S’mores. Peppermint patty. Peanut butter. 8 chocolate bark recipes so easy you can make them tonight.
You have enough on your plate finishing up Christmas shopping and planning your holiday meals. If you're also doing elf on the shelf, we tip our hats to you. And all while the kids are home from school! We know it's a busy time and want to make life a little easier...
6 stellar, make ahead holiday breakfast recipes so you can feast and also relax on Christmas morning.
If you ever need a reminder of what the holidays are about, watch a child on Christmas morning. The excitement is palpable and the magic is real. I just want to soak it all in, but I also want a top-notch brunch to kick off the holiday. What's a girl to do? Whip up...
Simply Scratch: A cookbook of scratch recipes so easy you’ll actually want to make them. Plus, toffee-topped brownies.
We're realists here at Cool Mom Eats. No matter how delicious a recipe looks, we're not going to suggest it if it has a thousand steps or requires special equipment that needs to be shipped from a fancy specialty store. Unless, of course, we're laughing at how we'd...
Web Coolness: Snow Globe Cocktails, Drake on cake, perfect spritz cookies and more.
Here are some of our favorite food links from around the web this week. We hope that you like them, too. How to make a snow globe cocktail. No way! PNC built a life-sized gingerbread bank with a working ATM machine in Philadelphia. 10 awesome holiday beers....
8 holiday cheesecake recipes for a festive end to any holiday feast.
I love pies and, honestly, they are my first thought for any holiday dessert. But after that, at least for Christmas, it's all about cheesecake. Though I can't say it's the lightest way to end an already monumental meal, there's something about a creamy, sweet and...
How to make mulled cider and mulled wine for when hot cocoa doesn’t cut it.
If you live in fear of the cold the way that I do, here are two reasons to embrace it: mulled cider and wine. The scent of cider or wine mingling with cinnamon, cloves, citrus, and other wintry spices is enough to warm up even the coldest days. And it’s a cinch to...
Easy Star Wars party snack recipes for a Star Wars party, big or small.
Star Wars! Is there anything more to say? How about easy Star Wars party snack recipes? That's right, the force has awakened our appetites and we're celebrating with these Star Wars themed treats. Whether you're hosting a Star Wars party any time soon (seems...
Best food subscription gift boxes : perfect for last-minute gifts! | Cool Mom Eats holiday gift guide 2015
We love great food subscription gift boxes because hello, monthly treats! But we especially love them right now when the holiday shipping deadline clock is ticking down. The great thing about these services is that, even though they cover us holiday shopping...
10 pretty ways to package up Christmas cookie gifts. (And they won’t arrive in pieces!)
We are all for Christmas cookie gifts around here! Whether you want to bring a tasty treat as a hostess gift or plan to make a giant batch of your famous sugar cookies to give out to all your friends and your kids' teachers, I've found some fun and fresh ways to...
7 homemade hot chocolate recipes that will have them going loco for your cocoa.
It's the middle of December and the weather outside (at least in the Northeast) has been far from frightful. Actually, the weekend was downright spring-ish. But unseasonably warm weather or no, who can resist delicious hot chocolate recipes, especially during this...
The best easy, tasty homemade food gifts: Cool Mom Eats holiday gift guide 2015
We love giving (and getting) homemade food gifts during the holidays. You don't have to spend a lot of money and it feels really thoughtful, especially if you spend some time on the presentation. If you're baking a loaf of bread using grandma's recipe, write it out on...
Web Coolness: Sliced chocolate, beautifully easy gingerbread cookies, UberEATS, and more.
Here are some of our favorite food links from around the web this week. We hope that you like them, too. Moved over sliced cheese, Japanese company, Bourbon, is serving up sliced chocolate. Girl Scout cookie equivalents from the grocery store. Now that's...
Our favorite tips, tricks, and kitchen hacks
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...