When it’s time for a super easy, totally delicious pasta dish that only takes one pot, this is your new go to! This one-pot pasta with sausage and spinach is a busy parent’s dream: easy to make, nutritious enough and everybody loves it. Four thumbs up from the kids! We’ve been getting this gorgeous sausage…
12 Easy Dinners with Beans & Lentils
Pantry staples like beans and lentil make dinner easy. Best of all, each of these recipes was tested by all four of my own rascals. Sausage, Bean & Kale Soup The best way to make a small amount of meat go far? Add it to soup! This one is a huge hit with my kids…
5 Easy Bread Recipes for Kids
It doesn’t get better than easy bread recipes for kids! Nothing is more satisfying than making your own bread, especially when you’re baking with little guys. You can check some more food items at bridge. Here you’ll find easy recipes for bread, pretzels, rolls and more. Every one of them has been tested again and…
No Cook Pizza Sauce, a Recipe Kids Can Make
No cook pizza sauce is so simple to make, even kids can do it. From my cookbook for kids, “Pizza School“, this sauce comes together in just a couple of minutes! Fresh, nutritious without any added sugar or preservatives, the best thing about making your own sauce is you get to put as much (or…
21 Recipes Kids Can Make
With four kids, I’m a big believer in recipes kids can make. Cooking teaches kids an important life skill but so much more: science, service and even patience. With excerpts from my cookbooks books for kids “Super Simple Baking for Kids“, “Pizza School” and “Kid Chef Junior Bakes“, my kids have made all of these…
Mango Chia Seed Pudding with Berries
This is the second bowl of mango chia seed pudding I’ve made the kids…in two days. The minute those rascals dug into this protein-rich breakfast, that happened to be a breeze to whip up the night before, it was all smiles. And “Yum!” and “Can you please make this again?” What other breakfast gets a…
Easy Pot Roast with Vegetables
This easy pot roast with vegetables comes together so quickly! I threw a giant pan brimming with fresh veggies smothering a roast underneath, then seat out with the brood for an afternoon walk. Don’t get woozy on me with images of a “perfect family” because this is the FIRST time the guy who shaves ever…
Leftover Mashed Potato Chowder in the Slow Cooker: “Double Thumbs Up Soup”
What can you do with leftover mashed potatoes? Make this easy peasy Leftover Mashed Potato Chowder! Just combine a chopped onion, a few carrots, a chopped pepper or two plus a cup or so of frozen corn. Throw everything into the slow cooker with chicken or veggie stock and bam. The most delicious soup magically…
Vegetarian Pasta Bake: Creamy Mushroom, Butternut Squash & Spinach
I saw a recipe for a DELICIOUS looking mushroom lasagna the other day but, oh the layers. Who has time to produce all those layers? So I gave it the Foodlets treatment (easier, healthier and therefore more kid/parent friendly)…and yum. This vegetarian pasta bake–loaded with creamy mushrooms (which happen to be awesome for you!), butternut…
Sausage, Kale and Bean Soup: A Nutritious Soup Kids Love
Soup season is the best. I love a hearty dinner full of fresh ingredients that comes together quickly, reheats like a dream (Lunch is ready!) and freezes beautifully for another dinner altogether. Our newest family favorite is Sausage, Kale and Bean Soup, a simple recipe that kids (and husbands) love! We get our sausage (and…
The Hot Fudge Lava Cake Recipe So Easy Kids Can Make It!
This is it. the Hot Fudge Lava Cake recipe that’s SO easy even kids can make it! Also, it’s delicious. How to make my favorite simple lava cake recipe… And most exciting of all…this is an excerpt from my brand new book, Kid Chef Junior Bakes! I’m so excited to share this with you,…
20 Lunch Box Ideas That Aren’t Sandwiches
With four kids in school, you can bet I’ve packed my share of lunch boxes! There’s nothing wrong with sandwiches but when you want to change things up (or use up leftovers) here are my kids FAVORITE lunch box ideas that break out of the school lunch rut. Also, these are their real lunch boxes,…
12 Make-Ahead Snacks for Kids
If there’s ONE thing we can all agree on as parents, it’s this: kids are SO hungry after school. And make-ahead snacks save the day every time. These healthy make-ahead snacks for kids are easy to pull out because you prep ahead of time and bam! Make-ahead snacks full of whole ingredients — but easy…
Easy Focaccia Bread with Garlic & Rosemary
Well, the kids and I are obsessed. I’ve made this easy focaccia bread studded with fresh garlic and rosemary every day for the last three days (plus several more batches last week)–and no one is complaining. That’s because focaccia bread with garlic and rosemary is basically heaven in your hand. Soft and fluffy with JUST…
My Kids’ Favorite Easy Pickle Recipe: Refrigerator Pickles in Minutes!
We have SO MANY CUCUMBERS in the garden right now, which means I’ve been making pickles. And pickles. And more pickles. Every summer I make at least five types of pickles and this easy pickle recipe is my four kids’ favorite, ever. The good news? If you’ve got a couple of cucumbers and a jar,…
Easy Creamy Cucumber Salad
My kids can’t stop eating this easy creamy cucumber salad! Seriously, I had to make a second bowl just to snap this picture. But that’s the only complaint you’ll get from me. This easy cucumber salad is full of summer flavor and only needs the simplest creamy dressing: mayonnaise, vinegar, salt and pepper. Just slice,…
The Best Grilled Salmon Recipe Is So Easy: 3 Steps & My Kids Love It!
You need exactly 2 ingredients to make the best grilled salmon recipe I’ve ever had. This recipe is a hit with all four of my kids eat AND my go-to crowd pleaser for dinner parties. I learned how to make this grilled salmon recipe from my mom and brother when we were home in Washington…
10 Easy Zucchini Recipes (Tested by Real Kids)
From a 10-minute buttery chicken dinner to the richest chocolate cake you’ll have all summer, these are my family’s favorite 10 zucchini recipes of all time. And they’re all easy. That’s a good thing too because if you’re a gardener, you’ve never seen anything like the bounty of even a single zucchini plant. Every summer…
Easy Blueberry Scones with Buttermilk
Light and flaky blueberry scones with buttermilk and all the rich flavor of a complicated recipe in only a few minutes? That’s the magic of our easy blueberry scones with buttermilk, which is included in my book “Kid Chef Junior Bakes“. What’s special about our easy blueberry scones with buttermilk They cook quickly in a…
Easy Succotash Recipe with Frozen Corn
This easy succotash recipe is the summer side dish my 10-year-old does a little dance for. A dance of joy. For veggies. Our shortcut summer succotash with frozen corn is that good! Buttery and tart, thanks to a splash of apple cider vinegar, this easy succotash recipe is the only way my kids ENJOY fresh…