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...
Weekly Meal Plan: 5 easy recipes for the week ahead, including an easy Bolognese sauce and slow-cooker BBQ
It’s Friday, which means we're here to help you start planning your meals for next week! From an easy Bolognese sauce to slow cooker BBQ to round out Labor Day, we’ve got five dinners that will get you through the week ahead. So grab a pen, make your shopping list,...
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 second....
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10 terrific money-saving tips for hosting a wonderful holiday dinner on a budget
Hosting Christmas dinner is so much fun -- but all that fancy food can definitely add up, putting a strain on your budget. Fortunately we've got some great money-saving tips for throwing a memorable, wonderful, fabulous holiday meal on a budget. Plan well and no...
What to do with Thanksgiving leftovers? 28 delicious recipes and ideas
If you're like all of us right now, you're looking at Thanksgiving leftovers filling up your fridge and wondering how to make use of all that extra turkey, stuffing, mashed potato, and roast veggies. Well, we can help! From breakfast, lunch and dinner to finger...
The ultimate guide to Thanksgiving recipes, tips + tricks: The dish on your turkey, sides, desserts, and even leftovers
Hey there, busy parents who haven't finalized your Thanksgiving meal plans yet! We've got you. Because we're last-minute planning too, we've rounded up every one of our Thanksgiving recipe posts here, in one place. So here it is: our 2018 ultimate Thanksgiving...
8 genius make-ahead Thanksgiving tips. Can you really ever have too many?
No matter what anyone tells you about Thanksgiving, make-ahead Thanksgiving tips always come in handy. Plan all you want, but it’s still going to be a bit of a mad dash right before that beautiful turkey hits the table. But every year I host, I get a little better...
Could the new Flavorbaby app help parents raise more adventurous eaters?
At Cool Mom Eats, we talk a lot about how to feed our picky eaters, which is a huge source of stress for parents with kids of all ages. So I was excited to learn about the Flavorbaby app, created by a mom-and-dad team to help guide new parents in developing their...
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Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals for the week ahead including an easy vegetarian lasagna and savory French Dip sandwiches
This week, 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...
12 spectacular no-bake holiday cookie ball recipes to make with the kids
Baking Christmas cookies with the kids always sounds like a good idea until you're elbow deep in cookie batter with too many sticky hands trying to "help" and eat the raw dough. So if you have about as much patience as I do for this type of endeavor, my...
Our team shares our favorite family holiday recipes that taste like home: Main dishes, sides, and desserts. Lots of desserts.
We've talked so much about how cooking and baking can really connect us with our past, our traditions, our families, and there's no time we feel that more than right now, over the holiday season. There's something about rolling our sleeves up in the kitchen that...
My Dad’s perfect peanut brittle recipe, refined and perfected over 20 years
I know everyone makes fun of recipes that start with long, drawn-out intros about life and love and cooking and family and the smell of cocoa powder and blah blah blah. But in the case of my dad's perfect peanut brittle recipe, which he's been kind enough to share...
The perfect, easy holiday cake recipe I always turn to for hostess, teacher, and neighbor gifts
My favorite kind of cakes are the ones that beg to be eaten morning, noon and night. The kind of cake that gives equal permission to be enjoyed with a cup of coffee or a glass of wine – and Nigella Lawson’s Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake does exactly that. Ultra-moist...
