5 classic dinners you can totally speed up using an Instant Pot.
Lately I've been on the hunt for classic dinner recipes for my Instant Pot. Because as much as some people think of this pressure cooker ninja as a one-trick pony, it can whip up so much more than soups, stews, and chilis. So I've started stepping up my dinner game,...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals for the week ahead, including a citrus-y salmon and 5-minute meatballs
It’s Friday, which means we're here to help you start planning your meals for next week! From scrumptious fish to a clever taco bar to meatballs that cook up in just minutes, we’ve got five dinners that will get you through the week ahead. So grab a pen, make your...
The clever little kit that makes home baked gifts even more special
When you've just spent a day (or more) slaving over pounds of homemade peanut brittle, putting your oven to task with dozens of your famous thumbprint cookies, or filling your counter with rows of perfect(ish) homemade truffles to give to various loved ones, I guess I...
Grain swap: 5 simple ways to use farro as a healthy alternative to pasta and rice.
My kids are serious carb lovers (aren't we all?) and can't get enough of pasta and rice dishes. And I like a chewy white pasta as much as the next girl, but I also recognize it's not the most nutritious of all the grain options out there. Which is why a few years ago...
We’ve found the ultimate purveyor of fancy sprinkles. Get those ovens ready!
I am not a master baker by any stretch. In fact, I'm one of those people who avidly gawks at our Instagram Feed, oohing and ahhing at the made-by-magic dessert creations we discover every day. Well, turns out there are some tricks to the trade, and one of them is...
Tips to get your kids packing their own lunches at any age. Yes, even the little ones.
If you're looking to lighten your load this school year, look to the kids. With these tips, you'll have your kids making lunch in no time at all! I'm not a morning person. If your personality also improves throughout the day, you'll understand why my life's goal as a...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals for the week ahead, including a hearty breakfast sandwich and the most delicious Thai baby back ribs
It’s Friday, which means we're here to help you start planning your meals for next week! From scrumptious breakfast sandwiches to Thai Baby Back Ribs, we’ve got five dinners that will get you through the week ahead. So grab a pen, make your shopping list, and stock up...
Wonderful Rosh Hashanah menu ideas to help ring in a sweet new year
This year, Rosh Hashanah begins Sunday night, September 9, and if you're putting together a Rosh Hashanah menu (or two) to celebrate the Jewish New Year with family and friends, we can help. Like so many holidays, Rosh Hashanah brings with it some delicious food...
Grocery shopping changes as our kids get older, but the same emotions are still on the list
When my kids were in elementary school, I remember coming home from a grocery shopping trip and rearranging an entire cupboard to accommodate all of the juice boxes I had bought. I had to shove aside my pastas, rices and fancy olive oils to make way for endless rows...
9 clever non-sandwich school lunch ideas for parents who desperately need to change things up | Back to School Lunch Guide 2018
This year, we thought that a list of clever non-sandwich school lunch ideas would be a good way to kick off our annual Back-to-School Lunch Guide on Cool Mom Eats. Hey, if there's one thing we've learned from being parents (and listening to all of you for years!) it's...
On sale: The cool lunch bags for tweens and teens who have outgrown the little kid stuff.
When you find your favorite lunch bags on sale, that's when you realize sometimes it does pay to procrastinate on back to school shopping sometimes. Or hey, maybe your new middle-schooler is realizing just a few days into the school year that they're wayyyy too mature...
10 foods you’re probably ordering wrong, from naan bread to paninis.
Yesterday I caught this uber-viral tweet from Amna @AGlasgowGirl on Twitter that made me laugh. She wanted to remind us all that when we order "naan bread" in an Indian restaurant, we're actually ordering "bread bread." naan bread means "bread bread" just say naan or...
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How to (actually) brown ground beef perfectly in 4 easy steps.
I can rattle off about ten recipes where the first step calls for browning ground beef, from chilis to casseroles, sauces, pasta dishes (taco spaghetti!) and more. But for years, I've always found this simple step really hard to execute – with the meat always...
What does feeding kids well really mean? One pediatrician’s advice.
This week on Spawned with Kristen + Liz, our weekly podcast about parenting and parenting culture (you are listeners, right? RIGHT? ), we covered a topic that should be right up your alley, Cool Mom Eats readers -- kids and nutrition. We were really lucky to get a...
Tips to get your kids packing their own lunches at any age. Yes, even the little ones.
If you're looking to lighten your load this school year, look to the kids. With these tips, you'll have your kids making lunch in no time at all! I'm not a morning person. If your personality also improves throughout the day, you'll understand why my life's goal as...
Smart, store-bought snack swaps to make lunch box treats a little healthier for kids
I get it, believe me. School mornings are busy! And as much as we love sharing healthy, homemade lunch box snack recipe ideas, I'm totally no-shame when it comes to a pantry full of store-bought snacks that I can pop into my kids' backpacks or lunch bags in a...
Do you need a permit for your kid’s lemonade stand or pop-up bake sale? Here’s how to find out. Seriously.
The quick answer is that yes you may need a permit for your kid's lemonade stand or bake sale. Sigh. Remember when we could just set up our own lemonade stands with a makeshift table, a tub of Country Time mix and some plastic cups, for a lesson in fundraising and...
Recipes
A creepy kids’ Halloween mocktail recipe that’s not all about the sugar
With so much candy floating around at Halloween time, we're always looking for kids' mocktail recipes for Halloween parties that don't require copious amounts of gummy worms, gummy spiders, or gummy anything, really. Not that I'm anti-sugar on Halloween. I just...
Super easy pork tenderloin recipe the kids will love. Bonus: It’s good enough for a dinner party and makes great leftovers!
This easy pork tenderloin recipe was one my mom's favorites and I remember thinking as a kid that it was pretty fancy. How excited was I to find out it's probably one of the easiest easy family meals she ever made us? For background: my mother hated to cook. That...
Weekly meal plan: 5 say meals for the week ahead, including an autumn panzanella salad and relaxed ham-and-cheese sliders
This week, we have another round of weekly meal plan recommendations, from a fresh and savory autumn panzanella salad to the easiest, most relaxed ham & cheese sliders the kids will love. These five dinners that will get you through the week ahead easily and...
How to (actually) brown ground beef perfectly in 4 easy steps.
I can rattle off about ten recipes where the first step calls for browning ground beef, from chilis to casseroles, sauces, pasta dishes (taco spaghetti!) and more. But for years, I've always found this simple step really hard to execute – with the meat always...
6 irresistible fall donut recipes, from pumpkin spice to apple cinnamon to chai.
We've found 6 delicious fall donut recipes that capture all the apple-cinnamon and pumpkin-spice you are craving, all in easy, you-can-do-it-we-promise recipes. Because what's even better than a cup of coffee in the morning? A warm, homemade donut to go with it. If...
