You just can’t beat sausage for quick, delicious flavor. The stuff comes brimming with flavor, straight from the store. You also can’t beat frozen spinach for knock-your-socks off nutrition in a handy little bag. Today we’re combining both for an amazing dinner, an easy dinner, a 4-Thumbs Up dinner done in minutes. Yep, a 15-minute dinner kids…
No-Cut Chocolate Bark with Dried Fruit & Nuts (Safe for Kids to Make!)
As our series of Easy Cookies Kids Can Make continues, we present the easiest one yet! Inspired by a batch we saw on 100 Days of Real Food, we wanted to know if these cookies were as easy AND as delicious as they seemed. Answers: yes and OH, yes. For today’s super simple cookies (which…
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….
Reindeer Snickerdoodles: Simple Christmas Cookies Kids Can Make
I love easy Christmas cookies kids can make and these Reindeer Snickerdoodles do not disappoint! Two were mailed off to my step-father, who has Parkinson’s and lives in a round-the-clock care facility. Looking for a way to spread a little cheer, my mom told me that snickerdoodles and sugar cookies are his favorite. You get…
Easy Melting Snowmen & Sparkly Santas: Simple Christmas Cookies Kids Can Make
Today’s post is part of a series we’re doing on Easy Christmas Cookies Kids Can Make. The first two are Easy Melting Snowmen & Sparkly Santas. You’ll need 2 cookie cutters: a star and a circle. (Which are part of a basic cookie cutter set like this one.) If you want to give these cookies…
20-Minute Pork Tenderloin with Balsamic Vinegar and So Many Olives
Slam dunk! All four kids (and one husband) LOVED this 20-minute pork tenderloin with balsamic vinegar and olives. That’s right, every single one of our four the kids gave it a Thumbs Up and one review: “The olives are the best part.” – Phoebe (6) Three of our kids were born in Italy, where we…
The Mini Foodie Gift Guide: Food-Themed Holiday Gifts for Kids (Plus a Few Ideas for Parents, Too)
Christmas stockings are part of my master plan. As I try to mold and shape our kids into half pints who love real food, who value good food and who enjoy food together, I find that including a few awesome treats helps establish a positive (if not downright giddy) association with food. Speaking of kids, if…
Easy Eggplant Parmesan (No Dredging, No Frying)
This no-fry eggplant parmesan got a solid “5 Stars!” from my mother-in-law. “Thumbs Up!” from my father-in-law. Baby Violet is one year old and DEVOURED her first eggplant parmesan without caring whether it was dredged, easy or not! Ditto for my six year old. Here’s how you can make it too: 2 Shortcuts for Deliciously…
Candy Bar Blondies
Got leftover candy? These Candy Bar Blondies are my favorite way to use Halloween Candy (and depending on how you celebrate, they’re also awesome for the day after Christmas and Valentine’s Day too.) We went trick-or-treating for the first time this year and there’s basically candy oozing out of our house right now. That’s because we’ve…
2 Thanksgiving Traditions We’re Starting While the Kids are Young
We have four small kids and the biggest one is six. This will be the first year that all of them eat solid foods. So, our holiday traditions are evolving our family grows. But even though they’re still small, we’re starting two traditions this year. In fact, we’re doing it because they’re still small. Tradition 1:…