Kids Cuisine

I bet the kids have never seen a peanut butter and jelly sandwich like this one before!  I made a similar recipe that was quite complicated, but after some experimenting I found you can make this braid quick and easy by using Pillsbury’s French Bread Loaf.  It’s warm, gooey, and delicious.  The kids will be […]

My family eats a lot of cereal. So much, in fact, that I don’t even dust the top of the fridge - it’s covered by a protective shield of cereal boxes. There’s just four of us, and no, we don’t eat our breakfast out of washtubs, shoveling it in with ladles. But cereal is a big part […]

If your family is anything like mine, we’ve been glued to the television set in the evenings, watching every Olympic event we can.  My children have discovered that they enjoy watching all the athletes compete at their best.  We’ve had many conversations about sports and what kind of activities they might like to […]

Lizzie Marie has had an abundant summer teaching cooking classes throughout our community.  She was recently invited to teach a class at a summer camp for obese teenage girls. It was a wonderful experience and very educational for everyone in the room (participants, Lizzie, me, and the counselors).  Lizzie leads her instruction with some simple […]

A friend and I were talking about our kids’ eating habits the other day, and rattling off the list of things that they will or won’t eat.  We both concluded that while they may be a little pickier than we’d like, they still eat enough of the “good stuff” that we (and they!) are on […]

Have you ever found yourself wanting something homemade, but with virtually no ingredients in your cabinets or refrigerator? For some reason (poor planning on my part, perhaps), this seems to happen fairly often in my house.
Well, not anymore. I have stumbled upon a great, super easy dessert recipe that contains only ingredients I almost always […]

Like most other parents, I struggle from time to time with my children and vegetables.  While there is that part of me that realizes their palates are still growing and learning, there is also that part of me that wants them to enjoy everything they eat right away.  As we’ve been enjoying our own home-grown […]

Our fishing expedition on Flathead Lake this summer was comical.  Despite our best efforts, we were unable to catch anything, even though the boat next to us was reeling in fish every time we looked!  Clearly, there was something we weren’t doing right.  As a man from the next boat yelled over to us, […]

Kids and veggies… what a difficult pair to match. How do you get children to dive in?  Add a green leafy salad to the mix? A little creativity goes a long way.
When you think about eating out, a salad choice comes before the entrée.  Some restaurants include salad with the entrée. The “house” salad is […]

With summer being so busy, it’s nice to have some quick and easy snacks that the kids can make themselves and enjoy with their friends.  This cute Graham Cracker Bruschetta will make any afternoon brighter!  The nice thing is you can top them with whatever you have on hand.  Any cookies, fruit, nuts, or candy […]