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 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. […]
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! […]
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 […]
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 […]
I almost always feel have dark chocolate on hand for days and evenings when I need a little pick-me-up. While my go-to is usually a dark chocolate bar, I decided to try making a healthier version of dark chocolate truffles (without any added sugar) and these turned out so well! These truffles are made with […]
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 […]