Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Kid Friendly”
On my personal blog I share a lot about my “city girl” background. It’s true that I was born in downtown Chicago and spent much of my young adult years at a country club pool with no clue to how food was produced. But my mom also had a little Better Homes and Gardens influence, so gardening was actually a little …
The hardest part of my #LifeFromScratch journey is always being prepared — especially when it comes to mealtime. I’m a working mom of two and while I do my best to be organized, it doesn’t always happen that way. Sometimes I find myself with not a lot of time and hungry bellies to fill. Rather than reach for convenience foods …
Nothing beats fresh bread. Nothing. No store bought, mass produced package can compare to a fresh, warm loaf, especially when that loaf is pulled fresh from your oven at home! I could live on that blissful combination of yeast and flour. While I love a slice of bread slathered with butter, my favourite way to enjoy a sandwich is by …
A couple of weeks ago I shared that I am expecting a baby on my personal blog. Come April, I am going to be a real Scratch Mommy…not just a proud chicken mom! While I am completely overjoyed and loving this time (particularly since I am now well into my second trimester…), there are a few things that I do …
My daughter started full day kindergarten in September and while I knew she’d be tired after school, I had no idea she would also be ravenous. She bounds off the school bus and heads straight for the kitchen. After a few weeks of the same after school snacks (apples with peanut butter! cheese and crackers! whole grain muffins!) we were …
As a mother, there is nothing worse than having a sick kid. You want to make them feel better, but there is only so much that you can do. When that sick child has a cough, you feel even worse. If you are like me, coughing is one of your least favorite sounds. I don’t know why I loathe coughing. …
Happy December everyone! While I love the fall and pumpkin everything — pumpkin crepes! pumpkin pancakes! pumpkin muffins! — I’m ready to say hello to the flavors of the holiday season. For me, the holidays mean eggnog and gingerbread and peppermint galore. Since I wait all year long for the holiday trifecta, I want those yummy flavors to carry over into …
This past summer I picked up a couple pots of sweet potato slips for the garden at a road side stand. Before this summer, I had never grown sweet potatoes and I could have never imagined just how many sweet potatoes I would yield come fall from those two little plastic pots. Just about two months ago, my husband and …
Like pretty much every kid on the planet my kids love to snack. Luckily for me they love fruit and that’s our number one go-to snack around here. But sometimes they want something crunchy and tasty and a little more fun. And of course I still want it to be healthy. And that’s where popcorn comes in. Popcorn is an …
Who doesn’t want a heartwarming, soul pleasing, deliciously warm breakfast in the morning? Sounds good, right? How about all the work that goes along with it? Hmm, not quite as good. Well, worry not, because while I love scrumptious meals, I definitely don’t love hours of prep and clean up. And, let’s be honest, who has time for that? Definitely …
