Tag Archives: cooking for kids

Planning Restaurant-Style Meals for Busy Nights

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Robin Horrigan

Cooking dinner has always been a great way for me to wind down the day. But my kids are getting older and busier, I’m starting to feel the squeeze at dinner time, and I don’t much like it. After picking … Continue reading →

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Cooking from the Carpool Lane: Brown Bagging It

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Robin Horrigan

In elementary school in the 1970s and 80s, the contents of a brown bag lunch were very simple: a sandwich, a piece of fruit, a crunchy snack like a small bag of chips, and sometimes a treat. You could buy … Continue reading →

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Taste Test: Summer Lemonade

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Sarah Fullerton

How does the saying go? When life gives you kids and a sticky, hot summer day, make lemonade? It was indeed the quintessential lemonade day yesterday when I set out to conduct a taste test with one of my favorite … Continue reading →

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Family Friendly Easter Brunch

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Robin Horrigan

Planning a real-time holiday meal for a big family that includes little kids has absolutely shattered my youthful visions of us laughing together around a fancy dining room table set with my wedding china and crystal. My father carving a … Continue reading →

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Rush Hour Shortcuts

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Robin Horrigan

I start each week with grand plans of beautiful dinners and creative leftovers for lunch. But over here at the corner of rush hour and reality is a very busy family of four, and to make our dream meals come … Continue reading →

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Caught in the Act: Cheating with a Slow Cooker

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Julie Hallinan

My crock pot began as a joke, but has turned out to be anything but. Over Thanksgiving seven years ago, my husband suggested we get a crock pot. I have no idea where this came from since this is the … Continue reading →

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Play Date with Play (Pizza) Dough

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Sarah Kim

When you’re a mom of preschoolers, the toughest thing is to find something to keep the kids busy, yet keep the chaos to a minimum–especially when their friends are over for a play date. I have discovered a great recipe … Continue reading →

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What’s for Dinner?

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Paul Jin Plummelo CEO

It’s 5:00. Everyone is hungry. What’s for dinner? That was the usual routine in our house. Under my roof there are two working parents and three active kids (one with food allergies, which made finding recipes often tricky), for a … Continue reading →

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5 Ways to Use a Ripe Banana (or Two)

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Melissa Devereaux

Every time I buy bananas, I over-commit. I eat one or two as a snack, slice half of one into my cereal, and watch as the little brown freckles appear and deepen each morning. They stare up at me from … Continue reading →

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Lean and Green

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Julie Hallinan

Many of us include healthy eating and/or weight loss among our New Year’s resolutions. My husband and I have also turned over a new leaf and have adopted the “lean and green” dinner model. A couple of years ago my … Continue reading →

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