Kids who cook are kids who appreciate good food. Baking is the most delicious — and often simplest — place to begin. As a mom of four, I’m thrilled to share my cookbooks for kids. Each one is full of simple, crowd-pleasing recipes with easy cleanup: Kid Chef Junior Bakes Super Simple Baking for Kids…
Chocolate Steel Cut Oats Recipe
My kids call this Chocolate Steel Cut Oats recipe “porridge”. As in, “Can we make the porridge again today?”. Everyday. My two biggest girls mastered the super simple technique and made their own batch of Chocolate Steel Cut Oats today. Those brilliant ladies even doubled it so they’d have enough to enjoy leftovers for snack….
Rice Pudding with Sweetened Condensed Milk
Can you make rice pudding with sweetened condensed milk? You certainly can! We’ve recently discovered the joy of chocolate rice pudding (starting with leftover but perfectly cooked brown rice) but dare I say it, I love this sweetened condensed milk rice pudding AT LEAST as much. Maybe more. Because you only need 3 ingredients. And…
How to Make Perfect Brown Rice (You’ll Be Surprised, I Promise!)
How do you make perfect brown rice? I certainly couldn’t have told you a few weeks ago. Because I’ve always been TERRIBLE at making rice. It seems simple right? Well, not for me! My rice is usually lumpy or burned or mushy or crunchy. And sometimes, if the Gods are trying to really do a…
Easy Salisbury Steak Meatballs
How do you feed a whole family with one pound of ground beef? Try our Easy Salisbury Steak Meatballs! This simplified recipe is already a favorite with my kids. We serve our Easy Salisbury Steak Meatballs over brown rice but you could certainly use egg noodles or any kind of pasta. What Makes these Salisbury…
12 Dinners with 5 Ingredients or Less…that Kids Love
Sometimes dinner just needs to be easy. Because most parents (including myself) find it tough to make dinner every single night. That’s why I love having a stable of dinners with 5 ingredients or less on hand. Not counting salt and pepper, these are a dozen delicious dinners with five ingredients or less, that all…
Simple Chocolate Rice Pudding (Starting with Leftover Rice)
Did you know you can make a simple chocolate rice pudding from leftover rice? Well, you can. And it’s so good that your kids will want to eat it for breakfast. And that will be fine because this simple chocolate rice pudding is basically brown rice and milk with a bonus egg–and it all starts…
Easy Cupcake Ideas: Chocolate Coconut Bird Nests
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best and that’s true for our series of Easy Cupcake Ideas, including Chocolate Coconut Bird Nest Cupcakes! These cupcakes can be made with a variety of pantry staples but this is my favorite method. What you need to make chocolate coconut bird nests Cupcakes (from a mix or try…
Easy Cupcake Ideas: Little Lambs
Here comes a new series just in time for birthday season and it’s called…easy cupcake ideas! To start off, we’ve got little lambs. The fun of easy cupcake ideas is that they’re adorable AND doable, even when kids want to help. You can count on every idea here being one that you can easily source…
One-Pot Pasta with Sausage & Spinach
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…