Food & Recipes
Thank You! Mac & Cheese Recipe
Are you ready for a mac & cheese recipe to rock your world? Yeah you are.
So, you know I cook from scratch, and you probably know that I will do anything—ANYTHING—that Alton Brown tells me to do. Well, long ago on his cooking/educational show, Good Eats, he told me that it is just as easy to make real mac &…
04/04
2013
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Why I Let My Kids Eat Kids’ Menu JUNK
Considering how hardcore I am about eating healthy and withholding junk food from my kids, you’ll probably be surprised to hear that when we go out to eat, I will let the RealKids eat off of the kids’ menu.
I know. Talk about unhealthy food. The kids’ menu is universally craptastic. Mac & cheese (sometimes from a box), chicken fingers,…
04/02
2013
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No Cook, No Bath Tuesday Addenda
I’ve been doing No Cook, No Bath Tuesdays for awhile now, and I have to say, I love it. When I can pull it off 100%. It makes a big difference in my happiness on Tuesdays. But after almost 6 months of doing it, two very important addenda needed to be added because I noticed there were still plenty…
03/18
2013
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Slow Cooker Black Bean Soup
RealDad hates beans (totally ridiculous, I know). I happen to love them, but I don’t make a lot of bean soups or dishes because of him. So I take advantage of when he travels and make at least one bean-riffic meal. Most recently that meal was black bean soup.
Black bean soup is delicious already, but this one is even…
02/27
2013
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The Best Damn Turkey Meatballs You’ll Ever Eat
My title is not an overpromise. These are the best, healthiest meatballs I’ve ever eaten. Of course they are, they’re Ellie Krieger’s. She’s my healthy-cooking hero.
Anyway, I made these this week for No-Cook, No-Bath Tuesday this week. I make these frequently, actually, because they’re so good. They are super flavorful and super healthy compared to traditional meatballs, which…
02/20
2013
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Sunflower Seed Butter FTW
Oh, what I would give to be able to send P to school with a peanut butter sandwich some days. Yes, she usually gets leftovers for lunch, but once a week or so there aren’t any. We have to make her scrambled eggs for lunch or find something else on the fly. It would be stupendous to send her…
02/19
2013
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Meal Ideas for Kids: Food That Looks Like Food
I see a lot of pins on Pinterest and blog posts devoted to meal ideas for kids. Which is great. Who doesn’t need meal ideas, right? But a lot of those ideas promote sculpting food in child-like ways to encourage consumption. Which is stupid. How about just giving your child food that looks like food?
You’re either a supporter of…
04/10
2013
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