Lisa Barnes

Lisa a fabulously cool mom of three grown or nearly grown kids, and a new Oregonian. She loves cooking and meal planning so much, she writes about it on Cool Mom Eats. Superstar!

Meal Planning, Recipes

5 comfort food dinner ideas for a tough week: Recipes designed to soothe

We first published this post at a time the world was hurting so many hearts — the pandemic, politics, wildfires…
Meal Planning, Recipes

September meal planning: What to make for dinner with September’s fresh produce

Do you remember? All of the produce in September? (My apologies both to you, reader, and to Earth, Wind and…
Shopping Finds, Tips + Tricks

Up your burger game with the best grills and 5 grilling tools I can’t live without.

It’s almost officially summer, and that means we’ve got grilling on the brain! Hopefully, your grill is all cleaned up…
Meal Planning, Recipes

5 easy, delicious dinner ideas for those weeks that get unexpectedly busy | Weekly Meal Plan

This time of year always gets busier than we anticipate, and I always want to have easy weeknight dinner ideas…
Meal Planning, Recipes

A week’s worth of family-friendly spring recipes | Weekly Meal Plan

It’s finally spring around here with daffodils popping up and flowering trees, which means it’s time to start planning some…
Meal Planning, Recipes

6 amazing recipes from Black food bloggers you should totally be following | Meal Plan Ideas

Editor’s Note: We have always done our best on this site to be inclusive in different ways: By amplifying diverse…
Recipes

Lunar New Year Recipes from Kristina Cho of Eat Cho Food

We’re sharing some delicious Lunar New Year recipes because, today, millions of people around the world are celebrating the start…
Christmas, Holiday Cooking

All the best last-minute holiday food gifts you can still make for friends | Holiday Gifts

Every year, I spend weeks checking everyone off of my list: in-laws, parents, siblings, kids, teachers…and, then the week before…
Christmas, Shopping Finds

21 of the best food Advent calendars of 2023: Counting down with chocolate, coffee, wine, and a few delicious surprises

It’s nice to have a celebration to look forward right now, and 2023 Advent calendars–especially food Advent calendars–are such a…
Meal Planning, Recipes

5 fabulous fall comfort food meals to work into your weekly meal plan

The weather is getting chillier (somewhat) where I live and it’s dark at 6:30pm, so it’s not surprise that warm,…