Web coolness: Better baby formula, reasons to avoid non-stick cookware, and food travel inspiration galore.
Here are our favorite links from around the web this week. We hope that you like them, too. Seven Instagram accounts to inspire your next culinary trip. (Top photo: Matt Armendariz/@mattarmendariz) While we're talking food and travel, check out Jetsetter's list of...
10 easy, healthier popsicle recipes for kids that let you say yes to frozen treats all summer long.
When the temperature starts to climb, I have no problem reaching for something frozen on a stick to cool all of us off. And I especially love when that popsicle treat is actually pretty good for our bodies, too, with healthier ingredients blended in to create...
Weekend Toast: A Pimm’s Cup with alcohol and one without to drink in the tastes of summer.
Have you every tried a Pimm's Cup? The classic British cocktail is a perfect sip of summer, packed with mint, fruit, cucumber, and a refreshing liqueur topped with a splash of soda. It's light and bright, just the way drinks should be in the summertime. We found two...
National Donut Day: Time to eat the you know whats.
The day has finally arrived: It's National Donut Day. To celebrate America's favorite sweet—or, uh, mine—several donut makers nation wide are giving away free donuts. And we're giving away free donut recipes so that you can enjoy donuts all through the weekend. (A...
3 handmade pottery berry bowls ready to be filled with this season’s spoils
I cannot tell you how excited I am that it is finally berry season! Every year, I tell myself that I'm going to invest in a couple of berry bowls because we just eat so much of them and well, they're so handy. And completely adorable. (Yes, dishware can be adorable.)...
Easiest Spinach and Ricotta Pappardelle recipe from Brown Eggs and Jam Jars: one of our new favorite cookbooks for families.
I'm obsessed with a new cookbook. It’s called Brown Eggs and Jam Jars and has topped my list of best cookbooks for families. The recipes are simple, but yield impressive results. Not so impressive, though, that kids won’t eat them. In fact, the book is written by...
How to make whipped cream. And some not-so-basic, but totally easy upgrades.
When you can make perfectly sweetened whipped cream from scratch in five minutes with even fewer ingredients, we see no reason to top your dessert with store-bought "whipped topping." The pie you slaved over (or, uh, bought) deserves a delightful dollop of homemade...
Let there be rock. And homemade cupcakes.
I have to admit, since discovering these awesome rock oven mitts, I've had the most ridiculous lyrics stuck in my head. Like B.A.K.E. in the U.S.A. And Weird Al's I Love Rocky Road. Then of course, there's just regular old, Pour Some Sugar on Me, which the ad world...
5 summery grilled chicken recipes that will make chicken for dinner exciting again.
If your family is anything like mine, you eat a lot of chicken. It’s among the most popular main dishes, especially for families, because it’s so versatile and because lots of kids will actually eat it unlike other protein—but chicken can also get boring. One of my...
Web Coolness: Feeding athletic kids, a new Ben and Jerry’s flavor, and where to get free donuts on National Donut Day.
Here are our favorite links from around the web this week. We hope that you like them, too. Amazing photos of junk food plated avante-garde style by @ChefJacqueslaMerde on Instagram (above). Smart tips on how to feed athletic kids. Elmo and Grover have gotten into...
Healthy, low-sugar baby cookie recipes that you can feel good sharing with your baby or toddler.
I’ve never been much of a packaged cookie kind of girl. Not only are homemade pretty easy to make, but they’re also more delicious and, honestly, come with built in portion control (I make just a few and save leftover dough in the freezer). The problem is that most of...
Weekend Toast: A rhubarb cocktail and mocktail recipe to make perfect use of the spring treat before it’s gone.
Rhubarb can be tricky. We know that it goes great in strawberry desserts like this Strawberry Rhubarb Galette that we found at Fettle Vegan, but what else can you do with the tart stalk? Make drinks, is what! Rhubarb lends a wonderful, bright flavor to simple syrup...
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9 helpful tips for making a homemade gingerbread house. Learn from my successes….and uh, failures.
I never thought I'd be the person offering tips for making homemade gingerbread houses, but you know, 2020. Chalk it up to the baking bug so many of us caught in 2020, but my kids and I attempted our own homemade gingerbread houses for the first time this year....
We love these 10 festive ways to package Christmas cookie gifts | Holiday Gifts
Even if you've picked out your perfect Christmas cookie recipe already, you might be looking for ways to package those Christmas Cookies as gifts. Though the big crowded cookie swap I usually attend every December is canceled this year due to the pandemic, homemade...
What to make for a smaller Thanksgiving this year: 8 ideas to help you see it as an opportunity
So many of our readers and friends are asking about what to make for a smaller Thanksgiving this year. While this may be the prudent choice, I know it still comes with a lot of feelings. So many of us are skipping travels plans and raucous gatherings with...
12 of your favorite tips to save money on groceries: We’re stealing all of them!
We always want to save money on groceries, but now more than ever. In fact, on a recent Cool Mom Eats Instagram post, Terre N. mentioned that her grocery bills have seemingly doubled since Covid struck. And, boy, can we relate. One side effect of all this...
8 spectacular Halloween dinner theme ideas for a fun, safe night at home
With lots of families looking for trick-or-treating alternatives this year, one of Liz's suggestions was to host a fun Halloween themed dinner with the kids. Which, by the way, is a great idea for teens who may have outgrown trick-or-treating too, or a fun option...
Recipes
5 nights of comfort foods: A meal plan to get you through heck of a week
2021 is going to have to shape up soon, because we didn't think we'd be hitting the comfort foods so hard right now. How are we coping with the early sunsets, cold weather, anxiety-provoking news, and kids that still need love and care and feeding? Um, with mac and...
These are my 13 favorite new recipes I discovered for my family this year. Pandemic silver lining!
One of bright spots of 2020 is that I have discovered so many amazing new recipes for my family, stemming mainly from my newfound love for meal planning. Yes, meal planning! Who would have thought? Pre-Covid, I really was more of a wing-it-at-the-grocery-store kind...
DIY hot chocolate bombs make the best last-minute food gifts: 4 recipes, from super simple to OMG
Hot chocolate bombs have been blowing up (heh) my Instagram feed lately, so I decided to find some great recipes to make my own hot chocolate bombs at home. And wow, so many! It turns out that whatever your commitment level, you can find a DIY hot chocolate bomb...
10 of our readers’ favorite pie recipes for the holiday season. Move over bread, we’re baking pie!
Several weeks ago, a member in our Recipe Rescue group sent out a plea for your favorite non-pumpkin, non-pecan, non-cherry/apple/strawberry rhubarb pie recipes (to please a picky husband, should that matter), and our readers all seriously delivered. What a...
Save time and money with 5 slow cooker dinners under $10 each! | Meal Plan 233
Budget slow cooker dinner recipes are my whole mood right now. I don't know about you, but I'm short on time with the holidays here, not to mention all those holiday gifts taking a healthy bite out of my budget. So for this week's meal plan, I planned out...
