Kids Cuisine

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 […]

Last week we made the horrible mistake of serving our kids vegetable kebabs fresh off the grill. While Mom and Dad were relishing the first charred vegetables of the season, the moans and groans from the pee-wee side of the table were nearly deafening. I was reminded several times over that my children really […]

I’m sorta kinda wimping out of my weekly obligation to post new news for Kids Cuisine. You see, I’ve been a bit busy. On the 14th, my wife gave birth to our second child.
I’d like to introduce the world to Ellen Elizabeth Benes, who said “Hi” to Cathy, my wife, and me on Wednesday morning […]

With visions of mountains of Halloween candy dancing through my daughter’s head, I thought this would be a good time to remind her of healthy eating habits and the importance of good dental care. For the most part my children are very healthy eaters, but when faced with a bucket full of sugary goodness, […]

Belle and Liv are more commonly known in households across the web as Spatulatta. Their website is full of webcasts and recipes they cook up for their audience. The girls are charming to watch and really seem to know their way around the kitchen. What I like best about Spatulatta, though, is that […]

I was all ready to get uppity about David Kamp’s piece in the NY Times May 30 about the ubiquity of the chicken finger on kids’ menus all over town. Surely, I thought, this would be another elitist rant about the dreadful way American children are eating.
And I was right. But I also was surprised […]

This past week, I opened up a new box of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes to discover a little add-in to the package.  Thinking it would be a treasure for my kids, I tore the packaging open to discover… a step counter.  My first thought would be that my six-year-old might have fun with it, but the […]

What is comfort food? A cup of hot chocolate, perhaps. A soothing, chocolately, warm liquid running down my throat into my belly, with touches of whipped cream on top happily comingling with chocolate, as it should be… and that is just one drink that imbibes one with good feelings.
What are your comfort foods? I would […]

Nick, Jr. Family magazine recently spent some time with popular FoodTV Network chef, Emeril Lagasse, his wife and his two young children, EJ (3-1/2) and Meril (2). 
“We have a family dinner every night that I’m home, but Sundays are the best because we all cook it together,” Emeril told the magazine.  His wife, Alden, said, […]