I grew up eating my grandma’s old-fashioned potato salad recipe and there’s nothing better. I’ve tried a dozen different recipes and Ina Garten’s French potato salad with fresh herbs is a close second. But this old-fashioned potato salad recipe remains my favorite. Old-Fashioned Potato Salad Shortcuts If you’re a busy parent, the idea of making…
12 Fun Summer Cupcake Ideas for Kids
These fun summer cupcake ideas are perfect to make for a get together, sleepover or even a sunny Saturday at home. Best of all, each one is easy enough for kids to help with. Most of these are included in my book, Cupcake Cookbook for Kids, and the rest are detailed below! Bears at the…
Vegetarian Dinner Ideas for Kids
Tons of kids (and adults) are eating less meat these days, which makes my family’s favorite vegetarian dinner ideas for kids a list I keep on hand for my own kitchen! Rich and flavorful, hearty and satisfying, all of our vegetarian dinner ideas for kids are simple to make with flavors children love. Everything’s easy….
Whole-Wheat Strawberry Breakfast Cobbler
Breakfast cobbler is for cobbler people like us. I make cobblers filled with blueberries, blackberries and peaches all summer long. But what about breakfast? Could we get some of this fruity goodness into our lives earlier in the day? I revamped my favorite cobbler recipe into something heartier with more fiber (to stick with littles…
Roasted Broccoli Pasta
When I tell you that my kids love roasted broccoli pasta, you won’t believe that the main ingredient is…broccoli. There’s roasted broccoli, as you see here, but what you can’t make out so well is the roasted broccoli that’s also pureed into a sauce. Double broccoli. And now for the part that’ll leave you shocked:…
Wondering How to Cook Swiss Chard? Try This Creamed Swiss Chard Recipe!
If you’re wondering how to cook Swiss chard, I have a recipe for you. In fact, this creamed Swiss chard recipe is a huge hit with my whole family, including four kids! Our creamed Swiss chard recipe is a simplified version of this delicious recipe. The result is an easier way to cook Swiss chard…
Why are my kids such picky eaters? (And is it my fault?)
Why are kids such picky eaters, indeed. If you’ve ever sat at the dinner table asking yourself what in the sweet name of Ina Garten is going on with this child, you are not alone. Eating is one of my favorite things! You’d think I’d asked these mutinous littles to clean the bathroom with their…
Apple Nachos
My kids eat more apples than anyone I’ve ever met. Full of fiber and vitamins, it’s a great habit. But when we want to get really fancy, we make apple nachos. With peanut butter, caramel and fudge sauce drizzled over the top. Apple nachos are the BEST dessert for a crowd of kids. No cooking…
Cherry Tomato Candy Pasta
Move over homemade mac & cheese. This cherry tomato candy pasta is my kids’ new favorite pasta! We learned the recipe from Samin Nosrat (who wrote the excellent cookbook “Salt, Fat, Heat, Acid“) when she made it on the adorable Netflix kids’ show Waffles + Mochi. The secret is: roasting the tomatoes first. When you…
Honey Recipes Kids Love
We have backyard beehives and that means with a little luck, we have nice, fresh honey! That’s where our favorite honey recipes come in. Here is what we like to use our honey for. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Foodlets (@foodlets) 6 Honey Recipes Kids Love 1. Honey-Sweetened Banana Muffins From…