Important Skills
This week’s article at CafeMom has me teaching my kids how to make breakfast burritos. Or, quite possibly, the world’s most perfect breakfast food. Read the article here. My children are picky eaters. And, of course, they’re picky in different ways. This puts us in a position where we struggled coming up with meal options that make everyone happy when we go... Read More
Learning To Set The Table 20 Years Before Their Mother Did
I decided it was HIGH TIME to teach my kids something I didn’t learn until I was in my 30s. HOW TO SET A TABLE. You can read about it here. Several years ago I offered to help my mother-in-law with dinner and she said, “Why don’t you set the table?” I found myself very glad I had been married to her son for several years because she was about to be very... Read More
Oatmeal Fun! (It Does Happen!)
I wrote another article at CafeMom! This time it’s about how I’m making oatmeal more kid-friendly and fun in the kitchen. My kids love helping prepare food. They really do. When I say, “Anyone want to help me cook?” they fight over the taller stool and grab their aprons. Letting them in the kitchen makes cooking just as fun for me as it does for them. But... Read More
Letting The Kids Cook Pastries!
So, guess what? I’m writing somewhere else for a little while. Just about cooking with my kids, mainly breakfast type meals. I’m going to be writing over there for 8 weeks or so, I hope you’ll come by and visit me! My first article is about the kids cooking breakfast pastries. One easy idea that I use for Saturday breakfast is Individual Crescents. The kids... Read More
Testing
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