When life gets busy, my crockpot comes out of the closet a lot more. In fact, it stays out on my kitchen counter for weeks at a time during the school year. Not only is it perfect for slow cooking soups, chilies and stews, but it is also great for baking potatoes. I’ve been baking…
Easy Blueberry Banana Yogurt Smoothie Recipe
Today, we’re featuring a video of my youngest son, Alex, making an Easy Blueberry Banana Yogurt Smoothie. Smoothies are one of the easiest ways to get my kids to eat a few servings of brain boosting fruit at breakfast, plus by adding some Greek yogurt into the smoothie, they get a little extra protein to…
Favorite Tomato Recipes
This post features favorite tomato recipes using fresh summer tomatoes at their peak. Today, I am featuring my family’s favorite Tomato recipes, a Power Food. Each summer, I look forward to the bounty of farm fresh tomatoes of different varieties that arrive in my CSA Box and at the local farmer’s market. A few summers ago, I…
Gluten-Free Jewish Apple Cake Recipe
My youngest son read a lot of books this summer, including a few books about kids entering middle school. I wanted him to get a feel for what it might be like since he’s entering middle school this year. One of the books (we can’t remember the name) had a recipe for Jewish Apple Cake that…
Spicy Korean Ramen Noodle Soup Recipe
Today, I’m participating in Food Network’s Back to School Communal Table event where a group of bloggers is sharing their favorite back to school kids and adult lunches. Now that my kids are all back in school, I don’t have to worry about feeding my brood of boys lunch each day. Instead, I can eat…
Favorite Swiss Chard Recipes
This post contains some favorite Swiss chard recipes featuring this nutritious leafy green vegetable. Swiss Chard (also known as silverbeet) is one of the first summer vegetables that I look forward to seeing in my CSA box the most. I especially like Rainbow Chard because of the beautiful stems. My mom used to sauté swiss…
Roasted Beet, Apple and Walnut Salad with Honey Lemon Yogurt Dressing
If you’ve ever read any of my Beet Recipe posts, you know that I did not like beets growing up, but came to love them after I tasted my first Roasted Beet Salad. During the summer, beets abound at the farmer’s market and in my CSA Box, so I have plenty of opportunities to experiment…
Asian Chicken Stew in a Crockpot Recipe
Now that the slow days of summer are over and school is in full swing, I’ve been thinking a lot about make-ahead meals, quick and easy recipes, and anything that can be made in the crockpot. Depending on my kids’ after-school schedules, sometimes it’s best to have dinner ready in the crockpot so the kids…
Chili Spiced Sweet Potato Fries and Chipotle Yogurt Dip Recipe
Chili Spiced Sweet Potato Fries are a heatlhy alternative to French fries, servied with a slightly spicy chipotle yogurt dip. Last week, I had the chance to visit a Korean market that is as big as a supermarket. I could have spent hours just going up and down each aisle looking at all the different…
Asian Grilled Eggplant with Soy Sesame Sauce Recipe
This week on Food Network’s Summer Fest, a group of talented bloggers are featuring farm fresh recipes using Eggplant that’s in season. Each week, recipes using farm fresh produce will be featured on the Food Network website along with recipes by a group of fabulous food bloggers. I love eggplant, especially the Asian varieties that are smaller. One of my favorite…
Guacamole Salsa Recipe (Kids Cooking)
Hi, this is Kyle on Kids Cooking. Today, I’m going to show you how to make some Guacamole Salsa. It’s made exactly how it sounds, by combining the best elements of my two favorite dips, guacamole and salsa. Not only is Guacamole Salsa delicious, it’s also great as a cool-down snack after a long, hot summer day….
Asian Sesame Spinach Salad Recipe
Asian Sesame Spinach Salad is a healthy side dish that is easy to prepare. Remember when Popeye would open a can of spinach just before his muscles would pop out of his shirt? Well, Popeye was onto something because as it turns out, Spinach is a Power Food. Although canned spinach sounds just as unappealing…
Watermelon Mint Freeze Recipe
This week as part of Food Network’s Summer Fest, a group of talented bloggers are featuring farm fresh recipes using Melons that are in season. Each week, recipes using farm fresh produce will be featured on the Food Network website along with recipes by a group of fabulous food bloggers. Although I love all melons, today, I am…
A Healthier Gluten-Free Crawfish and Crab Gumbo Recipe
We’re a big baseball family, and each year for the past 12 years, our summers have been consumed with baseball games and lots of traveling around the country. Seven years ago, one of my boys played in the 10-year old Cal Ripken World Series in Lafayette, Louisiana. Our entire family went to this once in…
Essential Equipment and Supplies for the First College Apartment Kitchen
Learn what Essential Equipment and Supplies you need for your first college apartment kitchen. My oldest son is returning to college all too soon, and this year, he’s living off-campus which means he will be cooking in his very first apartment kitchen. Although it might be more work for him to cook his own meals,…
Marinated Portobello Mushroom Salad Recipe
Marinated Portobello Mushroom Salad can be made in advance and is a healthy side dish. Mushrooms are one of those foods that sometimes don’t get enough credit. At least, I know I didn’t until I discovered fresh shitake mushrooms, portobello mushrooms, and dried porcini mushrooms as an adult. Growing up, my dad used to make…
Healthy Snack Recipes for Kids – Food for the Brain – Part 3
This is the last in a series of posts on Food for the Brain. Part 1 covered foods that are good for brain health, including a fun round-up of Healthy Breakfast Recipes for Kids; Part 2 featured a round-up of creative Healthy Lunch Recipes for Kids. Today, in Part 3, we’re wrapping up our Food…
Peach Blackberry Arugula Salad Recipe
Peach Blackberry Arugula Salad is a beautiful fresh salad featuring fresh peaches and blackberries. One of the fruits I look forward to most during the summer are fresh peaches. There’s just something about taking a bite of a fresh, juicy peach in season. The fragrance of a fresh in-season peach is intoxicating. White peaches are…
Healthy Lunch Recipes for Kids – Food for the Brain – Part 2
Today is Part 2 in a series of three posts featuring recipes that contain brain-boosting ingredients. In Part 1, we presented a round-up of healthy breakfast recipes for kids. Today, we present Part 2, which  focuses on healthy lunch recipes for kids.  Our last post in this series will feature healthy snack recipes for kids….
Healthy Breakfast Recipes for Kids – Food For The Brain – Part 1
Today is Part 1 in a series of three posts featuring recipes that contain brain-boosting ingredients. I’ve got a round-up of healthy breakfast recipes for kids in this first post. Part 2 will focus on healthy lunch recipes for kids, and Part 3 will focus on healthy snack recipes for kids, all in the name…
Summer Salad Roundup (Catching Fireflies Giveaway)
Today, my Strawberry Spinach Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing recipe is being featured on Catching Fireflies as part of a Summer Salad roundup. Catching Fireflies is a site full of whimsical and uncommon gift ideas, including creative hostess gifts (like their Queen of the Kitchen Measuring Spoons), and cute kitchen accessories (their Ladybug & Flower Sandwich Shapers would make…
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