Kids Cuisine

Mama’s Kitchen Healthy Alternatives at SeaWorld Orlando was a pleasant healthy surprise during a recent visit. I had planned on making do or just ignoring some mom guilt when the kids ate junk food theme park meals. When I saw a funky green and white sign declaring this restaurant was the “healthy alternative,” I made […]

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To recap… On our family adventure with Special Expeditions, we journeyed through the Panama Canal and to Costa Rica on a 60-passenger cruise ship staffed by naturalists. Inspired by a friend from the blogosphere, who has been engaged in a culinary vegetable challenge with her children, we decided to have a series […]

On our family adventure with Special Expeditions, we journeyed through the Panama Canal and to Costa Rica on a 60 passenger cruise ship staffed by naturalists. Inspired by a friend from the blogosphere who has been engaged in a culinary vegetable challenge with her children, we decided to have a series of taste tests with […]

My kids recently enjoyed what can only be described as the Ultimate Breakfast Experience for toddlers and preschoolers. We dined at a character breakfast at the Nick Hotel’s Nicktoons Cafe in Orlando.
My three children are all die-hard Nickelodeon and Noggin devotees, so they were pretty excited about meeting Dora, SpongeBob, Squidward, and Patrick.
As we entered […]

To kids, pirates are just cool. History, not so much. Classic literature, again, is not that hot. There is a cool place where you can feed your kids, teach them about history and literature, and they get an up-close and personal encounter with the pirate world: The Pirates’ House in Savannah, Ga.
The place is oozing […]

When my kids were preschool age, our family relocated from the Midwest to Southern California. Quite a change in lifestyle for us. My husband took a new job and worked obscenely long hours and had frequent trips out-of-town. Feeling like a fish out of water and lacking in adult camaraderie, the kids […]

Last week, I wrote about Mardi Gras and the British tradition of Pancake Day. I’m sure that got all of you desperately interested in making pancakes. But if it didn’t, if it got you in a mood to eat but not actually make the pancakes, I’ve got some good news for you.
IHOP is giving away […]

In their book, Food Fights, Laura A. Jana, MD, FAAP, and Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP, take on all the most common food questions of parents and even a few questions I never thought to ask, such as how to eat well while traveling. The writing tone is anything but what you would expect from a […]

It can be disheartening to think of the endless parade of snacks targeted at kids. Colorful packages, creative characters, and flavorful snacks full of unhealthy fats and sweeteners are dangled in front of our little ones. Luckily, a couple of moms have teamed up to offer healthier options for packaged snacks to be enjoyed on […]

It’s no secret that kids adore French fries. In the United States, French fries are heralded as one of the first, easiest and tastiest finger foods in a toddler’s diet. But not every parent looks upon them as fondly as their child does, especially given the numerous and sometimes conflicting studies that have hit news […]