belgian mussels with kids: a cultural adventure at home & trip of a lifetime
We are so lucky now that our kids can literally have the world at their fingertips. With technology today and well-designed …
new for us foods
pumpkin cookies: recipe reading (and cookie-eating)
Today was our holiday cookie-baking day, and we made an all-time fave: Iced Pumpkin Spice Cookies!
We baked a million cookies, and we’re still …
try something new with kids: coconut
We’re big fans of mixing up the fun and learning over here, always trying a little something new each week.
We’ve done restaurants, foods, …
the papaya: totally new for our family fruit
We are always looking for new and exciting things to try over here, and this week, though it may seem boring, normal, average and everyday to your …
how to get your kids to try new foods (and like it!)
It’s hard to get kids to try anything new, especially when it comes to food.
A lot of parents, myself included, aren’t always sure how to …
new for us friday: the grapple
We were totally due for some new-for-us foods around here, after our handful of awesome, new-for-us games, thanks to Toy Fair, Easter, and the …
new for us friday: ugli fruit
We have a new grocery store in our neck of the woods–woo-hoo!–and it has a rockin’ fruit and veggie department. Owen, Cora, and I …
new for us friday: star fruit
With the heaps of snow dumped on us this week, and having hung out for almost 24 hours in a house with temps reaching waaay below normal, it’s …
kohl what? kohlrabi. seriously.
Our first-ever experience with our local CSA has been so exciting for us this summer. It’s really provided our family with a ton of new-for-us …
new for us friday: kid-friendly beets
Kid-friendly beets? I think. Maybe.
I’ve searched and searched and believe I’ve found the most kid-friendly beet recipe around.Actually, …
new for us friday: rhubarb pie
In my opinion, it’s an old-lady veggie anymore. It’s time rhubarb gets a little more time in the spotlight and a little more love from …
easy, homemade plastic bag ice-cream
I’ve wanted to try this little mix of cooking and science for awhile now, so with Friday being a half day for Maddy, I thought it was the …
new for us friday–artichokes
I give total and complete credit for this New For Us Friday to Maddy, who, while we were at the grocery store earlier this week said, Mommy, what are …
our not-so-teeny-zucchini
Last week, a good friend of mine gave us the most ginormous zucchini I had ever seen. I’m not sure what she’s feeding her plants, but I …
new for us friday–going coconutty!
Wondering what new something we could try for our next New for Us Friday, I grabbed a coconut while I was at the grocery store this week. I remembered …
sneaky way to get kids to eat veggies: frozen peas
More frozen what?
Peas.
That’s right. Peas.
The 30-45 minutes before dinnertime can be a total nightmare for me, especially now that Cora is …