Kristen Chase, Author at Cool Mom Eats

Don’t toss it! Clever ways to use foods you might otherwise throw away.

by Kristen Chase | Jul 11, 2019 | Tips + Tricks

If you’re like us, you’ve found yourself in the precarious situation of playing “toss or save” with bread heels, almost-compostable vegetables… you get the idea. Should they stay or should they go now? Ha, okay. Enjoy the earworm. Well,...

20 unique salad toppings that will make your boring salad pop!

by Kristen Chase | Mar 11, 2019 | Tips + Tricks

If you’ve already exhausted your arsenal of salad toppings, like Craisins, croutons, and apparently foods that begin with “cr,” we’ve got 20 unique salad toppings to add to your list, just in time for spring. And when we mean unique, we mean...

The SVANKi heated ice cream scoop. What a wonderful time to be alive.

by Kristen Chase | Oct 12, 2018 | Shopping Finds

I realize that on scale of 1 to 10, the problem of not being able to scoop hard ice cream out into a bowl compared to everything else going on in the world is at a -78151 (or at least, it should be). But c’mon, aren’t you a little bit curious about a...

How I lost 25lbs in 3 months with Bright Line Eating

by Kristen Chase | Aug 7, 2018 | Columns, Tips + Tricks

I turned 40 a little over two years ago, and since then, I have packed on about 25 pounds. Call it stress, hormones, or just eating more than I should, but it happened. I finally got to the point where I wanted to do something about it, so when my BFF lost 50 pounds...

Uber Eats offers free Friday delivery in August. Praise be!

by Kristen Chase | Aug 6, 2018 | Shopping Finds

We here at Cool Mom Eats have no shortage of resources to help you feed your family, from our free weekly meal plan to Instant Pot recipes, you get the idea. We even have a whole Recipe Rescue Facebook Group! But sometimes, you just gotta order take out, especially in...