Category: Raising Healthy Kids
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Recipe
Until last week, I had never carved a pumpkin myself. There was this one time in high school where I insisted on having a carved pumpkin … but aside from a tiny knife jab or two, I didn’t do the actual carving. But on Halloween, I carved two pumpkins and my husband carved another two. [...]
Spooky Cheese Ghosts
“Mommy, what’s this?” Will asked me when he sat down to dinner and saw two spooky ghosts on his plate. I could see him thinking hard as he studied the white apparitions. “Are they ghosts?” Yes, indeed, they were ghosts. I fashioned these ghosts from mozzerella cheese sliced from a block and slices kalamata olives. [...]
Eating on the Cape
So, where did we eat this weekend on the Cape? The Cape. It feels so unnatural to me to say Cape Cod. It’s so formal, like something that someone who hadn’t ever been there would say. But I’ve been there many times. As a child, my family would make a yearly pilgrimage to the Cape [...]
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pancake Recipe
This Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pancake recipe almost appeared here earlier this week, but that would have been the third day in a row of pumpkin recipes, so I held off for a few days. I’ve been living, breathing and (heck) eating pumpkin for days. It’s one of those wonderful (and nutritious) fall foods. And it [...]
French Toasted Apple Grilled Cheese
When I flipped this sandwich out of the frying pan and onto Will’s plate, I instantly smiled. Do you see it? The simple, unmistakable shape was clear as day. Instead of shooting a photo of the most perfect sandwich in the batch, I went with the one with the perfect little unexpected heart. Here, you [...]
Fun Family Time: Popcorn and a Movie
Popcorn. That’s what this is about. Popcorn … and movies. See, Shawn was a little disappointed to pop over here and find that the photo in my last post was a map and there was nothing about family or food. Can’t please everyone, right? … Nonetheless, this is decidedly about family and food. When it [...]
The Starter Fish: Easy Battered Cod
What is it with all of the food allergies and sensitivities in the world today? Back in my day, peanut butter and jelly was a mainstay on the cafeteria menu and no one thought twice about serving fish (at least in the stick form) to kids. Things were just different. These days though, as a [...]
Garlic Soy Stir Fry
In my single days, a mainstay of my cooking was stir fry. It is just so easy. Chop up a few veggies, toss it in a pan with a little oil and stir, stir, stir until the vegetables are done, then add sauce and serve over rice. If you are feeling particularly ambitious, you might [...]
Easy Homemade Macaroni and Cheese
As my friends can attest, there was a time in my life where I could down a whole box of macaroni and cheese. In the days before organic, eating local and slow food became buzz words, I was all about the quick, easy and accessible. That was also before I (and most people) ever laid [...]
Young Children in the Kitchen
Ever since Will was just a tiny baby, I wanted him to be involved in the kitchen. But when I cook, it’s over heated burners and in hot ovens. And prep-work often involves razor sharp knives, so it’s not always that safe. That’s why involving young kids in the kitchen is an outside of the [...]
