Managing a busy family kitchen is so stressful. But one of my favorite ways to combat anxiety is putting things away. Less clutter means more mental peace. So much more. Here are the top-rated products from Amazon to help. Pullout Spice Drawer This easy slider makes all your ingredients visible and reachable. Promising review: “After…
Fun Food for St. Patrick’s Day
My kids love celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, especially with all of these super fun foods. Mini Reuben Sandwiches Minty Green Chocolate Chip Cookies Very Small Shepard’s Pies Rainbow Parfaits Fried Broccoli Cheddar Patties DIY Shamrock Tortilla Chips Spinach Wraps Very Green Mac & Cheese Vanilla Spinach Cupcakes
Apple Carrot Cake Breakfast Cookies
The healthy make-ahead breakfast my four kids love These apple carrot cake breakfast cookies come together quickly–and taste like a dream. Especially when served with a vanilla steamer, AKA Kiddie Cappuccino. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Foodlets (@foodlets) These Apple Carrot Cake Breakfast Cookies are packed with nutritious ingredients! Lots of…
What I wish I’d known about having backyard chickens
I’ve had backyard chickens for about five years and it’s been amazing. I love it. Benefits of Backyard chickens Chickens eat ticks. They eat compost. They produce even better compost. Backyard chicken egg yolks are the color of the sun. Kids get to experience the natural process of egg production (and the responsibility that comes…
What you need for backyard chickens
Getting chickens? Here is everything you need to get started Want to know what you need for backyard chickens? I’ve had chickens for five years and I love them so much. I have never once regretted having them, which is more than I can say for SO MANY ideas I’ve had in this wild little…
Creamy Lemon Pasta Primavera
The secret of this creamy lemon pasta primavera is simple: roast the vegetables in the oven first. You won’t regret the extra flavor, not one bit. Plus, if your kids are used to eating roasted vegetables, that’s a flavor ladder you can use to introduce them to something slightly new. All the familiar characters are…
6 secrets to help kids go from picky eating to “Yes, P-L-E-A-S-E!”—and only 1 is about food
Can picky eating be transformed into kids who have the skills to try new foods? Will we ever enjoy family meals together? You might be surprised, especially at what it takes. Instead of recipes, raising happy, healthy little foodies calls for curiosity, patience and courage. Moving beyond picky eating is more about character than kale….
What would Ina Garten do? (Picky Part 3)
How the Food Network taught me not to feed a family. I was a single girl in New York for so many years that a PB&J with baby carrots on the side became my default dinner. Why cook for one? Unless I was hosting a dinner party and changed gears. Here’s how that looked: First,…
Welcome to Italy. And Parenthood. (Picky Part 2)
Please. Just. Eat. It was raining babies in Rome. My husband and I left New York City, applied our Type A personalities to parenthood, and had three children in four years. Barely settled as expats in Italy, we had no support team, no nearby parents or aunties. It was a blurry haze of diapers, sweet…
How Moving to Italy and Back Taught a Mom of 4 to Find Peace with Her Picky Eaters
Picky Series, Part 1 “Veloce! Veloce!” My bulging belly threatened to burst from the bathing suit I bought a month earlier in the Italian department store near our new apartment. With no maternity section, I settled for a matronly black and white number bearing a striking resemblance to a real life orca. Since moving to…