Meal ideas and simple recipes from a family raising little foodies.
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 […]
Before quarantine, our family started many of our weekend mornings with a walk down to our local bagel shop. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been missing that tradition, so last weekend I decided to make some bagels for us at home. This is one of those magical recipes that seems almost too good to […]
I’m a complete chia pudding fanatic and love trying new spins on it, whether that means new flavor combinations or experimenting with different types of milk (coconut milk, almond milk, etc.). I typically start with my tried and true base vanilla chia pudding recipe and take off from there. Since my kids love to eat […]
We got to our local farmers’ market every weekend to stock up on fruits, and particularly on fresh berries, for the week. While we typically go through them, sometimes at the end of the week we end up with extra berries that need to be used quickly. That’s how I first discovered this chia jam […]
Yogurt with berries is a staple part of breakfast in our house, but the kids often leave part of their yogurt unfinished. I recently started taking the leftover yogurt and fruit from their breakfast and pouring it into silicon baking molds to repurpose as a dessert for the kids later in the day and it […]
Sunday evenings in our household are usually reserved for prepping for the week ahead. To make our weekday mornings a little less hectic, I like to make these mini veggie frittatas in advance. In just one batch, you can make enough to stock in the fridge and use as an easy breakfast option for the […]
The very first time that I had chia pudding, it was love at first taste. My husband and I used to frequent a place that had this amazing dessert that was a tropical chia pudding, made with coconut milk and topped with pineapple, mango, and other fresh fruit. After falling in love with that dessert, […]