This year, order your Girl Scout cookies from troops struggling with homelessness
Despite my commitment to be healthier this year, I'm going to cave and buy some Girl Scout cookies, because another resolution I've made is to spread goodness as much as possible. When I was reminded that I can buy Girl Scout cookies online to support troops comprised...
2021 is the year of the Ox! These 6 Chinese bakeries across the USA let you order Lunar New Year treats
I'm so excited to celebrate the Lunary New Year this year! As a homeschool mom, one of my favorite ways to teach my kids about customs and traditions around the world is through food. When we learned about ancient Rome, we baked an ancient bread recipe. When we talked...
10 romantic Valentine’s food gifts for an aphrodisiac-packed night at home
This year for Valentine's Day, I'm hoping for a romantic Valentine's food gift that's just a wee bit sexier and more exciting than a box of supermarket truffles or soggy chocolate-covered strawberries. We made it through 2020 together! That deserves some celebration!...
5 satisfying vegetarian meals for families beyond salad. (Really, my kids love these!)
It seems like all the parents I know are looking for vegetarian meals for the family these days to incorporate more plant-based foods into their meal-planning. I mean hey, it's Veganuary right? Um, have you heard of Veganuary? I know, it's one of those Instagram...
3 Elderberry smoothie recipes to help us get through cold and flu season.
Elderberry smoothies may seem like a Pinterest fad, and okay, maybe they are. But Elderberry syrup has been a trusted cold-and-flu remedy since the 1600s. I personally love the flavor, and have felt great when taking elderberry gummies, but I've been looking for ways...
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...
The 8 best gluten-free pizza brands that our readers swear by
Anyone out there in need of suggestions for gluten-free pizza? Because yeah, we're all as tired of cooking as you are right now, and I am not at all above adding good frozen pizzas to my weekly meal plans. Well if you're looking for the best gluten-free pizza brands,...
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 of...
The top 10 most popular Cool Mom Eats posts of 2020
At the end of every year, we share our top 10 most popular posts on Cool Mom Eats. It's probably no surprise that most of the posts are pandemic related (remember when we were all baking bread and stuff?). And since so many of us were sort of forced to spend more time...
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 fabulous...
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...
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How this Instant Pot-phobe finally became an Instant Pot convert
I'm not quite sure why I've always been afraid of the Instant Pot. People I love and respect in my life swear by it. I'm even a member of the Instant Pot Community on Facebook (that also might be why I'm afraid of the Instant Pot, now that I think of it). And...
This year, order your Girl Scout cookies from troops struggling with homelessness
Despite my commitment to be healthier this year, I'm going to cave and buy some Girl Scout cookies, because another resolution I've made is to spread goodness as much as possible. When I was reminded that I can buy Girl Scout cookies online to support troops...
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...
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Thanks a lot, TikTok: Trying the Baked Oats recipe with teens
As a totally cool mom (at least, in my head, anyway), I like to think I stay up to date with the latest social media and trends my kids are seeing and experiencing. But let's be honest, I am often waaaaay behind them, which is the case with TikTok. I've been...
5 easy high-protein, low-carb family dinners | 2021 Weekly Meal Plan 7
Last week we were all about hiding veggies in our kids' dinners so they didn't even know they were eating them, but this week we want to focus on protein too. Do your kids pull all their toppings off pizza and just eat the crust, or sneak the bun out of their...
5 tofu recipes for kids that they will actually eat — all recommended by our own kids!
I really wanted to write about tofu recipes for kids, because I know so many families who are trying to work more plant-based foods into their meal-planning these days. I also know it can be daunting; when my family switched to vegan-at-home several years ago, I...
The folded TikTok sandwich hack: 20 variations and ideas to get you through another day of making lunch
Whether you're slapping lunch together for the kids before they run out to catch the bus, or preparing a quickie lunch between breaks in their virtual school day, I'm sure lots of us are sick of trying to figure what's next for lunch. So, when that cool-looking,...
5 delicious family dinners that sneak extra veggies in. Your kids will never even know. | 2021 Weekly Meal Plan 6
Have you ever sat back at the end of a week, proud of all all that effort you put in in the kitchen, and then wondered...Did my teens actually eat a vegetable this week? Nope? Just me? If your kids are like mine, all "bring on the pizza and chicken tenders" but...
