Tips + Tricks Archives | Cool Mom Eats

The game-changing meal-planning tip we had never heard before

by Liz Gumbinner | Oct 16, 2019 | Tips + Tricks

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...

How to make Halloween more safe (and inclusive!) for kids with peanut + tree nut allergies: 5 essential tips

by Liz Gumbinner | Oct 3, 2019 | Halloween, Tips + Tricks

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

by Liz Gumbinner | Sep 25, 2019 | Back to School, Tips + Tricks

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.

by Kate Etue | Sep 24, 2019 | Tips + Tricks

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...

Mid-morning lunch box snack help: Dozens of ideas from our own readers.

by Liz Gumbinner | Sep 5, 2019 | Back to School, Shopping Finds, Tips + Tricks

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...

How to use up overripe tomatoes – and bruised ones too! 4 delicious ideas.

by Jane Sweeney | Aug 13, 2019 | Recipes, Tips + Tricks

Every year I grow as many tomato plants as my garden will hold. If I’m lucky and #thosedarnsquirrels don’t eat them all, I have a bounty of juicy red and yellow fruit that lasts through September. Inevitably some tomatoes will ripen too quickly or blister in the sun....