by Jane Sweeney | Dec 16, 2017 | Christmas, Gift Guides, Holiday Cooking, Recipes
Break out the spatula and grab a tween (or, heck, a 6-year-old), because I’ve got nine of my absolute favorite homemade holiday food gifts that will wow your favorite teacher, aunt, or UPS delivery person. All of these food gifts are dead easy to make and package...
by Kate Etue | Dec 14, 2017 | Christmas, Gift Guides, Holiday Cooking, Recipes
At Cool Mom HQ, we’re suckers for easy crafts that keep the kids busy, especially during the holidays. But the Cool Mom Eats team? Well, we say if you take time to craft it, you should be able to eat it. These 10 easy, delicious holiday food crafts for kids are...
by Caroline Siegrist | Dec 13, 2017 | Christmas, Holiday Cooking, Recipes
Every year, I have grand visions of making a bakery-worthy display of elaborate holiday cookies using a candy thermometer, piping bag — the whole deal. But inevitably, the holiday crush, well, crushes those aspirations. So this year I’m embracing super...
by Stacie Billis | Dec 12, 2017 | Holiday Cooking, Recipes
One of my favorite things about home cooking is that, more often than you might think, the best recipes are the simplest ones. In this case, it doesn’t get any better than classic potato latkes made with nothing more than russet potatoes, onions, flour, egg,...
by Kate Etue | Dec 6, 2017 | Christmas, Holiday Cooking, Recipes
I have to be honest that I don’t love decorating gingerbread houses with my kids… the mess, the crazy sugar high from all those gumdrops, and the inevitable tears when it all collapses. That’s why I prefer gingerbread people! So much more simple, and...
by Jane Sweeney | Dec 4, 2017 | Christmas, Holiday Cooking, Recipes
My name is Jane and I don’t love baking holiday cookies. There, I said it! I absolutely love cookies, but I’ve just never been a spend-all-day-in-the-kitchen-making-sugar-cookies type of gal. But you can’t have the holidays without cookies. So I’ve put together...