Almost every Wednesday during the school year, my kids and I are gone from 7:30am to 5:15pm. It is our music co-op day. My kids are busy with band, orchestra, choir, color guard, jazz band, and private lessons for various instruments. A couple of my kids also go to another co-op partway through the day […]
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There is a lot to love about canned green beans. While they may not have the most glamorous and nutritious reputation, they are an easy…
Need a new idea for a Friday Lenten meal or just a meatless Monday? Try this meatless lentil soup, which tastes an awful lot like sausage! I had the opportunity to attend an event recently where a vegan chef spoiled us with gorgeous and delicious foods. We had fewer legumes than I expected … lots
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When I ask my family for meal ideas, 90% of the time they will give one of three answers: What do these all have in common? They take a long time to make (from scratch). Which is why I rarely oblige. Quick Weeknight Meal I do like to make meals my family enjoys. So I
I was talking to some friends the other day and one of them was very surprised that it was the more or less in the 1950s when processed foods began taking over America. She said that it felt like the 50s were so wholesome. Wasn’t everyone making homemade dinners back then? The 1950s definitely were
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I have a love-hate relationship with potlucks. I love them because you get to try new foods and you don’t have to cook a whole…
Cooking real food meals – not too hard. Providing your kids with real food snacks every day – nearly impossible! If your kids are like mine, they love snacks. We keep snacks small, but I have no desire to skip them and risk a blood sugar crash! I am diligent with keeping meals balanced and
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Have you ever grown cucumbers? If so, you know that just one plant produces an insane amount of cucumbers. You pretty much need to have a plan of attack before they start producing or you are going to be eating cucumbers for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Sometimes I have an entire produce drawer full at
This tomato soup is a real food crowd-pleaser at my house. It is budget-friendly simple food at its best, and you can make it in your Instant Pot. Whether you’re feeding your kids a quick, healthy lunch or making a family-friendly meal to share with friends, this instant pot tomato soup recipe ticks all the
If we’re talking about pure comfort food and classic family-friendly meals that you can make in the Instant Pot, I’m gonna talk about sloppy joes. This is a meal I grew up eating and loving. Of course, we didn’t make it in the Instant Pot (do you even remember pre-Instant Pot days?) and we didn’t
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It’s certainly the time of year to pull out all the easy strategies like this one-pot Instant Pot dinner that you can prep the night before or anytime during the day! Getting a healthy dinner on the table in a hurry has rarely been easier than this. Fall is the time of year when parents
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There’s something for everyone in this pot roast recipe! Pick one of four flavor variations to try this week and then come back for another round later. My mother-in-law says that the best pears are the slightly brown, bruised, so-ripe-they’re-almost-overripe, and her litmus test of perfection is whether the pear juice runs all the way
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Let’s talk about the greatest dinner ever: Burrito bowls. Why are burrito bowls the best? For these reasons: Family-friendly (who doesn’t love tacos? Serial killers. That’s who.) Budget-friendly (beans and rice!) Allergy-friendly (GF? No problem. DF? Use guacamole or this easy cashew cream sauce – game changer) Flexible (eat it plain, make it into tacos,
Are you ready for a healthy, easy side dish that’s full of all those sweet and salty flavors we love? If you have never had broccoli salad, you are missing out on one of the best ways to eat your veggies. It’s like a chicken salad… but with broccoli. Mkay, maybe that won’t convince you
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Let’s talk about salads in the fall & winter months. If you’re looking for a way to spice up your roasted veggie recipes while it’s cold outside, I recommend trying something a little different. Usually, we think of salad as fresh, crisp, cold, crunchy veggies drizzled in a creamy dressing and tossed together. Salad is
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We’re living through a unique time in history, when a virus spreading worldwide has us cooking at home more than many people have done in years, a significant number of us are dealing with job loss or other reductions of income, grocery shopping is a potentially life-threatening expedition, and some foods are out of stock!
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It’s funny how tastes change. As a kid, I despised legumes of all kinds and never ate yogurt, ever. Now two of my top three recommended good habits include cooking dry beans and making homemade yogurt, and I eat a plain yogurt with fruit (no sweetener) every single day for lunch. Add honey and it’s
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I’m posting this recipe for my son today. He’s going to try his hand at making fresh salsa tonight for dinner as all of my kids attempt to make a meal without me completely. (Cue silent hopeful cheering – they’ve learned a lot of skills as I’ve taught them the lessons in the Kids Cook
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I just can’t stop making soup, even when it’s ninety degrees outside. You may think of soup, broth, and hearty beans as purely a winter thing, but with all the fresh produce coming into my house (from the Farmer’s Market…remember, the organic gardening series were all guest posts!) I can’t help but make some of
A meatless meal that doesn’t feel like a sacrifice, this simple, nourishing wrap includes chickpeas (garbanzo beans), carrots, cumin and more. As an added bonus these wraps are so easy your kids can make them. These would make a great addition to this list of simple party food. When I decided that I was interested
