Making this simple sweet potato and green apple soup is not only easy but it’s a crowd pleaser for the knee high crowd every time. Why use Sweet Potatoes instead of butternut squash? Butternut squash soup is an Ina Garten classic. It’s SO GOOD. But when I’m cooking for kids, sweet potatoes work better. Because:…
10 Easy Pasta Recipes Kids Love
With four kids and a busy weekly schedule, our routine now includes the cutest meal prep ever: #PhoebeSavesTheDay. My twelve-year-old makes pasta every Thursday. Easy pasta. Delicious pasta. These are the easy pasta recipes our whole family loves. Brown Butter Pasta with Sage This one-ingredient topping takes three to five minutes to make, but don’t…
How to Make Brown Butter: The 1-Ingredient Sauce Your Family Will Love
When you learn how to make brown butter, you’ll have a one-ingredient sauce your family will love. On anything. Brown butter pasta. Brown butter chicken. Brown butter vegetables. Bonus, brown butter sauce requires only a few minutes and exactly one ingredient to make. Perfect for busy families. What You Need to Make Brown Butter Unsalted…
Pizza Pockets with Hidden Vegetables
What’s better than pizza for lunch? How about kid-friendly pizza pockets with hidden vegetables! My kids love the sweet and tangy flavor of our Veggie-Filled Tomato Sauce. But I was already roasting vegetables for quiche cups this week and decided to use a new method. The result is a super simple pizza sauce that’s packed…
Whole-Wheat Banana Bread Pudding for Breakfast
We gave the decadent banana bread pudding recipe from The Kitchn a makeover and our whole-wheat, lower sugar version is amazing. As we do in every Foodlets recipe makeover, in a category I call Barefoot for Babies (a nod to how I started cooking for my young family by simplifying Ina Garten recipes), I made…
15 Family Favorites: Dinners My Kids Ask for Again and Again
Kid-friendly ideas for dinner! These 15 family favorites have stood the test of time and our kids as for them over and over. When “What’s for dinner?” sounds like fighting words, come to this list. Each meal is easy enough for cooks of any level, fast enough for busy families and nutritious enough to make…
Balsamic Bruschetta Kids Love
This is the easiest way to make balsamic bruschetta kids love. Pronounced bru-ske-ta, our whole family enjoys this summer side dish. We started with basic tomato bruschetta, and let the littles dollop those juicy tomatoes on top of toast in our DIY version. Now we’ve added a new, sweeter, twist for balsamic bruschetta kids love….
Bears at the Beach Cupcakes
The best thing about these bears at the beach cupcakes is that kids can help make them! That’s why I included them along with dozens more ideas in my book, Cupcake Cookbook for Kids. Take a look at how sweet and simple every idea is, including this one. Excerpted from Cupcake Cookbook for kids Coconut…
Rainbow in the Clouds Cupcakes
If you love rainbows, you’ll love these Rainbow in the Clouds Cupcakes with colorful stripes inside and out! That’s why I included it in my book, Cupcake Cookbook for Kids. Start with our vanilla cupcake batter below and add vanilla frosting (We have an EXCELLENT vanilla frosting recipe in the cupcake cookbook but if you…
Rainbow Surprise Pound Cake
This might look like your average loaf cake from the outside but wait until you cut it open! A rainbow surprise waits inside. That’s why I included it (along with 23 more delicious ideas) in my book, Kid Chef Junior Bakes: My First Cookbook. Take a look at how fun — and simple — this…