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How to cook spaghetti squash in the slow cooker!

by Stacie Billis | Oct 9, 2015 | Recipes, Tips + Tricks

While scouring the web for the best skinny slow cooker recipes I could find, I came across a genius trick that I have to share: how to cook spaghetti squash in a slow cooker. Did you know that you could do this? I had no clue and, in fact, have always wondered the...

High protein snack attack: How to make roasted chickpeas 6 ways

by Stacie Billis | Oct 3, 2015 | Recipes, Tips + Tricks

Growing up Greek, I was raised with roasted chickpea snacks from the Greek store that were super chalky and unappetizing. But my mom kept feeding them to me because they were an easy, high protein snack with big crunch. I didn’t get it back then—and begged for...

How to store baked goods, from cakes to pies to cookies, so that they taste great even 3 days later.

by Stacie Billis | Oct 1, 2015 | Christmas, Holiday Cooking, Party!, Tips + Tricks

With baking season around the corner, it’s time to (finally!) get a handle on how to properly store baked goods. With the right moves, you can bake your treats ahead of time and still serve up fresh pies, melt-in-your-mouth cookies, and moist cakes a little later....

How to clean lunch boxes with all natural cleaners so that you can feel good letting your kids eat out of it.

by Kate Etue | Sep 16, 2015 | Back to School, Tips + Tricks

My kids’ lunch boxes come home from school looking pretty nasty some days — like when the peanut butter seems to have exploded inside, or when we open it on Monday morning to find a banana was left inside over the weekend. Gross. So we’ve been...

The new (no) peanut butter and jelly sandwich: 6 easy, healthy, nut free spreads for school lunch ideas.

by Stacie Billis | Sep 15, 2015 | Recipes, Tips + Tricks

My boys started a new school this year that is hardcore about keeping out nuts and even sesame seeds. No peanuts. No store-bought hummus! What’s a busy mom to do?! Lots of lunch ideas happen to be nut-free—you can grab a few from our list of gluten-free lunch...

ChopChop Cooking Club: Free, online cooking lessons for aspiring little chefs.

by Kate Etue | Aug 31, 2015 | Tips + Tricks

Thanks to shows like Master Chef Junior, my kids now know the difference between sauté and flambé — and they want to do both in our kitchen at home. The problem is, they either get bored trying to choose a recipe from my text-heavy cookbooks, or they manage to...