Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals for the week ahead, including pasta, hoagies, soup, and more
We have another round of weekly meal plan recommendations, with easy, low-stress meals your whole family will enjoy. These five recipes will get you through this week ahead easily and deliciously. So grab a pen, make your shopping list, and stock up on ingredients...
Nightfood is a low-cal ice cream that claims to help you sleep better. Who’s up for testing it?
Let's see...trying delicious ice cream flavors. Saving a few calories. Getting a better night's sleep. Yep, Nightfood ice cream checks off all three boxes for me. A 1/2-cup serving of this new ice cream (should you, unlike me, be able to stop at half a cup) has 6g of...
200+ last-minute Valentine’s recipes for treats, meals, desserts and more. We got you!
Need some help with last-minute Valentine's recipes? Good ones? We hear you! Whether you're planning a deliciously sweet Valentine's Day breakfast, packing heart-shaped lunchbox treats, baking (or avoiding baking) for the classroom, whipping up semi-homemade...
How to make mirepoix: This diced vegetable mixture will be your mealtime hero!
Mirepoix sounds fancy, but it really isn't, and knowing how to make it can make cooking weeknight meals a lot easier. You don't even need to know that the name comes from Charles Pierre Gaston François, duc de Mirepoix (1699-1757), whose chef is said to have invented...
17 of of the best family food Instagram accounts that inspire us every time we scroll our feeds
These days, I get nearly all of my family recipes online, and that includes Instagram -- so I've put together a list of some of my very favorite family food Instagram accounts, which are always a source of inspiration, motivation, humor, and even commiseration. It's...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals for the week ahead including easy DIY dinner bowls for picky eaters
We have another round of weekly meal plan recommendations, with easy, low-stress meals your whole family will enjoy. These five recipes will get you through this week ahead easily and deliciously. So grab a pen, make your shopping list, and stock up on ingredients...
6 romantic recipes for Valentine’s Day, to guarantee a sexy dinner at home this year
Some of us aren't looking forward to a fancy (read: expensive) dinner out for Valentine's Day. Personally, I'm looking forward to a nice, low-key, romantic Valentine's dinner at home this year. If that's more your speed too this year, check out these delicious,...
11 outrageous Valentine’s treats that are more creative than a box of chocolates
Okay, so everyone's been talking about the now famous pickle bouquet this year. But if you're looking for a more creative alternative to chocolate or cookies for Valentine's Day, I have a few treat ideas that are less -- dill, shall we say? Not that I'd ever say no to...
How to make natural pink frosting 3 ways | Testing Cooking Tricks
For this Valentine’s Day, I thought it would be fun to learn how to make natural pink frosting for cakes and cupcakes. My kids are at the age where they love the baking process almost (almost) as much as the finished treat, and our recent binging of Netflix’s Nailed...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals for the week ahead, including perfect cold-weather comfort meals
We have another round of weekly meal plan recommendations, with easy, low-stress meals your whole family will enjoy. These five recipes will get you through this week ahead easily and deliciously. So grab a pen, make your shopping list, and stock up on ingredients...
Calling all Valentines: 5 kid-friendly, easy ideas for decorating heart cookies.
Valentine's Day is getting closer, and I've been searching for some fun, easy ideas for decorating heart-shaped cookies with my kids. Emphasis on easy. Because as much as my kids and I love a wow-inducing, Instagram-worthy Valentine’s Day cookie, we live in the real...
7 healthy soup recipes to warm you up when the temperature hits “too cold to say out loud.”
With the frigid temperatures across the US right now (stay safe, friends!) we're all about healthy soup recipes. Soup is easily the number one craving this time of year, when the temperatures have dropped and the short days sap our energy for preparing and sitting...
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How families can eat more of the Future 50 Foods : 5 smart tips for parents.
Over the past week, I've been reading the World Wildlife Federation's Future 50 Foods Report: 50 foods for healthier people and a healthier planet (PDF) and thinking a lot about how to families can incorporate more of these Future 50 Foods into our diets. What is...
5 of my favorite, unexpected uses for mayonnaise. Yes, I’m talking to you, mayo-haters.
The world is always divided into two types of people when it comes to food: Those who love cilantro and those who think it tastes like soap. Those who believe pineapple is a pizza ingredient, and those who do not (it’s not, BTW). Those who love mayonnaise and...
Our kitchen spring cleaning checklist: 7 tasks you won’t want to forget
With spring on the way and the words of Marie Kondo echoing in my head, I've been organizing my thoughts into a comprehensive kitchen spring cleaning checklist. So fun, right? Okay, maybe it's not fun, but I do think a kitchen spring cleaning checklist will be...
20 unique salad toppings that will make your boring salad pop!
If you've already exhausted your arsenal of salad toppings, like Craisins, croutons, and apparently foods that begin with "cr," we've got 20 unique salad toppings to add to your list, just in time for spring. And when we mean unique, we mean that you might not have...
The 3 best ways to disinfect cutting boards, and tips to keep them sanitary. Trust me, they need it.
My cutting boards are in constant use so of course I'm obsessed with finding the best ways to disinfect said cutting boards. Whether it’s prepping chicken or chopping fresh produce, I know there are plenty of germs (hello, E. coli!) lurking in my kitchen – and...
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Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals for the week ahead, including smart ways to use up your Easter leftovers
It's here! We have another batch of weekly meal plan recommendations, with easy, low-stress meals your whole family will enjoy. And this week we even included some ways to use up your Easter leftovers. We promise, these five recipes will get you through this week...
How to make easy deviled eggs. And if you mess them up? How to make easy deviled egg salad!
'Tis the season for deviled eggs, egg salad, eggs over greens, and basically whatever else you can think to do with all those leftover eggs after Easter. Because if the most traditional Easter Bunny visits your house, your kids' baskets will be overflowing with...
Weekly Meal Plan: 5 easy meals for the week ahead, including the best taco bowl ever and a tasty international burger recipe
It's here! We have another round of weekly meal plan recommendations, with easy, low-stress meals your whole family will enjoy. We promise, these five recipes will get you through this week ahead easily and deliciously. So grab a pen, make your shopping list, and...
Beat it, eggs! 6 fantastic egg-free brunch ideas for Easter and beyond.
Eggs get all the attention at brunch, especially Easter brunch. They’re an easy choice for many hosts and families, but you may be serving guests – vegans, picky kids, or those with allergies – who don't eat eggs. Besides, eggs can be temperamental, and serving...
7 make-ahead Easter brunch recipes for a stress-free holiday meal
Let's talk about make-ahead Easter brunch recipes! The morning of Easter is always a bit of a circus at our house, and so much of the egg-concealing, basket-organizing, and outfit-assembling pressure falls on...me. Along with preparing Easter brunch. (Don't worry,...
