Meal ideas and simple recipes from a family raising little foodies.
Diverse Story Sunday – Every Sunday, I share a recipe that is inspired by a book with diverse characters. You can check out other posts from the series here. Hungry Johnny is the heartwarming story of a young Native American boy who loves to “eat eat eat!” At a community event, while waiting for his […]
Diverse Story Sunday – Every Sunday, I share a recipe that is inspired by a book with diverse characters. You can check out other posts from the series here . This is How We Do It by Matt Lamothe has become a household favorite of ours lately, for its beautiful illustrations and explanations of cultural […]
Diverse Story Sunday – Every Sunday, I share a recipe that is inspired by a book with diverse characters. You can check out other posts from the series here . This week, I’m excited to share a recipe inspired by the book I Am Enough, written by Grace Byers and illustrated by Kemurah A. Bobo. […]
I love sub sandwiches, but with everything closed at the moment (we are still in quarantine here), it’s been ages since I had a good one. To improvise, I made this healthy twist on a classic meatball sub sandwich at home. Bell peppers as a bread alternative In place of bread, I used roasted bell […]
Last Sunday on my Instagram page, I launched a series called Diverse Story Sunday. Every Sunday for the foreseeable future, I will be posting a recipe inspired by a book with diverse characters. This is one of the ways that I hope to continue to use Bringing Up Foodies as a place for us to […]
We have had several heatwaves here in Northern California recently, our time in the kitchen has quickly shifted from baking to making frozen desserts like this strawberry “nice cream”! If you haven’t already tried making “nice creams”, they are a healthy, no-churn ice cream alternative, which typically use frozen fruit as a base. For this […]
It’s Memorial Day weekend here in the U.S., which unofficially marks the beginning of the Summer season. With 80+ degree weather, bike rides, and even a trip to our local beach, it’s definitely beginning to feel like Summer has arrived. To beat the heat this long weekend, we’ve already made this watermelon Italian ice twice! […]
Happy Cinco de Mayo! We may still be under quarantine here in California, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t celebrate. In honor of the holiday, I made a big batch of one of my favorite dishes – tortilla soup. I’m a soup person and this is one of my all-time favorites. I love that […]
Weekend mornings are my favorite part of the week these days. The kids pile into our room and laze around on our big bed while I get up and have a quiet moment to myself in the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Last Saturday, while in the kitchen we had some bread that needed to be […]
Disclaimer: This post contains some Amazon affiliate links Our daughter Ava has been asking whether it’s her birthday yet every week since her little brother’s birthday in November. This seems to be the first year that she has felt genuine excitement in anticipation of her special day. She requested a “cooking party” (no doubt, she’s […]