It’s hot. Honestly I am kind of a summer time wimp. I don’t really love the heat. Spring and Fall temp are more my thing. You know what makes the heat easy to take? Something delicious and cold to keep me distracted from the melty feeling I experience when I step outside my air conditioned [...]
Posted in Food & Recipes, Kids in the Kitchen, Recipes, Snacks 
Tags: Kids in the Kitchen, snack, Summer 
4 Comments »In a departure from the usual Thursday kid-friendly lunch idea I thought I would mix it up a bit with a kid-friendly snack. In my house you can’t go wrong with peanut butter. In a twist on the classic ants on a log snack made from peanut butter spread on celery sticks and topped with [...]
Posted in Evolving Kids, Kid Friendly Lunch, Kids in the Kitchen Tags: kid friendly, Kids in the Kitchen, snack 3 Comments »We all know my stance on food. I like it. A lot. In fact all members of my household like it a lot too. So in general we like National (fill in the blank with a particular food) Days. We especially like National (fill in the blank with a particular food) Days that include restaurants, [...]
Food is so much more fun when the kids to be in charge and nothing is more fun than dipping your favorite foods into peanut butter. On the plate this week: Sliced Apples Banana chunks Red Grapes Homemade Thin Wheat Crackers All Natural Peanut Butter
Posted in Kid Friendly Lunch, Lunch Tags: kid friendly, kid friendly lunches, Kids in the Kitchen, lunch ideas, lunch time, raising kids 4 Comments »A little hands on cooking from the kiddo and some creative arranging on the plate makes mini pizza’s even more fun. On the plate this week: A Cantaloupe wedge “smile” Whole Wheat English Muffin Pizza with turkey pepperoni, red bell pepper, spinach, sauce and cheese cut into wedges and arranged into eyes and a nose. [...]
We love to bake healthy treats, luck for me Maddy thinks muffins loaded with healthy ingredients are treats. These hearty breakfast muffins are perfect for rushed mornings or quick breakfasts on the go. We bake and freeze them, then take them out of the freezer the night before a busy morning or pull them out [...]
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Kids in the Kitchen, Recipes Tags: baking, breakfast, healthy, Kids in the Kitchen, muffins 9 Comments »Kid Friendly Lunches: Beyond PB&J I know it is all to easy to reach for the jar of peanut butter and the jar of jelly, slather some on two pieces of bread and call it good. We actually love peanut butter and jelly around here, especially me and we actually eat it fairly often, but [...]
Posted in Kid Friendly Lunch, Lunch Tags: healthy, kid firendly lunches, Kids in the Kitchen 2 Comments »
