The best way to raise healthy, conscious eaters is to bring them into the kitchen as early and often as possible.Not just allow them to be spectators (though that is of course fine and fun, too), but purposefully create opportunities for them to participate in cooking and … [Read more...] about Get Your Kids in the Kitchen: Celebrate Summer with Martha Stewart’s Sunshine Pops
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Five Movie Night Snacks to Try This Fall
It’s fall; the leaves are changing, the temperature is dropping, and there’s no better time to carve out an evening with your family, a great movie, a pile of blankets, and some delicious snacks. While we’re all guilty of reaching for what’s easiest, check out these fun, filling … [Read more...] about Five Movie Night Snacks to Try This Fall
Sweet Potato Pie You Gotta Try
As a North Carolinian, sweet potatoes are kind of my (our) thing—we're the #1 sweet potato producing state in the country, and we're proud of it.We also know how to make the perfect sweet potato pie.When I was growing up, I never ate sweet potatoes. I never understood that a … [Read more...] about Sweet Potato Pie You Gotta Try
Start a New Weekend Tradition: Lemon Blueberry Pancakes
When I think of comfort, I think of the Saturday morning pancakes my father made throughout my childhood and adolescence and occasionally into my adulthood.At first it was chocolate chips and whipped cream, then, as I aged, oatmeal-laden cakes rich with bananas, blueberries, … [Read more...] about Start a New Weekend Tradition: Lemon Blueberry Pancakes
Fall is for Apple Picking
Fall is my favorite time of year. And of all the things I love most about fall—pumpkins, pumpkin carving, visiting farm stands and corn mazes, re-watching It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!—apple picking will forever remain at the top of my list.Most farms that offer … [Read more...] about Fall is for Apple Picking
Parenting viewpoints from parents in the trenches, because parenting doesn’t come with a manual. In addition to