Weekly meal plan: 5 easy vegetarian comfort food meals for fall that even meat-lovers will like
Our all-vegetarian meal plan this summer was a huge hit, so now that the weather's turned cooler we wanted to focus on vegetarian comfort-food meals with this weekly meal plan. From lasagna to chili and pot pie, we've taken our favorite comfort food dishes and given...
6 easy Oreo Halloween treats your kids can help make
Spooky spiders, creepy bats, and even a little blood splatter: It’s amazing what Oreo Halloween treats you can make with a bag right from the store and just a few extra items. Yay for semi-homemade! A little scary but mostly sweet, I found an abundance of easy Oreo...
The game-changing meal-planning tip we had never heard before
This week on the Spawned parenting podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with Suzy Chase, host of the #1 cookbook podcast, Cookery by the Book. After speaking with nearly 200 cookbook authors, restauranteurs, famous chefs and skilled home cooks over the years, Suzy...
Weekly meal plan: 5 great recipes that use leftovers creatively all week long
This week we're laying out an easy plan for you so you only have to cook three times, but you'll get five meals out of it. You'll be making big batches when you do cook, but you'll have the other nights off to make up for it. Totally worth it, in my book. So grab a...
9 of our favorite easy Halloween treat ideas on our Instagram feed. You can do these!
Here, I've wrangled together some of the easiest Halloween treat ideas we've shared over the past few years. on Instagram You know, the kind you can mainly do without complex instructions. You might not even need the recipe at all. Because while have the best time...
Skip the garbage and go right to these 5 delicious pumpkin spice treats + snacks. They’re amazing!
Even though the weather is still jumping up close to 90 where I live, I'm almost wondering if it's too late to be talking about pumpkin spice. And yet, it's October which means it's full-on pumpkin spice season. for some of us -- clichés be damned -- we love it! That...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy comfort food meals for fall
The forecast says the temperatures are finally getting cooler this week, and I couldn't be more excited. So I'm dreaming up some of those comfort food dishes that I've put off making because they just aren't appealing when it's still 100-degrees outside. So grab a pen...
How to make Halloween more safe (and inclusive!) for kids with peanut + tree nut allergies: 5 essential tips
We have always had an acute awareness about making Hallowen safe for kids with peanut and tree nut allergies. Especially because some of our own kids of our team members on Cool Mom Picks have grappled with peanut and tree nut allergies that range from mild to...
Half the Sugar, All the Love: A new family cookbook we can’t get enough of
Even though I don't have a "sweet tooth," per se, I still have a hunch I get too much sugar in my diet. And I'm certain my kids do. (So is their dentist.) So, when I received a review copy of the yet-to-be-released cookbook Half the Sugar, All the Love by Jennifer...
Testing the popular Speedy Skillet Ravioli Lasagna, the internet’s current recipe obsession
Every once in a while a recipe takes flight – on the internet, that is. The recent posting of Grace Parisi’s Speedy Skillet Ravioli Lasagna at Food52, and from the new cookbook, Lasagna: A Baked Pasta Cookbookby Anna Hezel (available from our Amazon affiliate) is...
These 7 Rosh Hashanah apple recipes welcome the new year deliciously!
This year, Rosh Hashanah begins so late in the month but that doesn't mean we gathered all our apple recipe ideas together in time! For my family, the best part of the celebration is always the apples dipped in honey, and that means making apples the centerpiece of...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals you can make fast in the Instant Pot
One of my favorite tricks for easy weeknight dinners is to use the Instant Pot. Even if I forget to thaw my ingredients or don't plan ahead, I can still have a nutritious meal ready fast. Plus, it's usually a one-pot dinner, which means I don't have much clean up to...
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8 creative, easy ways to wrap a bottle of wine to make a holiday wine gift a little more gifty
Grabbing a bottle of wine and throwing it into a skinny, store-bought gift bag or just sticking a bow on top is pretty much my standard way to gift a bottle wine to any party hosts, close friends, or special teachers this time of year. But now I'm rethinking my...
We found the best grab-and-go gifts right at Trader Joe’s. Holiday shopping made easy!
I love that this time of year, I can accomplish both my food shopping and a lot of my gift shopping at at Trader Joe's, all at the same time. Lucky for me, Trader Joe's has some of my favorite affordable grab-and-go gifts that make it worth the 30 minute drive for...
The world’s easiest cocktail garnishes: 4 ridiculously simple ways to make your cocktails look pro with no skills at all.
This content is for readers 21+ which you probably are, because hi, it says "mom" in our website name. Please drink responsibly. Thanks to Drinkworks for sponsoring this post, because how fun is that? Well hello there! I'm that person who says, I'm going to...
Weekly meal plan: 5 make-ahead dinners for the busy holiday season
The holiday season is here in full force, and it can be sooo busy. So, we've found 5 great make-ahead dinners that will get you through these busy weeknights without too much stress. Use that extra time to go to holiday parties, get some shopping done, or just have...
Easy, eco-friendly table setting ideas for a less wasteful Thanksgiving
Sandwiched between the plastic spiders and candy wrappers of Halloween and the blinking lights and tissue-stuffed gift bags of the holidays, I love that Thanksgiving offers us an opportunity to get back to basics. I'm turning my focus to family, food, and...
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Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals for the week ahead, with tips for stretching them to 7 meals
Another week is here, and yes, you still have to feed your family. Every single night. But we have your back with 5 easy weeknight dinner recipes that your family will love...plus smart ways to get more than just one meal out of each cooking session. At top: Loaded...
Weekly meal plan: 5 family friendly one-pot dinners
We're all working moms here, and we get that sometimes you just don't want to cook at night. A great trick we've found is to have some easy one-pot recipes in your lineup, so you can keep the cooking simple...and the cleanup even simpler. So here are 5 delicious...
5 easy recipes from Trader Joe’s to get you through January
Now that the afterglow of the holidays has faded, I can look forward to months of cold, dark evenings with lots of hungry faces looking up at me to inquire, "what's for dinner?" And if you too are dreading coming up with anything more complicated than cereal, stick...
Weekly meal plan: Easy comfort food meals that won’t kill your diet
This week we're looking for easy comfort food -- bonus points if it's all in one pot -- that still aren't too heavy. You know, for those of you out there still sticking to those healthy eating resolutions for longer than a week. So grab a pen, make your shopping...
12 tasty good-luck foods that the kids will like, to get the new year started right
Though I am not the biggest celebrant of New Year's Eve---why does it have to be so late?---I do love the tradition of starting the New Year off right by eating some traditionally lucky foods on January 1st. And I am so thankful that these "lucky foods" do not...
