by Stacie Billis | Oct 9, 2015 | Recipes, Tips + Tricks
While scouring the web for the best skinny slow cooker recipes I could find, I came across a genius trick that I have to share: how to cook spaghetti squash in a slow cooker. Did you know that you could do this? I had no clue and, in fact, have always wondered the...
by Stacie Billis | Oct 1, 2015 | Christmas, Holiday Cooking, Party!, Tips + Tricks
With baking season around the corner, it’s time to (finally!) get a handle on how to properly store baked goods. With the right moves, you can bake your treats ahead of time and still serve up fresh pies, melt-in-your-mouth cookies, and moist cakes a little later....
by Kate Etue | Sep 16, 2015 | Back to School, Tips + Tricks
My kids’ lunch boxes come home from school looking pretty nasty some days — like when the peanut butter seems to have exploded inside, or when we open it on Monday morning to find a banana was left inside over the weekend. Gross. So we’ve been...
by Cool Mom Staff | Sep 4, 2015 | Recipes
We’re jumping head first into the pool of #ForceFriday because we admit it. We’re huge Star Wars fans around here (yep, we have an entire Pinterest board dedicated to it) and we can’t wait for Star Wars VII: Force Awakens as much as the next person....
by Kate Etue | Aug 31, 2015 | Tips + Tricks
Thanks to shows like Master Chef Junior, my kids now know the difference between sauté and flambé — and they want to do both in our kitchen at home. The problem is, they either get bored trying to choose a recipe from my text-heavy cookbooks, or they manage to...