7 Star Wars treats fit for a Jedi. May the Fourth be with you!
Is it just me or is May the Fourth approaching at light speed? With Rogue One right behind us and The Last Jedi around the corner, Star Wars is in the air -- er, vacuum of space -- and so I've rounded up 7 of the coolest Star Wars treats to celebrate our favorite...
8 scrumptious Mother’s Day food gifts you — or the kids — can make this weekend.
Whenever I'm stumped for a great gift for someone special, I usually turn to my favorite recipes for scrumptious food gifts, because yum. Mother's Day is no exception -- and easy to curate, too, given that I'm an expert in what moms like. Whether I'm on the giving or...
6 brilliant tricks chefs use to fix common cooking mistakes. Because yes, we all make them.
Even the most skilled cooks -- professional chefs included -- experience mishaps from time to time. It's not beyond us pro cooks for the soup to turn out too spicy, salty, bland, or thin. Or for the birthday cake to be stuck in the pan. (Damn you, bundt pan!) The...
The unexpected (and inexpensive!) thing you never thought to add to your smoothie to make it healthier.
Smoothies are nearly a religion in my house. They are pretty much the best way ever to boost my kids' diets with power produce and protein, and they taste delicious while they do it. Although...I've learned the hard way that the wrong combination of ingredients -- no...
Next week’s meal plan: 5 easy recipes for the week ahead, from an easy Cuban-inspired steak dinner to summer on a sheet pan.
It’s time to start thinking about your meal plan for next week. From an easy Cuban-inspired steak dinner to a meal that's summer on a sheet pan, we’ve got five weeknight dinners that will get you through the week ahead. So grab a pen, make your shopping list, and...
What to look for on dairy, egg, and meat food labels: A cheater’s guide
Food shopping can be a maddening, especially with kids in tow. Navigating packed aisles, meltdowns, opinions, cravings, and the power of food marketing is no small task -- every week. So, we've created a cheat sheet that will help you find the dairy, egg, and meat...
5 easy brunch recipes kids can help make for Mother’s Day — or any weekend.
My kids love to help in the kitchen, especially on slow-moving weekend mornings. So having on hand a few easy brunch recipes that kids can help make is always a good idea. Plus, with Mother's Day and Father's Day coming up soon, this will give them a chance express...
7 delicious fruit lemonade recipes totally worth the squeeze. Yay warm weather!
You know what they say: When life gives you new, game-changing methods for cutting fruit, you make lemonade. And Stacie's recent Kitchen Help Live video has done just that; I finally know how to cut kiwi, mango, and -- yes! -- even the notorious pomegranate like a...
The one easy trick for tastier, juicier, quick-cooking chicken breasts.
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts are the definitive weeknight protein that please (almost) everyone. They’re as versatile as you can get, but cooking chicken breasts evenly so that they’re flavorful and juicy can be challenging. That’s why I use this one simple...
Rose Forties: Proof that getting old isn’t all bad!
If you're a person of a certain age, an early 90's hip hop fan, or like me, both, you've enjoyed your share of forties. Okay, enjoyed might not be quite the right word to describe the feeling of drinking 40 ounces of cheap malt liquor, but what can I say, I have fond...
How to cut fruit the right way: Tricks for 8 different hard-to-manage fruits.
Have you ever gotten mad at a mango? I bet you have and that it was because you didn't know how to cut it without totally butchering the fruit. Don't worry -- it has happened to all of us, which is why this week's Kitchen Help Live, our Facebook Live broadcasts on the...
6 yummy one-handed snack recipes for breastfeeding moms — or any other busy multitaskers.
Anyone who's breastfed knows that ravenous hunger goes along with the territory. So -- for my own sanity -- I've rounded up six homemade snacks that are easy to make and even easier to eat, even while juggling the baby, a big glass of water, and my laptop. (How did...
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Non-toxic spring cleaning with salt: 8 unexpected uses in the kitchen beyond cooking.
Springtime means spring cleaning in my house and that means cleaning with salt. Yes, really. While there are some great natural cleaning products out there that are worth every dime (we love Better Life around here, and even housecleaning services use it), the...
Create a more sustainable kitchen with these 10 easy, eco-friendly ideas
With Earth Day coming up in April and spring cleaning season here, it's a great time to reflect on ways we can create a more eco-friendly home and a more sustainable kitchen. If your family spends as much time as my family of five does thinking about, preparing,...
Kitchen spring cleaning checklist: 7 kitchen tasks everyone forgets
With spring having sprung (and the words of Marie Kondo echoing in my head all these years later), I've been doing my best to kick-start kitchen spring cleaning before summer arrives. But one thing I've learned after all these years is it's so easy to miss certain...
Healthy comfort food recipes to get us through the winter without the extra pounds
Healthy comfort food recipes can be hard to come by. I mean I totally get the desire to start new diets in the new year, what with fresh beginnings and all. But when it's winter, I just want to cuddle up on the couch with a blanket and a big bowl of cheesy soup or...
How to tell if food is fresh: Tips for 7 of your top pantry staples
It's good to have some tricks for how tell if food is fresh and still good to eat -- as you know if you've ever opened a jar of half-used tomato sauce that seemed fairly new...only to find furry white spots of mold floating on top. While some spoiled food is quite...
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7 spectacular macaroon variations for a big finish at Passover
We've explained many times that macarons are not to be confused with macaroons, the latter being a flour-free, gluten-free, generally chewy coconut cookie that's a favorite treat to finish off your Seder. This being Passover season, it's a perfect opportunity to...
5 easy spring recipes for the week ahead, from 35-minute lemony chicken cutlets to a fresh take on quesadillas | Weekly Meal Plan
It’s time to start thinking about your meal plan for next week. From 35-minute lemony chicken cutlets to sheet pan quesadillas, we’ve got five dinners that make good use of spring produce and lighter nights (yay!) to help get you through the busy week ahead. So...
A week’s worth of family-friendly spring recipes | Weekly Meal Plan
It's finally spring around here with daffodils popping up and flowering trees, which means it's time to start planning some spring dinners and easing out of all those heavy winter dishes. These are the spring dinner recipes that feel a bit lighter and brighter to...
These 11 light spring recipes help you shake off winter at the dinner table
When warm, spring weather hits I immediately lose all appetite for the heavy dinners like chili or pot roast that I craved during winter, and instead, I'm finding myself adding light spring recipes to our dinner roatation, like light pasta salads, cold, fresh...
These 9 recipes are most delicious ways to use hard-boiled eggs this week
These five truly awesome hard-boiled egg recipes may be the best, easiest, and most creative ways to use hard-boiled eggs, should you have a stockpile after Easter egg decorating. And don't worry, I'm not talking egg salad sandwiches a dozen ways either -- though...