CBD buyer’s guideWhat is a CBD product tested for? CBD is a type of cannabinoid that has many uses, both medicinal and non-medicinal. For example, CBD has been shown to stimulate the growth of certain types of cancer cells and has been shown to help with seizures. It can also treat multiple sclerosis. In recent…
What about The Greater Good?
Can you teach kids about the greater good around the table? I think about all the issue we’re facing during this election season: climate change, gun control, social security cuts, immigration and even basic fairness. We hear a lot about The Founding Fathers’ vision for our country. Especially when it comes to the second amendment….
7 Benefits of Backyard Chickens
Thinking about getting backyard chickens? I considered it for YEARS. We lived in an apartment in Rome when the idea first hit me but now that we’re nestled into our mini farm in North Carolina, having backyard chickens is one of those dreams that sounded so fun…and it totally is! 7 Things I love About…
5 simple habits that set kids up for a healthy life
Out of all the places to start our Feeding Kids Character series, teaching them to take care of their bodies–the ones that they’ll need every day from here on out–seems like the best place to begin. Now here come the disclaimers… Depending on what you read (and whether you’re pitched essential oils, leggings or makeup from…
Here’s What Happened When I Cut Out Afternoon Snacks…And Why I Did It
Are you tired of stressing out about dinner? About trying to make something everyone likes? About going round and round on this little gem: “HOW MANY BITES do I have to take?” Me too. So I changed two major things recently. And everything turned around. Let me start with this though: they sound harsh. These…
Sheet Pan Honey-Mustard Chicken with Potatoes and Broccoli
There’s a honey-mustard chicken dish that everyone in my family loves. And when I say family, I don’t just mean my kids. I’m talking cousins. In-laws. Friends of cousins. That sweet and tangy sauce slathered over juicy chicken thighs is hard to beat. Except when you cook the whole thing over potatoes and add a side…
Sausage, Sweet Potatoes & Apples: A Sheet Pan Dinner Your Kids Will Love
I’ve been trying to write this post for 2 years. Roasted sausage, sweet potatoes and apples on a sheet pan is an easy, delicious meal that everyone loves every time. That’s the problem. It’s one of my Hail Mary meals when I need dinner done fast–throwing whatever veggies I can find on a sheet pan, along with…
The Safest Way to Cut Grapes to Avoid Choking and the Age Experts Suggest You Stop
Do you worry about your kids choking on food? I think almost all of us do. And unfortunately it’s for good reason. “Researchers estimate that emergency rooms treat more than 10,000 kids a year for food-choking incidents,” reports Health Day. And it gets worse. “It is estimated that one child dies every five days due…
Want to Be a Recipe Tester?
We’re trying to find the BEST KIDS’ RECIPES EVER. What are those? Here are the criteria: Made with mostly fresh ingredients Encourages variety and nutrition Simple enough to make for families with small kids BELOVED BY (ALMOST) ALL KIDS If you’d like to be part of our recipe testing group, please email me at charity.mathews@gmail.com….
Because Even My “Mom Shorts” Were Feeling Pinchy, I Drank SkinnyTox Wellness Tea for 2 Weeks
*SPONSORED POST There comes a time in a mom’s life when she just can’t take it. When she says, I’m ALREADY in my “just buy a bigger size” shorts and these things are still fightin’ me every time I get to the button. You win, Costco shorts, you win. It’s uncomfortable to be overweight. And TIRING….
Foodlets’ Top 10 Posts of 2014
CRASH, BANG, ZZZZ. There it is. The sound of success. We broke the internet this year, you and me. I mean, it was no Kardashian bum (and really, what is?), but thanks to you, our food bank post went certifiably viral. I always wondered what would really hit a nerve (and certainly worried that nothing…
Win a Copy: “The Grain-Free Family Table: 125 Recipes for Fresh, Healthy Eating Every Day” by Carrie Vitt and learn how to set up a dinning room
Sometimes I ask you guys what, if anything, I can give more of here at Foodlets. What would be useful? Lots of you have recently mentioned grain-free recipes and while several of our dishes here are certainly grain or gluten-free (vegetables, for example) it’s not an area of focus for me. That’s why I’m so…
Welcome Violet Agnes Mathews
SHE’S HERE! We’re so thrilled. And a little tired. Our fourth Foodlet has arrived and while I haven’t been in the kitchen for the last week — thanks to two grandmas and our entire church community — I’m so happy to introduce you to Violet. Look for more kid-friendly recipes, more ideas and more tales…
Getting kids to eat green food: 5 questions with Sarah Matheny, author of “More Peas, Thank You”
WHEN IT COMES TO FEEDING KIDS, Sarah Matheny wrote the book. Literally. And she did it twice! Her new book, “More Peas, Thank You” has just come out and it’s so full of fun ideas for vegetarian meals we had to ask her a bit more about how she does it. 1. Are there any…
Big, fat, international move in progress…
If you’re wondering whether I’ve run out of ideas or simply surrendered to chicken nuggets, fear not! The good fight wages on but we’re in the process of moving from Italy to the US–as a new-ish family of 5–and boy is it taking a long time to get settled. Once we’re past the living-out-of-suitcases stage,…
Italian lessons: How to take kids to a restaurant
Say what you will about French parenting but when it comes to food and family around a table, no one does it better, or enjoys it more, than Italians.
Back in action
We’ve got a new addition here! Estelle Marie was born in February, prompting a multi-month break in the action (as it were, though the site has been in “prep” mode ever since I started it last year…) This means another little mouth to feed soon, which means more material. So without any further delays, here…
Pan roasted chicken with apples
IT’S DINNER TIME AND it’s fall and that means…apples. This recipe was featured in my most recent Food Network magazine (which I actually love, for many reasons, but won’t go into that now). It’s simple, seasonal and really good! For Honey-Mustard Chicken and Apples, you brown the chicken thighs (which are juicier, cheaper and more…
Quesadillas cubed
Quick idea for a toddler-friendly lunch or dinner… one whole wheat tortilla cut in half + cheese + turkey, chicken, ground beef or beans put one side of the tortilla in a pan and add the cheese plus protein, making sure to get cheese on top and bottom because it’ll be the glue, and add…
Ina Garten’s white bean and rosemary soup
I LOVE THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA. I just do. I always have, I hope I always will. Her recipes are always delicious, they inspire me to try new things and she just seems fun, doesn’t she? With that husky laugh and a button down shirt, there she is making all manner of soups, roasted chicken and…