kids of our team members on Cool Mom Picks have grappled with peanut and tree nut allergies that range from mild to...
Half the Sugar, All the Love: A new family cookbook we can’t get enough of
Even though I don't have a "sweet tooth," per se, I still have a hunch I get too much sugar in my diet. And I'm certain my kids do. (So is their dentist.) So, when I received a review copy of the yet-to-be-released cookbook Half the Sugar, All the Love by Jennifer...
Testing the popular Speedy Skillet Ravioli Lasagna, the internet’s current recipe obsession
Every once in a while a recipe takes flight – on the internet, that is. The recent posting of Grace Parisi’s Speedy Skillet Ravioli Lasagna at Food52, and from the new cookbook, Lasagna: A Baked Pasta Cookbookby Anna Hezel (available from our Amazon affiliate) is...
These 7 Rosh Hashanah apple recipes welcome the new year deliciously!
This year, Rosh Hashanah begins so late in the month but that doesn't mean we gathered all our apple recipe ideas together in time! For my family, the best part of the celebration is always the apples dipped in honey, and that means making apples the centerpiece of...
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The game-changing meal-planning tip we had never heard before
This week on the Spawned parenting podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with Suzy Chase, host of the #1 cookbook podcast, Cookery by the Book. After speaking with nearly 200 cookbook authors, restauranteurs, famous chefs and skilled home cooks over the years,...
How to make Halloween more safe (and inclusive!) for kids with peanut + tree nut allergies: 5 essential tips
We have always had an acute awareness about making Hallowen safe for kids with peanut and tree nut allergies. Especially because some of our own kids of our team members on Cool Mom Picks have grappled with peanut and tree nut allergies that range from mild to...
How to get a teen to pack their own lunch: 6 tips from teen chef Josh Reisner
As parents, we talk a lot about tips to get kids to pack their own school lunches. But the truth is, even teens can struggle a bit when it comes to picking up just one more responsibility. Especially if they're always used to us doing it for them. (Guilty as...
Order dinner with Door Dash and feed 10 families in need while you’re at it. Here’s how.
We're all about a great home-cooked meal with your family, but we are also realists. Despite an amazing meal plan you might already have in place, sometimes you just need to take the night off and order in. BTDT more than once, myself. So just in case you need any...
Mid-morning lunch box snack help: Dozens of ideas from our own readers.
This week, Erin asked our Recipe Rescue Facebook community for ideas for mid-morning snacks for kids for when they "burn out on string cheese, and can't have nuts." The group came through big time, with lots of ideas for quick snacks to pack in lunch boxes, all to...
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Weekly meal plan: 5 easy vegetarian comfort food meals for fall that even meat-lovers will like
Our all-vegetarian meal plan this summer was a huge hit, so now that the weather's turned cooler we wanted to focus on vegetarian comfort-food meals with this weekly meal plan. From lasagna to chili and pot pie, we've taken our favorite comfort food dishes and...
6 easy Oreo Halloween treats your kids can help make
Spooky spiders, creepy bats, and even a little blood splatter: It’s amazing what Oreo Halloween treats you can make with a bag right from the store and just a few extra items. Yay for semi-homemade! A little scary but mostly sweet, I found an abundance of easy Oreo...
Weekly meal plan: 5 great recipes that use leftovers creatively all week long
This week we're laying out an easy plan for you so you only have to cook three times, but you'll get five meals out of it. You'll be making big batches when you do cook, but you'll have the other nights off to make up for it. Totally worth it, in my book. So grab a...
9 of our favorite easy Halloween treat ideas on our Instagram feed. You can do these!
Here, I've wrangled together some of the easiest Halloween treat ideas we've shared over the past few years. on Instagram You know, the kind you can mainly do without complex instructions. You might not even need the recipe at all. Because while have the best time...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy comfort food meals for fall
The forecast says the temperatures are finally getting cooler this week, and I couldn't be more excited. So I'm dreaming up some of those comfort food dishes that I've put off making because they just aren't appealing when it's still 100-degrees outside. So grab a...
