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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Encouraging Children to Help in the Kitchen
What kind of environment has your kitchen become for your family? Do you ever watch those charming old-time family movies and find yourself envious of the warm and welcoming gathering place the kitchen always is? In today's busy world with the kids running in one door and out … [Read more...] about Encouraging Children to Help in the Kitchen
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
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
Budding Cooks: What Skills Do Kids Develop in Kitchen?
Cooking is a really great activity that you can do with your child. Yes, it is fun and it lets them help you in the kitchen when it comes to making meals but there are also other reasons behind letting them cook with you. • Coordination. For an adult, pouring a cup of cream … [Read more...] about Budding Cooks: What Skills Do Kids Develop in Kitchen?
Parenting viewpoints from parents in the trenches, because parenting doesn’t come with a manual. In addition to