Recipe: Rainbow Egg Bake

Whether you’re having family and friends over for brunch or simply looking for an easy weeknight meal, this rainbow egg bake is all that and more. The best part? It’s easily customizable to whatever you have on hand.


I love cooking for other people. As a teenager, I would live for the days when my parents would go out of town so I could have my friends over and cook for them. I’d clip my favorite recipes from magazines like Bon Appétit and Cooking Light and imagine how to pull together a complete meal. As an adult in my first apartment, I lived for weekly potlucks with my graduate school friends.

Even now, as an adult with a family to cook for every night, I still love to have people over for a special meal. Lately, brunch has won over my heart. Any meal that offers up things like roasted potatoes, biscuits, and bagels is a winner in my book. But the best part about brunch for me is how easy it is to pull together something that a.) looks fancy, b.) tastes delicious, and c.) can cater to everyone’s food needs and preferences. All without having to spend hours standing over a hot stove or prepping food.

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Recipe: Chocolate Chip Chickpea Bites

High in protein and high in flavor, these toddler and kid friendly chocolate chip chickpea bites make for a great snack the whole family will love.


With The Kid in camp this summer, I’ve been trying to find healthy snacks to pack for her each day. Last week, she chose blueberry mini muffins (which she continues to ask about) and finished the batch in 4 days. We moved onto blender muffins (I even made a double batch!) and everyone devoured them in 3 days flat, so they didn’t even make it to the week’s end.

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Recipe: Honey Sriracha Meatballs.

These honey sriracha meatballs are seriously delicious and easy to make. They take around 30-minutes to make from start to finish, so make for a wonderful weekday meal. That is, if your kids eat stuff like this, because lord knows mine does not. At one point in time (maybe two years ago now), The Kid … Read more

Recipe: Mini Blueberry Muffins

Mini blueberry muffins are the perfect bite-sized treats that your kids will reach for over and over again. Great for school lunches or a quick snack when the hangries strike, this is a recipe you’ll want to keep in rotation for years to come.


I’m not sure what it is about mini muffins, but The Kid cannot keep her hands off of them. It doesn’t matter what I put in them or how often I make them, they are her absolute favorite. So when it came time to make her some snacks for camp, the first thing she asked for was muffins. Mini blueberry muffins to be precise.

Never one to refuse her requests for cooking together, I added muffin making to our #the100dayproject list for the week.

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Recipe: Rice Chex Treats

A fun twist on Rice Krispie Treats, these Rice Chex Treats are crunchy AND chewy, sweet, and 100% satisfying. Kids of all ages are sure to enjoy these.


There are few things that make me more annoyed than wasting food. It’s like throwing away money to me. Which kind of sucks, because having a picky eater for a child and a husband who doesn’t love leftovers means there is the potential for a LOT of food waste. So when Anna told me that she was over her Rice Chex obsession 1/8th of the way into a huge box of it, I almost lost my cool.

Thank God for Pinterest is all I have to say.

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Recipe: Homemade Cherry Sorbet

Looking for a deliciously sweet summer time treat that’s also a treat for the eyes? This kid-approved cherry sorbet fits the bill (and then some). Bonus: you don’t need an ice cream machine to make it. The Kid has really gotten into cherries this year and asks to buy them whenever she sees them in … Read more

Recipe: Sheet Pan Gnocchi

Up your dinner game with sheet pan gnocchi: a quick, easy, and absolutely delicious dinner that’s perfect for weeknights AND the whole family will enjoy.


Dinner (and meals in general) have been a struggle in our house for as long as I can remember. Anna is a super picky kid who likes precisely five things and will eat them on repeat ad nauseam. So when she tried AND LIKED the gnocchi from this sheet pan gnocchi, I was floored.

FLOORED, I tell you.

And while she had her gnocchi tonight as a side with her favorite hot dog and cucumber slices, I wasn’t fussing because she ate every single piece on her plate without complaint.

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