Kids Cuisine

I saw an SUV pass by while running errands and noticed the Yummy Spoonfuls logo and website on its door. It had a cute name, so I wrote it down and decided to check it out when I got to a computer.
We all know how important it is that we pay attention to what our […]

Here’s a quick an easy recipe from our youngest contributor, Lizzie Marie.
An amazing way to jazz up fresh berries!
4 - 6 servings.
INGREDIENTS:
2 pints fresh berries (use your favorites), washed and rinsed
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
3 tablespoons organic sugar
Place all ingredients into bowl, carefully mix. Cover bowl with plastic wrap, refrigerate 30 minutes. Mix gently before serving.
Serve […]

So, I’m guessing when you saw the title of this post, you thought it would be about banana chips. This time you’d be wrong. There’s more than one way to make a banana crunchy, and this week I had the opportunity to try freeze-dried bananas.
What’s the difference? Well, freeze-dried bananas are more crispy and generally […]

A few months ago, the National Mango Board held a kid’s cooking contest, Rising Mango Star. Of all the youngsters who submitted videos, three finalists were chosen travel to New York to compete against one another on August 8th.  The prize?  The chance to appear with Ingrid Hoffmann (from Simply Delicioso) on TV’s video magazine […]

We didn’t exactly set out to make pumpkin whoopie pies. It was about 95 degrees out, and pumpkin was the furthest thing from our minds. In fact, my daughter had a recipe for cream-filled lemon sandwich cookies picked out and, lemon lover that I am, I was definitely on board. But there was that long-lost container of cream […]

Next week we’ll be taking the kids on our once-a-year camping excursion.  For one week out of the year, we pitch a tent in the wilderness and reconnect with each other in a very peaceful manner. Our choice campgrounds are always the ones with the least amenities — no running water, no camp store, no […]

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We truly enjoyed tasting the variety of marmalades that were available with breakfast each day. Their flavors were bright and fresh, and were a wonderful change from the predictable flavors of jam we can find at home.

Naranjilla (Lulo) with sugar: This marmalade comes from a greenish citrus fruit and contains small flecks […]

Personally, I would expect Olive Garden to be one of the healthier options in the restaurant chain choices. After all, they don’t tend to offer too many fried foods and they serve up salad at the start of each meal.
I was a bit off-put to see that Olive Garden doesn’t provide comprehensive nutritional information, however. […]

Summer is here, and it’s time to think of all the different types of fun things you can do with your family. We have been thinking a lot about different ways we can help others, mostly through the act of cooking for and feeding others. But we had a great idea for how we […]

As my kid-filled summer comes to an end this week, I did have the wee ones one more time at my house this week. Since I am leaving town in a couple of days, I didn’t have a lot in the house. What to feed them? What to feed them?
While their dad took them to my subdivision’s […]