Five 3-ingredient cocktail recipes that will make you feel like a master mixologist (even if you’re not) | Weekend Toast
I have a confession: I love perusing cocktail recipes more than I love making them. See, I'm a bit of a lightweight and it's hard to conjure the energy to shake up a complicated cocktail when just one drink will be plenty. And when you drink one cocktail at a...
The ultimate Valentine’s Day breakfast recipe: How to make all-natural Pink Velvet Pancakes.
I love colorful holiday food as much as the next person but, though I'm usually an everything in moderation kind of parent, artificial food color doesn't sit well with me. Of course my children eat candy at the movies and on Halloween, and whatever comes in those...
6 kid-friendly, non-meat sources of protein and ideas for how to prepare them.
Several years ago, my family resolved to eat less meat. Though we didn’t want to become vegetarians, we were interested in cutting back on meat for both health and environmental reasons. At first I was nervous about how to feed my family protein-rich meals without it,...
5 perfect pecan pie recipes for a slice of happy.
I don't know how winter is wearing on you all in Arizona, Southern California, and all the other warmer places around the country, but we could use a pick me up where I live. The blizzard has passed, the sledding has been done, and now we're left navigating huge piles...
Deliciously healthy Valentine’s Day treats made with fruit (that won’t cost you your child’s love).
Valentine's Day is all about sweets for your sweets, but while conversation hearts and chocolates are classic go-to's, I'm thinking that fruit is a good way to have a few healthy Valentine's Day treats in our collective back pockets. Or if not quite healthy—I mean,...
Web Coolness: Sriracha to go, reasons to eat as a family, insane milkshakes & more.
Here are some of our favorite food links from around the web this week. We hope that you like them, too. Sriracha to-go packets exist! How to make snow ice cream. Timely. Coconut Nutella Hot Chocolate. Timely and warming. Rome restaurant draws backlash after...
How to make pizza pinwheels with kids, plus the best no-cook pizza sauce recipe.
My kids could easily eat pizza for all three meals (and probably have, on a bad day). Since it's such a favorite, I'm always looking for ways to make pizza a little bit healthier, and homemade is the way to go. This weekend we put a fun spin on traditional...
Weekend Toast: Hot drink recipes (with and without booze) so everyone can weather the storm.
Well, it was a good run here in the Northeast where, on a few days this winter, our weather was even better than yours, Los Angeles! But the party is over and, as a good number of us settle into seasonably cold temps and brace for winter storm Jonas, it's finally time...
8 cool birthday party cake ideas for tweens and teens.
Up to this point, I've only thought about kid's birthday parties in terms of little kid themes, from construction vehicles to dinosaurs—or whatever my kids are obsessed with at the moment. As my older son grows up, though, the themes are becoming looser (hello, laser...
Make it with candy! 5 super cute and very easy edible Valentine’s Day projects for kids.
I love Valentine's Day projects, and when my boys were young, would try (hard) to make Valentine's Day crafts with them to hand out to their classmates. But the year I found myself speaking, uh, heatedly, to my 5-year-old about how he wasn't showing enough care to his...
Frozen shrimp: How to cook with the ultimate time-saving protein, plus 8 kid-friendly, super-fast shrimp dinner recipes.
Frozen shrimp is among the most underused sources of protein in the family kitchen. Not only are shrimp nutritionally dense—according to the World’s Healthiest Foods, shrimp are a great source of vitamins D and B12, iron, omega-3 fatty acids and, of course,...
4 ways to help fight hunger in America in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which means that your kids are probably home from school for a long weekend. We're thankful for this day with them to remember the powerful words and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. While we always recommend books as a great way to...
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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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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...
These 9 recipes are most delicious ways to use hard-boiled eggs this week
These five truly awesome hard-boiled egg recipes may be the best, easiest, and most creative ways to use hard-boiled eggs, should you have a stockpile after Easter egg decorating. And don't worry, I'm not talking egg salad sandwiches a dozen ways either -- though...