family recipes

The Easiest, Fool-Proof Homemade Popcorn 

I can’t be the only one who thinks eating popcorn shouldn’t just be reserved for movie watching. Why not eat it when reading a book? We drink coffee and read, so why not popcorn and read? (And if you’re looking…

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Baked Avocado Fries

On lazy weekend afternoons, I reminisce about a time before kids when Penn and I would hit up our favorite local spot for bar snacks. Sometimes it was to watch a big game or to meet up with friends, and…

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The Best Turkey You’ll Ever Eat

Cooking a turkey is one of those things that seems like something you watched your mom and grandmother do exclusively. Then one day, you wake up and you’re 40-something and realize you’ve never done it before on your own. It’s…

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All the Places Sugar Hides in Food

Let’s make one thing real clear: I like sugar. Please reference these amazing cookies Lola made that I had trouble stepping away from. Cookies are surely one of the primary ways sugar was intended to be used, and I’m grateful…

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5 Weird Ingredients that Can Reinvent Your Cooking

Let’s call a spade a spade when it comes to cooking. The intimidating part about using ingredients you’re not familiar with is worrying you’re going to use them wrong and mispronounce them to your friends. (That can’t just be me,…

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Cauliflower Waffles | Quarantine Kitchen

This is the most 2020 thing I’ve ever done: It was weird, it sucked, then it got better.  You guys, if I can make cauliflower into a delicious waffle I think we can survive this year. It’s a weird new world…

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Kale Chip Recipe – Healthy & Easy

I know this sounds crazy…but my kids love kale chips! Plus, I’m a fan of anything other than beige going into my kids’ growing bodies. Especially at a time like this, where you suddenly have snack-y kids at 2 p.m.…

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How to Make Kim’s Power Bites

These yummy snacks keep my family going…and help keep me from digging in the pantry for a sleeve of Oreos. INGREDIENTS 1 cup pitted dates 2 oz 100% unsweetened cacao: roughly chopped 1 TBSP Chia seeds 1 TBSP Honey 1/2…

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Easiest Hot Chocolate!

As the weather gets colder we wanted to show how we make hot chocolate at home. It’s fun to make with the family – and it tastes REALLY REALLY good. What’s your favorite holiday recipe?…

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When kids take over the kitchen | Chopped cooking challenge

I had had enough. I’d had enough of carefully preparing healthy, delicious meals only to see my children reject them. I was DONE. So I made them cook. Yep. I told my six year old and eight year old they…

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