Is it bad for a parent to tell a little white lie? How about a lie of omission…as in, “Here, eat this spaghetti with sauce” – not mentioning that the sauce is loaded with a pile of additional vegetables? Who would notice? Well, we know of at least one fictional character who would: Dr. Cal […]
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Kids Cook for Your Next Game Day Party
Ready to for the big game this weekend? If you’d like to spend more time watching the game than cooking for it, turn some of the kitchen tasks over to your kids. Of course some of the trickier jobs are better for older kids, but there are jobs that’ll work for even the littlest tykes […]
5 (Doable) New Year’s Family Food Resolutions
You know those New Year’s eating resolutions that you start out making – like eliminating all added sugar – that turn out to be really, really hard to keep? Sure, resolutions are aspirational, but they’re also arbitrary. If you set the bar too high, they can lead to discouragement and – worst case scenario – […]
Foodie Gift Baskets for the Holidays
You want to give great holiday gifts – something your loved ones will use and enjoy, and something that won’t fall into the wait-in-line-to-return-on-December-26 category. Why not consider a beautiful foodie gift basket that they can enjoy eating now, and continue to use the kitchen tools throughout the year? Melissa’s Produce has some amazing baskets […]
Rock the Lunchbox 2014
If you gave your kids free reign to design their perfect lunch, what would it look like? That’s a question the Rock The Lunchbox folks asked us earlier this summer and, intrigued, we put the question to our 7-year-old. We weren’t quite sure what to expect – Would he come up with a cheeseburger and […]
Easy Summer Pickling
Pickling is one of those things that I’ve always shied away from in the summer. Mostly I feared that I would go through all kinds of effort, and then the jars would sit unopened, languishing until mid-winter, until someone would finally decide that they wanted the jars for another project and dump everything out. I […]
Hi! I'm Jeanne Fratello - a writer, reporter, and a mom who is on a mission to find great food for kids and to keep parents up to date on the latest nutrition news. You can read more about me here.
