Kids Cuisine

I received an e-mail about a coffee roaster and distributor in Oregon that’s raising money to improve the quality of life for children and families who live in coffee-growing communities around the world. I’ve never heard of a coffee house taking such an initiative for such a worthy cause. I thought I’d pass along this […]

It never ceases to amaze me what becomes a big business these days.  Things that have certainly crossed our minds more than once… more often than not, it’s a question of actually following through when an idea is hatched, and that’s just what Kristi Thomas, 39, did back in March of 2002.  She launched Lunchology, […]

My preschooler and I don’t always like the same foods. When we got a few flavors of Stretch Island Fruit Co. fruit leathers, we both reached first for different flavors. Just like a kid, she wanted the purple (a.k.a. Harvest Grape). I grabbed the Country Cranberry Raspberry.
I asked her how she liked it. “This tastes […]

These might be “kid-approved,” but not by my kid. As much as he loves their counterpart, regular Go-Gurts, he took one taste of the new Go-Gurts Fizzix and spit it out. I couldn’t convince him to give it another try, nor give the other flavors a shot. He was having none of […]

Our five-year-old son is very particular.  He refuses to wear shirts with stripes, buttons, or collars (his uniform for his new school is going to be a hard one to swallow on two out of three counts).  His sandwiches?  No crust, thankyouverymuch.  When Erika highlighted these sandwiches cutters back in January, I made a mental […]

For those parents who are into children’s waters loaded with vitamins and other nutrients, here’s another one: NUI Kid Water (www.nuiwater.com) pronounced “new-ee.” The water is packaged in portion-controlled 10-ounce bottles. It’s a vitamin- and nutrient-rich drink created as a healthy alternative to the fructose-laden sodas and juice drinks that flourish in most beverage aisles, […]

It was my 3-and-a-half year old son who suggested spaghetti and meatballs for dinner and it was my newly-crowned 7-year-old who suggested we use the recipe from her new cookbook for dinner. I wasn’t about to argue when the two of them agreed on something for dinner and appeared to be willing helpers.
The cookbook was […]

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 […]

This week while perusing the cereal aisle, a new product caught the eye of my six-year-old daughter. Kellogg’s Cereal Straws called to her — she had to have these edible cookie-like straws to slurp up her milk. I looked over the box, rolled my eyes, and placed it in the cart. My […]

As you can tell from many of my Friday posts, I’m a huge proponent of educating children about healthful eating. Here’s another collaboration between professional chefs and the non-profit organization KidsLife (www.kidslifehealth.com) that’s doing just that.
KidsLife helps to prevent obesity in children and promotes healthful eating with a variety of proven food, exercise, and counseling […]