by Kate Etue | Oct 6, 2020 | Back to School, Tips + Tricks
Lately, my homeschooled children been having fun with these simple kitchen experiments for kids that absolutely count as science class time. And as we get into our second month of school, I really need this in my back pocket! Honestly, some days, my kids complete...
by Caroline Siegrist | Sep 22, 2020 | Tips + Tricks
Just as I was resigning myself to a lifetime of snack servitude for my son during at-home learning, I saw Kate post a gorgeous snack tray idea for kids on the @CoolMomEats Instagram feed that she spotted from Prashana Vidanapathirana. Is it possible? Would a little...
by Kate Etue | Sep 18, 2020 | Back to School, Tips + Tricks
In the past, we’ve written about how to clean our kids lunch boxes safely, say if a banana gets left in there over the weekend or a container of spaghetti somehow gets tossed back in without a lid. But this year, we have the fun (i.e. not at all fun) added layer...
by Liz Gumbinner | Sep 9, 2020 | Back to School, Recipes, Tips + Tricks
Just because your kids aren’t in school in a traditional way doesn’t mean that parents aren’t thinking about school lunches. With so much on our plates these days (womp womp), it’s a good opportunity for us to teach our kids to be more reliant,...
by Kate Etue | Aug 8, 2020 | Recipes, Tips + Tricks
Many of us on the Cool Mom Eats team have made the leap to CSA memberships this year, since COVID-19 has limited our access to farmer’s markets in town. And sometimes we get some ingredients that we aren’t used to cooking with — which can be fun! But also, a little...
by Kate Etue | Aug 5, 2020 | Columns, Tips + Tricks
If you haven’t noticed, it’s summer. And it’s hot. Like, miserably hot. My family thought we’d enjoy a relaxing dinner al fresco on the back porch and, just…nope. But it got me thinking…is there anything to the saying that spicy...
