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…
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21 Super Nourishing Meals For Kids
Most of us want our kids to eat healthier, but it’s almost always about finding the time. Searching for recipes and ingredients, then trying new techniques that always take longer than something we’ve done before. And the biggest hurdle of all, eating healthier as a family ultimately comes down to one thing: will the kids…
30-Minute Lemon Chicken with Tomatoes & Kale
This 30-minute chicken dinner is packed with flavor — and healthy ingredients! Use kale, spinach, baby spinach or mustard greens. Anything works. Serve it over a bed of spaghetti and you’ll have a dinner everyone asks to make on repeat. Yes, cook the herbs first. I use boneless, skinless chicken thighs because they’re full of…
easy red velvet cupcakes
These easy red velvet cupcakes are fresh from the pages of my new book, Cupcake Cookbook for Kids! I’m so excited to share all the fun (and still doable) ideas in this book, starting with the silkiest red velvet cupcakes you’ll ever have. And bonus: they’re so easy your kids can make them. I love…
21 Recipes Kids Can Make
With four kids, I’m a big believer in recipes kids can make. Cooking teaches kids an important life skill but so much more: science, service and even patience. With excerpts from my cookbooks books for kids “Super Simple Baking for Kids“, “Pizza School” and “Kid Chef Junior Bakes“, my kids have made all of these…
Got Small Kids? Try These 3 Game-Changers for a Better Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving can be a nightmare for parents of picky kids. We’re planning on sharing the day with another family this year but it almost didn’t happen. “Well, I’m not sure if it’ll work,” my friend admitted over a text message. “I mean, my kids are so picky! I don’t want you guys to be offended.” …
Tea Party Ideas for Kids: Menus, Decor and Songs
I love hosting tea parties for kids! They work for birthday parties big and pink and small with costumes — plus fun afternoons at home. Tea parties for kids are fancy, fun and easier than you think to pull off but best of all…tea parties are great for teaching manners. “Oh, thank you so much!”…
Easy Chocolate Cake that’s Rich, Delicious and Only Needs 1 Bowl
There’s so much to love about this chocolate cake recipe, because it’s the best: You need only one bowl and a handful of simple ingredients to get delicious results. But here’s the real selling point: The deep chocolate taste and texture is NOTHING like what you get in a box mix. It’s the best. That’s…
4-Ingredient Rainbow Meringue Cookies
These rainbow meringue cookies are basically the cutest things I’ve ever made. With only a few ingredients, rainbow meringues are actually so simple that kids can make them. For real. I love simple recipes like this that make a big impact. They’re confidence boosters for young (and not so young) cooks. Plus the end result…
I’ve felt fat my whole life. Here’s what I’m telling my daughters so they can skip that.
“You’re looking pretty fat, Charity!” My grandpa used to say this when I came to visit as a kid. That was his actual greeting. A scrappy little girl with skinny legs and a poochy tummy, I looked like Eloise. Just substitute a mobile home on a tiny farm for the Plaza hotel and there I…
Toasted Bagel Bites
These toasted bagel bites are the simplest way to land a major hit at lunchtime. In three minutes flat, you can whip up one of our four kids’ favorite school lunches of all time. Plus, the mix-and-match options are endless. Use whole-wheat bagels, everything bagels or plain. Add peanut butter and jam, hummus, marinara sauce…
Strawberry Bliss Protein Balls
Looking for a kid-friendly protein ball recipe without nuts? We’re hooked on these Strawberry Bliss Protein Balls without a single sprinkle of added sugar. This recipe is very versatile so you can add only coconut, only banana chips or combine both. Our how-to pictures below show the banana version. What you need to make Strawberry…
12 Things this mom of 4 always, Always buys at Costco
Besides a supply of paper towels that’s roughly the same size as my first car, there are a few key products that make a Costco membership worth it to me. My family includes four kids plus my husband and me and these are the things I always pick up. (And if I skip the middle…
What to Put in Care Packages for People Experiencing Homelessness
What’s best to put in care packages for people experiencing homelessness? It was a couple of summers ago when my kids came bursting through the door clutching Ziplock bags full of granola bars, water bottles and more. “We made Good Samaritan Bags at church!” they roared. “They’re care packages for the homeless to keep in…
Week 3: 5 Healthy Lunches Kids Can Pack Themselves with Eggs & Mini Mozzarella Balls
This year we started a new strategy for school lunches. It’s called “3 Small Kids Pack Their Own Lunches, Even the Kindergartener”. Subtitle: “So Mommy Doesn’t Go Crazy.” Guess how it’s going? Surprisingly well! In this third installment, we’ve got a week’s worth of healthy lunch ideas, focusing on two main ingredients: mini mozzarella balls…
5 simple habits that set kids up for a healthy life
Out of all the places to start our Feeding Kids Character series, teaching them to take care of their bodies–the ones that they’ll need every day from here on out–seems like the best place to begin. Now here come the disclaimers… Depending on what you read (and whether you’re pitched essential oils, leggings or makeup from…
Real school lunches: 5 days of healthy, fast lunches ideas for preschoolers and young kids
It’s time to pack school lunches again! This year I have two elementary aged girls plus two preschoolers and I’m packing healthy lunches for ALL of them. Which means things need to be quick. Packing for four also means the potential for a LOT of waste, so I’m sharing our kids’ favorites from the week. These…
The Safest Way to Cut Grapes to Avoid Choking and the Age Experts Suggest You Stop
Do you worry about your kids choking on food? I think almost all of us do. And unfortunately it’s for good reason. “Researchers estimate that emergency rooms treat more than 10,000 kids a year for food-choking incidents,” reports Health Day. And it gets worse. “It is estimated that one child dies every five days due…
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…
3 Kid-Tested Toppings to Make Toast a Healthier Breakfast
My kids love toast for breakfast. They’d eat it every day. So for the sake of variety — both in terms of appreciating new flavors and nutritional value — we started getting adventurous about toppings. This is only a start (and I’d love to hear about your ideas) but these 3 ways to make toast a healthier…