by Jane Sweeney | Nov 18, 2018 | Holiday Cooking, Recipes, Tips + Tricks
No matter what anyone tells you about Thanksgiving, make-ahead Thanksgiving tips always come in handy. Plan all you want, but it’s still going to be a bit of a mad dash right before that beautiful turkey hits the table. But every year I host, I get a little better...
by Caroline Siegrist | Nov 7, 2018 | Tips + Tricks
At Cool Mom Eats, we talk a lot about how to feed our picky eaters, which is a huge source of stress for parents with kids of all ages. So I was excited to learn about the Flavorbaby app, created by a mom-and-dad team to help guide new parents in developing their...
by Jane Sweeney | Nov 5, 2018 | Shopping Finds, Tips + Tricks
As a food professional, I often get asked about the best dish to cook for new parents. And I usually let them in on a little secret: Don’t cook them anything. Instead, if you want an amazing gift idea for new parents, do what a good friend did for us when my first...
by Anne Wolfe Postic | Oct 29, 2018 | Halloween, Tips + Tricks
Each year, so many parents looking out for kids with allergies want to know whether it’s true that Halloween fun-size or mini candies may contain nuts, even if the full-size candies are known for being nut-free. Bad news: It’s true. Even if a full-size...
by Jane Sweeney | Oct 24, 2018 | Recipes, Tips + Tricks
I can’t write an article about the best way to cook brussels sprouts without thinking how far we’ve come since I was a kid. Back then, my best friend’s mother used to say when you cooked brussels sprouts, it smelled like the Jolly Green Giant farted in the...
by Jane Sweeney | Oct 11, 2018 | Recipes, Tips + Tricks
I can rattle off about ten recipes where the first step calls for browning ground beef, from chilis to casseroles, sauces, pasta dishes (taco spaghetti!) and more. But for years, I’ve always found this simple step really hard to execute – with the meat always...
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