I see you over there packing those lunches. Trying to balance picky eaters, nutrition and repeat lunchbox syndrome. This is the time of year many of us encounter our first bout of lunchbox burnout. If you’re like me, then as much as you love your children, you aren’t going to manifest it by turning their lunch into a food diorama of their favorite movie.
Have a special moment to celebrate? Want to make something that’s easy and fun, but clearly a treat to mark the occasion? Make my chocolate celebration bark. It takes just a few ingredients and very little time to make but is sure to make your child smile!
Here is what I used for my chocolate celebration bark. Feel free to change up the ingredients to you or your child’s taste. Feel free to eat a lot of the ingredients in the process. That’s the beauty of being a “grown up.” [Read more…]
In recent years it has become family tradition that Christmas is at our home. It’s wonderful. It’s chaotic. It’s one step away from National Lampoons Christmas Vacation and I wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s also kid centric since we have lots of visiting children and we’ve got some picky eaters. So this year I’ll be making these christmas tree mini pizzas.
They look really cute and are both easy and fun to make. In fact, they’re the not only the perfect kids entree but a great activity for busy little hands. Here’s how I did it. [Read more…]
Kayla and I are currently making our way through a stack of Roald Dahl books. It’s like our own little book club which meets a few evenings a week just before bed. It’s our time because our family is otherwise constantly on the go with what feels like little down time.
We recently finished Charlie and the Chocolate Factory so I decided to make a special dessert in honor of the book. The best part is that it’s actually more of a healthy drink than a treat, but Kayla doesn’t need to know that, right? [Read more…]
There is no question that back to school is a stressful time for all parties involved. We stayed up late. We slept in. We did cannonballs, we made s’mores with our neighbors and came home smelling like a campfire. Now it’s time to undo all of that and become creatures of routine and structure. Le sigh. I find myself in this constant battle of wanting to be eat your vegetables mom and wanting to be fun mom. It’s about balance, right?
I think dessert should be an infrequent but awesome treat after eating proteins and veggies so I’m sharing the ultimate motivator for my family – Nutella smore pizza. The best part? It’s mini so we share it and everyone gets a piece but really, they’re having a fraction of what they’d have it we were actually making s’mores. It feels like a little bit of summer even after we’ve returned to our regular routine.
Have you tried a meal delivery service? I have lots of friends who have and say they are basically expensive grocery shopping services because you’re left with huge amounts of prep work. No thanks. I want to be involved in the meal so I know what’s actually going into it, but also don’t want to buy a ton of ingredients in portions we won’t realistically eat only to spend hours prepping and cooking. Yes, I want it both ways.
