8 awesome snack recipes using cereal that the kids will freak out over!
It turns out that today, March 7th, is National Cereal Day (who knew!) and I can think of no better time to make this confession: I'm a recovering cereal addict. I could eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner—and have on occasion. Cereal largely fueled my college and...
Web Coolness: Oscars dresses that look like recipes, presidential election cocktails, cutest cupcake toppers & more.
Here are our favorite food links from around the web this week. We hope that you like them, too! Oscars dresses that accidentally resemble Bon Appétit recipes. Fun! Also, Oscars dresses in cookie form. Amazing. This fine dining club for parents (and their...
Who needs cake with these 7 birthday cake alternatives that will bring the party.
It's hard to imagine a birthday kid who doesn't like cake, but it happens. And when you're the parent of the birthday kid who doesn't want cake, you're left figuring out what to serve that's just as festive, delicious, and easy to serve to—and satisfy—a big group of...
5 pretzel crusted dinner recipes that are mom tested, kid approved.
Sometimes, as the family cook, you just need a win. In these moments, many parents look to kid-menu staples that they know their kids will love like burgers, hot dogs, or mac and cheese. Hey, makes sense to me—but I've found something even better that happens to also...
5 must-have kitchen tools for under $15. Because not all the good stuff is expensive.
If I said that you could get help in the kitchen that could make cooking a little easier, faster, and maybe even healthier, you’d be stoked, right? Well, short of a full-time kitchen assistant, these must-have kitchen tools that are especially great for busy family...
One bowl baking recipes to keep it simple. And delicious.
One of my favorite baking recipes of all time is the one for Julia Child's Best Ever Brownies. They are amazing, but—and this is a big but—over the course of the recipe you use five different bowls. Yes, FIVE! Needless to say, I hardly ever make them; with that many...
Web Coolness: Rey’s instant bread, a life-size maze made completely of cake (yum), and the coolest wine rack ever.
Here are our favorite links from around the web this week. We hope that you enjoy them, too! No way: A recipe for Rey's instant bread from The Force Awakens. Could a messy kitchen make you snack more than you should? This sweet class of teenagers surprised...
How to freeze meals: Tips and freezer-friendly recipes so you’ll always know what’s for dinner.
Learning how to freeze meals so that you can stockpile homemade, ready-to-heat dinners should be considered a talent. It may seem easy — just double up on tonight’s dinner so that you can relax later in the week — but it's not always that simple. Especially when...
5 Oscar party cocktail recipes (that you can sip even if you’re watching in PJ’s).
The most glamorous evening in Hollywood is coming up and I, for one, am happy to use Oscar night as an excuse to get fancy. At least with my cocktails. Whether you're hosting a viewing party, watching with your family, or curling up in your PJ's with nothing more than...
How to make homemade freezer french fries so you can have gourmet fries whenever.
Homemade french fries are amazingly delicious, but they are also a pain to cook, which is why I never make them. My friend (and our lovely editor), Stacie, recently introduced me to the idea of homemade freezer fries, which has completely changed the game. I recently...
The winner is . . . these 7 festive and easy Oscar party food ideas.
Forget the Super Bowl or the Grammys, my favorite TV event of the year is, hands-down, the Oscars. Even though I don't host viewing parties like I used to (before kids), I still enjoy celebrating the biggest night in movies with my family. Which, of course, means...
How to preserve herbs: 5 quick and easy methods to avoid food waste and save money.
Fresh herbs are an easy, healthy way to boost the flavor of your cooking with ingredients that you can pick up in any market all year around. The only problem? It's annoying to buy a big bunch of parsley when the recipe only calls for a teaspoon. There's nothing worse...
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Non-toxic spring cleaning with salt: 8 unexpected uses in the kitchen beyond cooking.
Springtime means spring cleaning in my house and that means cleaning with salt. Yes, really. While there are some great natural cleaning products out there that are worth every dime (we love Better Life around here, and even housecleaning services use it), the...
Create a more sustainable kitchen with these 10 easy, eco-friendly ideas
With Earth Day coming up in April and spring cleaning season here, it's a great time to reflect on ways we can create a more eco-friendly home and a more sustainable kitchen. If your family spends as much time as my family of five does thinking about, preparing,...
Kitchen spring cleaning checklist: 7 kitchen tasks everyone forgets
With spring having sprung (and the words of Marie Kondo echoing in my head all these years later), I've been doing my best to kick-start kitchen spring cleaning before summer arrives. But one thing I've learned after all these years is it's so easy to miss certain...
Healthy comfort food recipes to get us through the winter without the extra pounds
Healthy comfort food recipes can be hard to come by. I mean I totally get the desire to start new diets in the new year, what with fresh beginnings and all. But when it's winter, I just want to cuddle up on the couch with a blanket and a big bowl of cheesy soup or...
How to tell if food is fresh: Tips for 7 of your top pantry staples
It's good to have some tricks for how tell if food is fresh and still good to eat -- as you know if you've ever opened a jar of half-used tomato sauce that seemed fairly new...only to find furry white spots of mold floating on top. While some spoiled food is quite...
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This time of year always gets busier than we anticipate, and I always want to have easy weeknight dinner ideas on hand for those kinds of weeks. As the end-of-school commitments start ramping up, with hectic evenings driving everyone around -- let alone a quick...
7 spectacular macaroon variations for a big finish at Passover
We've explained many times that macarons are not to be confused with macaroons, the latter being a flour-free, gluten-free, generally chewy coconut cookie that's a favorite treat to finish off your Seder. This being Passover season, it's a perfect opportunity to...
5 easy spring recipes for the week ahead, from 35-minute lemony chicken cutlets to a fresh take on quesadillas | Weekly Meal Plan
It’s time to start thinking about your meal plan for next week. From 35-minute lemony chicken cutlets to sheet pan quesadillas, we’ve got five dinners that make good use of spring produce and lighter nights (yay!) to help get you through the busy week ahead. So...
A week’s worth of family-friendly spring recipes | Weekly Meal Plan
It's finally spring around here with daffodils popping up and flowering trees, which means it's time to start planning some spring dinners and easing out of all those heavy winter dishes. These are the spring dinner recipes that feel a bit lighter and brighter to...
These 11 light spring recipes help you shake off winter at the dinner table
When warm, spring weather hits I immediately lose all appetite for the heavy dinners like chili or pot roast that I craved during winter, and instead, I'm finding myself adding light spring recipes to our dinner roatation, like light pasta salads, cold, fresh...