Some muffins are really just cupcakes pretending to be good for you. These are not those muffins. As a mom of four small kids, healthy muffins are my secret weapon for packing as many nutritious ingredients into my rascals as possible. All those fruits and veggies? That’s the magic. How to make magical double chocolate…
Instant Lunchbox Cornbread Muffins with Turkey Sausage & Spinach
My kids love cornbread. I make a honey-whole-wheat cornbread that’s packed with good-for-you ingredients and every time I do, everyone squeals. With de-light. But I don’t always have time to bake all the things from scratch. And I’m guessing you don’t either. That’s why I love these Instant Lunchbox Cornbread Muffins because drumroll please… You…
How to Make Double Chocolate Oatmeal in the Instant Pot or Slow Cooker
With a handful of ingredients, you can whip up a warm, rich and hearty breakfast that’s lower in sugar than you think. Best of all, you just throw everything for these Double Chocolate Slow Cooker Oatmeal into an Instant Pot or a slow cooker before bed, and the whole thing cooks politely while you sleep….
The Instant Pot Italian Beef Sandwiches My 8-Year-Old Can’t Get Enough Of
“Are there any more?” That’s the only question my third grader has when I make these Instant Pot Italian Beef Sandwiches for dinner. Lucky for her, this recipe makes enough to feed our family of 6 at LEAST twice. If you’re cooking for a crowd without spending a fortune–or want to freeze leftovers for an instant dinner…
How to Make “Hard Boiled” Eggs in an Instant Pot
I love making eggs. My kids love eating eggs. I recently became the owner of nine chickens, partly so we could get more eggs. The only glitch in this egg-loving setup is…peeling hard boiled eggs. I can never, ever get those stubborn eggshells to come off without crumbling and taking half the white with them….
Star Wars Christmas Cookies
“Those. Are. AWESOME!” That’s the review from the rascals when they saw the finished Star Wars Christmas Cookies. Our Star Wars Christmas Cookies are a combination of two ideas: Our Homemade Star Wars Graham Crackers and the Christmas-camoflauge pattern from So Yummy (see it here on our Facebook page.). Kids can help but these Star Wars…
You’re Only 4 Ingredients Away from Chocolate Peppermint Truffles
If you’re looking for an easy recipe for chocolate truffles with a crunchy peppermint coating, these are the truffles for you! My six-year-old whipped up a batch for a holiday teachers’ gift this week. Almost entirely by herself. Yep, these chocolate truffles are that simple. And what are truffles doing on a site like…
Phoebe’s Fantastic Microwave Fudge (That Cooks in 5 Minutes Flat!)
This was such easy fudge recipe to make that my eight-year-old tackled the whole thing herself. That’s because it’s not just five-minute fudge. It’s microwave fudge! To make this simple fudge, all you do is assemble the ingredients in a glass bowl — and without even stirring — pop the whole thing in the microwave…
Easy Sour Chicken Kids Love: A Takeout Recipe Makeover!
My kids love sweet and sour chicken–and this recipe is easy. You get easy sweet and sour chicken that’s also healthier than takeout! Every time we order Chinese, sweet and sour chicken is our kids’ go-to request. But all that deep fried chicken and food coloring isn’t my favorite thing to serve for dinner, so…
Easy French Toast Casserole with Blueberries
Baked French toast casserole is one of my favorite special breakfasts. Like our awesome sheet pan pancakes, there’s no flipping and everyone gets to dig in at once. Plus you can prep the whole thing the night before and just bake it when you’re ready in the morning. What you need to make baked french…
3-Ingredient Shortcut Danish Pastry
Around this time last year, my 7-year-old and I scoured Pinterest looking for the perfect Christmas breakfast. We settled on a recipe for lemon buns that looked amazing. Then proceeded to spend four hours making them. Guess how they turned out? Gooey. Drippy. Tasty but a totally laughable mess. This year, we’re making one of…
Kid-Friendly Slow Cooker Chicken Chili
This kid-friendly slow cooker chicken chili is one of the easiest dinners I’ve ever made. But it didn’t start out that way. Back when this chicken chili was a Barefoot Contessa recipe, there were more steps, fewer veggies and certainly more spices. But this DELICIOUS version couldn’t be simpler, or a bigger hit with my whole…
2-Ingredient Homemade Hot Chocolate
Did you know you could make hot chocolate with only 2 ingredients you already have–and neither one of them is a packet of mix? Milk and chocolate chips. That’s all it takes to make our favorite hot chocolate without a powdered mix at all. How to make homemade hot chocolate without a mix For 4…
How to make chocolate acorns
If you’ve got bigger kids, this is the sweetest Thanksgiving treat you can make together. Bonus, a collection of these would be gorgeous on top of a frosted cake. What you need to make chocolate acorns Hershey’s Kisses Mini Vanilla Wafer cookies (or mini Nutter Butters) Mini Chocolate chips Chocolate chips, melted How to make…
The Healthiest Way to Say Happy Thanksgiving: A Turkey Vegetable Platter!
With all the rich and sweet food served on Thanksgiving, I love setting a huge platter of vegetables out early in the day for kids (and you know, adult guests) to snack on. We’ve been shaping the whole thing like a Turkey every year, and every year, the kids squeal. That’s a pretty easy win….
3-Step Chocolate-Peanut Butter Pilgrim Hats for Thanksgiving
If there’s an easier Thanksgiving food craft to make, you’ll have to convince me because these 3-Step Chocolate-Peanut Butter Pilgrim Hats are the simplest treat we’ve ever done. Seriously. I made one, then went to check on our chickens outside (they’re new to the coop after spending a month in the garage.) When I came…
Chocolate Turkey Pretzel Sticks
What do your kids do on Thanksgiving day? I like to put mine to work with food crafts that keep them in the kitchen, but not quite under foot. I’ve been looking on Pinterest for inspiration and of all the Thanksgiving projects we’ve tried, these chocolate turkey pretzel sticks are the best combination of easy…
Candy Corn Breakfast Parfaits…Minus the Candy
These “candy corn” breakfast parfaits are such a hit but that’s not the best thing about them. They’re so easy! But that’s not it either. These candy corn breakfast parfaits are made out of fruit and Greek yogurt with a hit of whipped cream on top. They’re THE cutest way to start Halloween on a…
How to Turn our Most Popular Slow Cooker Meal into a 2nd Dinner (Tortilla Soup!) Using 1 Ingredient
People always seem surprised that I cook so often but the truth is, I don’t! I use shortcuts to get a fresh dinner on the table and transforming leftovers is one of my favorites. This matters because there are four small children at my house. Four rascals casually opening the front door while naughty puppies…
The Easiest Halloween Hack Ever: Spooky Smoothies
This is hands-down, the easiest Halloween “recipe” for kids you’ll ever see. Step 1: Make one of your favorite smoothies. Peach, blueberry or my favorite spinach and pineapple. Step 2: Rummage in your medicine cabinet for one of those syringes for giving kids medicine. Fill syringe with half & half, then make a circle near…