Kids Cuisine

There are some things kids just love to make. Once we bought my daughter a cupcake making kit, she harassed me incessently until we pulled it out and made some cupcakes. We did everything the manual way that we could, including mixing with an old-fashioned mixer.
It was actually a pretty lengthy process, but in the […]

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. […]

In deciding to research the nutritional information for chain restaurant children’s meals, I came across an even more startling finding than I expected. Sure, there are some children’s meals that have a shocking amount of fat or calories. Worse yet, though, there are some children’s meals that are a complete mystery. That’s because some restaurants […]

My recent post, “What’s Your Kid Really Eating?” showed that we parents really need to think twice before we order our children food at a restaurant. In that, I cited an investigation that showed restaurant meals often had more calories and higher fat content than advertised. But that got me really thinking about the subject, […]

Have you ever looked at the nutritional information for restaurant meals, even kid’s meals that sound healthy (such as pasta with a tomato-based sauce)? I’ve always been shocked by just how fattening and high-calorie some of these meals are, as I discussed a while back about the nutritional values of children’s meals. I don’t plan […]

There are two things that always seem to mix nicely, whether you expect it or not — kids and farmers markets. I’m not even entirely sure why, since this combines a few things that tend to bring sneers and/or tantrums from kids (such as green vegetables and shopping).
If you have not taken your kid to […]

OK, so some mothers like to get a break from cooking for Mother’s Day. But I actually wanted to make something fun. To me, it is a treat to be in the kitchen, at least to create something just for fun and not because three kids are screaming how hungry they are.
This afternoon, my daughter […]

It’s always nice when you can find a kids’ snack food that has the enticement of bad food, but isn’t actually all that bad. The new Nabisco Teddy Graham Trail Mix is fun for kids (especially toddlers who haven’t had any nuts yet).
There are two types, a Bears and Bees mix and a Bears and […]

I have always wanted to grow my own vegetables. In fact, I’ve always wanted to make my own (fill in blank with name of any homemade food item here). But having kids is enough to give me that nudge. Not only do I want them to have the most local of local food, but I […]

The cool thing about making lasagna is that it’s a bit of a cross between a food project and a craft project for kids. You get to cook, yes, but you also get to assemble, stack, arrange, and cut. Making lasagna is a lot of fun for kids.
Recently, my 5-year-old got her first go at […]