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🎃 NEW!! Comment LINK for the recipe! These litt 🎃 NEW!! Comment LINK for the recipe! These little Pumpkin Donut Hole Muffins are delightful! Full of pumpkin goodness and fall flavor, but made in one bowl and a little more nutritious than the average pumpkin donut or muffin. They happen to be dairy and egg free (vegan) and easy to make gluten free too. The dunk in the pumpkin spice sugar is totally optional but it really makes these little treats special. I know you and your little chefs are going to love these!! Enjoy!! #cookingwithkids #pumkin
Happy October, friend! Excited to share this list Happy October, friend! Excited to share this list of recipes curated specifically to get you and your kids into the kitchen this month. Not surprisingly, the list is very focused on fun food for Halloween, including snacks, mean meals, desserts, and more! Also, seasonal autumn produce is featuring in this month’s recipe round up. Let’s make squash excited and delicious in both sweet and savory ways! I know you’ll find something to get you and your little chef(s) in the kitchen together this month! Check out the list and let me know what you want to try first! 😊💕 #cookingwithkids
Feel like getting ahead for the week?? Or just wan Feel like getting ahead for the week?? Or just want to have a fun recipe to get the kids into the kitchen this weekend? These homemade snack recipes can be an activity and get packed for school snacks all week long! Which one do you want to make first?? Comment LINK to get these recipes and see my full list of Homemade School Snacks. Hope you have a great weekend! 💖
Comment LINK for the Birthday Cake Breakfast Cooki Comment LINK for the Birthday Cake Breakfast Cookie recipe!! And if you like more nutritious recipes that don’t taste “healthy”, let’s be friends!! 💖💖💖
📌 Save For Lunch Ideas!! How are you feeling ab 📌 Save For Lunch Ideas!! How are you feeling about packing school lunches?? Let me know in the comments ⬇️⬇️ Hope these give you a little inspiration but also remember that just because I pack it, doesn’t mean they always eat it. 1️⃣ “Snacky lunch”: cheddar cheese, mini pepperoni, crackers, cucumbers, tomatoes, grapes, blueberries, @siggisdairy yogurt pouch, and mini chocolate chip cookies 🍪 2️⃣Breakfast for lunch: hard boiled egg with TJs pickle seasoning, Greek yogurt with honey in the tiny container, strawberries, blueberries, cucumbers, and High Fiber Cereal Snack Bar (recipe on my site). 3️⃣ Totally random assortment: pork buns, cheese, chocolate caramels, cucumbers and tomatoes, golden kiwi and blueberries. 4️⃣ Chicken Salad (rotisserie chicken, celery, pickles, and mayo), pretzel chips, orange, cucumber, tomatoes, and gummy stars. .. Please let me know if you have any questions 💖
🎉 Comment LINK for the recipe!! NEW!! High Fibe 🎉 Comment LINK for the recipe!! NEW!! High Fiber Cereal Snack Bars! These snack bars are nut-free, easily made gluten-free, and no-bake. Just bash up some high fiber cereal and mix it with a few other simple ingredients. I like to add some hemp seeds and ground flax for an extra fiber and nutrient boost too. We definitely don’t make homemade snacks all the time (see my last post haha) but when you have time or when the kids want to make something fun, these are a great option. Save this recipe for a rainy day or weekend activity!
This might be controversial but I’m feeling stro This might be controversial but I’m feeling strong today 😆 Every child and family is different and you know what works best for your situation. But I thought sharing what I’ve learned about navigating the tricky world of snacks/processed foods and kids might help some parents out there. Here’s why I stopped policing what snacks my kids were allowed to pack for school: 1️⃣They are at the age (almost 11 and 13) where they eat plenty of nutritious foods throughout the day and I’m not as concerned about them getting protein and produce at snack time. When they were younger we treated snacks as mini meals with balanced choices but that isn’t such a priority anymore. 2️⃣They were no longer eating the “healthy” snacks I was buying and the food was going to waste. 3️⃣They were trading or asking for other kids’ snacks at school. Kids will find away to get what they want. You know the kids that go to a friend’s house and binge on the snacks they aren’t allowed to have? I don’t want those to be my kids. 4️⃣Not a good feeling when your child tells you they told the school nurse that they didn’t have a snack in order to get the extra crackers she keeps on hand. Restriction can really backfire. 5️⃣Once I gave my kids more freedom to choose WHATEVER snacks they wanted, they started feeling more relaxed around food in general. They got more excited about meals and cooking too. … That’s my 2 cents about snacks. I don’t think processed foods are good for us. However, they are all around us and we have to help our kids learn to live with them in a balanced way. There’s so much pressure on us as parents to keep the processed foods away from our kids so I hope my experience can take a little of the guilt away. I wish I had felt that relief sooner. 😊💖
Anyone else need this reminder?? 🙋‍♀️ Wha Anyone else need this reminder?? 🙋‍♀️ What’s frustrating you the most about feeding your kids lately?? Maybe we can all make each other feel a little less alone. (And I think it always feels a little good to complain about it! 😆) … I take it returned lunches and rejected meals a little too personally sometimes. The waste, the effort, the pressure to feed our kids in a certain way…it feels like too much once in a while. But our kids are small humans with their own hunger levels and changing likes and dislikes. Many factors like time restrictions, socializing, and emotions also play into how much our kids eat away from home. If my child only takes one bite of a sandwich, it doesn’t mean I’m failing. And my child eating everything I pack doesn’t make me a mom rockstar. We can’t control how much our kids eat, but we can try and manage our feelings about it. So, when a lunch comes home full or with the fruit and veggies untouched, I try to remember there are many opportunities for my kids to eat each day and each week. Eating variety takes time. I want my kids to trust their own hunger and learn to enjoy ALL foods. Easier said than done, but I hope being honest with each other about it will make us all feel a little less alone. Feeding kids isn’t easy. 😊💖 … #lunchbox #lunchboxideas #feedingkids #pickyeater #momlife #honestmotherhood #kidslunchbox #kidslunch #toddlerfood
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