Learning how to compost changed my family’s life–and our garden too! Did you know that food is the single largest contributor to landfills in America? Composting can fix that. And your garden (or shrubs) will get a rich and hearty fertilizer, for free! Here’s how you can get started. Green + Brown = Gold There…
Double Chocolate Baked Oatmeal Recipe
Do your kids love oatmeal as much as mine do? What about cake? I ask because this hearty baked oatmeal recipe comes together in minutes AND tastes like cake. Chocolate cake. Bake in the oven or zap in the microwave! Either way is delicious. What You Need to Make This Double Chocolate Baked Oatmeal Recipe…
Flower Garden Graham Cracker Snacks
We tried the viral flower garden graham cracker snacks from Pinterest and not only were they a blast for the kids to make, but a tasty little treat too! I love a cute little food craft to get kids excited about food and these flower graham crackers hit the target. What You Need to Make…
What to Eat for Easter Dinner with Kids: 3 Menus Depending on How Tired You Are
Easter is coming up and we have plans to share the celebration with another family, plus both sets of grandparents. We’ll have an egg hunt, plus a couple of other games to keep the kids busy. But for the main event on Easter, we’re working on a kid-friendly menu for 14. Menu 1: Low-Key Easter…
Waffles + Mochi is “Sesame Street” for Little Foodies…but Better
If you come for Michelle Obama’s magnetic poise, like I did, you’ll stay for the array of entertainment packed into one little show for kids. Simply dazzling. Netflix gives us music, animation, kid-friendly recipes from famous chefs plus two little food loving puppets you can’t help but root for, called of course, Waffles and Mochi….
Roasted Cabbage Wedges Kids Love
Roasted cabbage wedges are the side dish that your kids will love. “This tastes like butter!” That’s how my 6YO describes roasted cabbage. Like all of our other favorite roasted vegetables, the edges are crispy and the middle is soft. But the full effect is so much more. Roasted vegetables are sweet and salty, crunchy…
One-Pot Taco Mac & Cheese
Our newest version of macaroni and cheese adds the flavor of tacos and does it all in one pan. That’s one-pot taco mac and cheese! You won’t believe the secret ingredient that turns regular mac and cheese into this taco-flavored favorite…salsa. What you need to make taco mac & cheese pasta taco filling (ground beef,…
Raising Baby Chicks: 6 Things You Need to Get Started
We’ve had backyard chickens for four years and started with raising baby chicks. Back then I wondered what we needed to get started and couldn’t find a good list that was specific but also not so loaded with incidentals that we might never be able to afford it. Here is what you need to get…
Chicken with Cabbage and Olives Sheet Pan Dinner
Is there anything better than a sheet pan dinner where everything cooks politely in one pan? How about a sheet pan dinner that’s hearty, something you feel good about serving AND a dinner that everyone likes! Our sheet pan chicken with cabbage and olives is exactly that. What you need for this sheet pan chicken,…
One-Pot Cheesy Sausage Rigatoni
One-pot sausage rigatoni means you don’t have to cook the pasta separately. It’s literally only one pot. Pasta, plus sauce all together. If that’s not a busy parent’s dream, I don’t know what is. Unless it’s a crowd-pleasing dinner every loves, like this one. What You Need to Make One-Pot Cheesy Sausage Rigatoni sausage (we…