It doesn’t get much sweeter than these mummy fruit pies for Halloween! With only a couple of ingredients, you can turn pie crust and fresh fruit into the breakfast, lunch or dessert of your kids’ dreams. Is it necessary to make special treats like this? Nope! But it’s fun. For me, for the kids, and…
Jack-o-Lantern Fruit Cups
You know those cute Halloween breakfast ideas you see on Pinterest? The ones that seem SO easy, then turn out to be as hard as convincing your three-year-old that it’ll be faster if you just buckle her carseat? This is not one of them. After testing out the idea, I have good news. These adorable…
Pumpkin Pie Breakfast Cookies with Whole Oats
What happens when you combine our favorite Pumpkin Spice Muffins with Zucchini Chocolate Chip Breakfast Cookies? The perfect fall breakfast: Pumpkin Pie Breakfast Cookies with Whole Oats. Just throw everything together in one big mixing bowl, bake and bam. A gluten-free, make-ahead breakfast that’s not too sweet but boy is it satisfying. My eight-year-old called…
Corn Chowder with a Healthy Twist: Our Kids Call it “Rainbow Chowder”
That’s right, a healthier version of corn chowder with all the creamy goodness, plus a ton of fresh vegetables. What’s special about this corn chowder with a healthy twist Instead of cups of cream, we use chicken stock plus a cup of milk. But don’t worry! It’s still really creamy, thanks to those naturally starchy…
A healthy breakfast recipe for busy mornings: Make-ahead egg sandwiches with the works!
What’s the secret/only hope for a healthy breakfast recipe on busy school days? A make-ahead breakfast sandwich like this one and a healthy drink to go with it like ORANGINA. For our favorite new healthy breakfast recipe, starts with leftover roasted vegetables. This could be roasted cauliflower. Or oven roasted broccoli. Sauteed spinach would be…
Make-Ahead Turkey Pesto Meatball Pockets
As the mom of four kids, here is one thing I believe: Making dinner doesn’t always have to be so hard. Because sometimes it is. So hard. The problem with managing a household full of four small kids is that I have all these Pinterest-y ideas about how our lives should work. I picture it…
Baked Turkey Pesto Meatballs (AKA Magical Pesto Meatballs!)
What makes these baked turkey pesto meatballs magical? Like our mac & cheese by the same name, it’s all the veggies that are built right in. That’s the magic. What makes these baked turkey pesto meatballs special Our meatballs are baked, not fried. So you pop one pan into the oven and never once worry…
The Easy Breakfast Peach Crisp Your Kids Will Sit Quietly and Eat Without Fighting, Ever
Just kidding. This breakfast peach crisp IS delicious. And just happens to be filled with good-for-you ingredients. But I have four small kids and it’s rare that they sit down for breakfast without mayhem swirling in behind them. Someone spills their drink. Someone touches someone else’s chair. You know. You’ve fed kids in the morning….
12 Easy Spinach Recipes Kids Like (Adults, Too!)
Spinach recipes kids like! Sounds like an oxymoron, right? Trust me, as a mom of four kids, it’s felt that way sometimes. But now we’ve tried, tested and eaten our way through SO MANY spinach recipes that I’m sharing my keepers with you here. Here are a few of our very favorite, tried-and-true, even-the-kids-like-them spinach…
Do What You Think You Can’t: What it’s like to raise a child with type 1 diabetes
As part of a new series on the challenges of parenting, I’m thrilled to bring a guest post to Foodlets today, written by Leigh Fickling. AKA, the human pancreas. Here is her story. Almost five years ago, I joined a club that I never signed up for. A club I had no interest in and…