Kids Cuisine

For years, my son’s birthday cake request has actually been a pie — Peanut Butter Pie, to be exact. And this is quite a pie–silky, indulgent, incredibly rich, and good enough to have for a special day that comes only once a year.
This year, I decided to try something a little different. Instead of making […]

I may be going out on a limb here, but I doubt it. There a lot of noodle-crazy kids out there who wouldn’t touch a dish of macaroni with red sauce if it was the last plate of spaghetti on earth. And for every kid who wants his pasta “with butter, no sauce!” there’s a […]

Today at the breakfast table, I broke the news that it was “Family Cleaning Day,” and proceeded to list a series of chores I thought the kids could handle independently while I tackled a deadline for work. Clearing the breakfast dishes, I reminded everyone of their duties and headed off to my desk with visions […]

Perhaps it’s a little odd to whip out the ice cream machine when the thermometer outside is barely nudging sixty, but what can I say, I’m an optimist — with a desperate yearning for warmer weather. That, and I find myself at the change of seasons with a taste for spring and a surplus of […]

This is one of those “breakfast for dinner” dishes that you can throw together in a couple of minutes, takes less than an hour to bake, and will accommodate nearly everyone’s tastes.
Of course, you can serve it for breakfast and it makes a fantastic brunch dish, but I like to serve it for dinner on […]

An unfortunate experience in my elementary school cafeteria turned me off to rice pudding for decades. It wasn’t until my own kids expressed an interest in the stuff that I began to experiment with the incongruously lumpy pudding made from cooked rice and sugar. Lo and behold, it wasn’t long before I was ruing the […]

 
Traditionally served alongside the St. Patrick’s Day corned beef and cabbage, this quick bread is really so good and easy, I’m starting to believe it might become a staple in my home. I like to use yogurt because it produces a wonderfully moist soda bread that actually stays moist for a couple of days (if it lasts that […]

One of only a trio of fruits native to North America, tart little cranberries pack a nutritional wallop. High in antioxidants and a good source of fiber and vitamin C, cranberries contribute a lot of flavor for a small caloric price—only about 50 calories a cup. And current research shows that compounds in cranberries called […]

The Crock-Pot isn’t perfect for everything, but it does excel at many things, and soup is definitely one of them. I make a big batch of soup at least once a week – we eat one and freeze the rest, rotating through the frozen soups on Soup and Sandwich night (in our house, typically Mondays), […]

These homemade granola bars are chewy, sweetened with honey and brown sugar, and easily customized to suit your family’s tastes. Feel free to add chocolate or peanut butter chips, replace the raisins or cranberries with dried cherries or chopped dried apricots, or add sunflower or sesame seeds for added protein. If you’re having one of […]