Curated picks for modern family life

Nicole Blades

Contributor Nicole Blades is a prolific author, journalist, gadget junkie, committed dSLR evangelist, and former Cool Mom Tech associate editor. She lives in CT by way of Brooklyn by way of Canada which means she’s not only cool, she’s very polite.

Recipes

7 homemade hot chocolate recipes that will have them going loco for your cocoa.

It’s the middle of December and the weather outside (at least in the Northeast) has been far from frightful. Actually,…
Tips + Tricks

6 food apps that bring helpful tech to your Turkey Day prep

It’s mid-November. Yeah. We can’t believe it either. We only just got over our summer s’mores obsession a few weeks ago…
Recipes

Six delicious 30 minute dinner recipes that really cook in 30 minutes. Some even faster.

Honestly, the whole what to make for dinner dilemma has gotten old. Trying to figure out new, fresh, and tasty…
Back to School, Recipes

5 healthy, make ahead snack recipes to feed those hungry bears when they get home from school.

This summer, my son started a new trend: Coming home from day camp absolutely ravenous. The kid was practically making…
Shopping Finds

5 absolutely gorgeous kitchen countertop storage ideas that blend function with I want that.

There are times when a totally clear kitchen countertop looks fantastic. But then there’s the real world, where the kitchen…