Kids Cuisine

It seems like one day you’re picking out a Spiderman lunch box, and the next your newly minted teen is asserting his preference for starvation over your homemade lunch. He’d rather eat something awash in radioactive-orange cheez-flavored pixie dust than something you lovingly prepared with your own hands.
Don’t believe me? I’m guessing you either don’t […]

There is nothing more comforting in the cooling fall weather than a nice bowl or mug of soup.  Specifically for my children, a creamy tomato soup paired up with a simple grilled cheese will have them cleaning their bowls clean every single time.  Unfortunately for me, any attempts at a homemade tomato soup simply left […]

‘Tis apple season in our neck of the woods.  This means many weekends spent at local apple orchards, picking to our heart’s content and rediscovering our favorite apples along the way.   There really is nothing that quite compares to eating an apple that just seconds ago was hanging on a tree, which your son or […]

I have a confession to make. I am one of those moms. I cringe at the thought of high fructose corn syrup entering the bodies of my two children. It’s not that high fructose corn syrup is much worse for their bodies than ordinary sugar. But to me, it is a sign that the […]

Spring Rolls (fotosearch.com)
I am so lucky — I get to play with food and get paid for it! This morning, I did a birthday party for a 6-year-old and 9 of her friends. We created some delicious Thai Veggie Spring Rolls for lunch, along with some udon noodles, edamame, and slices of watermelon.
Fresh Thai-Style Spring […]

My children cannot decide if they like to eat fish.  One minute they are inhaling a fillet of freshly caught trout, and the next minute they’re giving me stuck out tongues over simple tilapia.  I haven’t figured them out at all.  Last summer we discovered swordfish, and the first two times we had it, both […]

I spent about 2 years living in Florida a few years ago. For many reasons, Florida just isn’t the place for me. We packed our bags and rarely look back. However, there was one bright spot to our time there — we were about an hour from Disney World and could go for the day […]

On my blog, I recently wrote about a great website called Meatless Monday .  They challenge people to skip eating meat, just one night a week, to improve their health… and the health of the planet.  It inspired me to share a delicious vegetarian recipe with you, in case you wanted to go meatless this […]

When I was at Costco today with my son, something caught my attention. While I am accustomed to seeing the brightly colored, fake flavored Go-Gurt yogurt tubes, I have never seen a Go-Gurt package with the word “Simple” on it. Hmmm. What could this mean? Has a major food manufacturer caught on to the fact […]

One of the things that my family enjoys eating once fall weather commences is a nice bowl of soup or stew accompanied by a piece of cornbread.  Cornbread or cornbread muffins are always a welcome sight to see for both my children, and it is one of the rare items in the house for which […]