Recipes

Food is a big part of every holiday in my family, and while I have many favorites, dinner-in-a- pumpkin stands out as especially fitting Halloween feast.  A fun, festive, and delicious meal to fuel your little

Spice up your ho-hum grilled cheese by adding a little taste of Italy. Instead of American cheese, combine provolone, mozzarella and even parmesan on the sandwich.   Ingredients: Pancetta Shredded provolone

If you want options for a healthier breakfast the kids might like, or if you want to get away from using pre-made, frozen pancakes or waffles with long lists of ingredients, try varying a homemade recipe. 

this was one of my mom's inventions and I still love it.  It's cheap and kids go crazy for it.  It's also inexpensive to prepare and healthy.  Brown one pound of hamburg and an onion. 

I wanted to make a high iron, vitamin rich soup for my son who is one year old.  This is easy, great tasting and very healthy... Cook one very large yam and put in a food processor.  Add a little

My favorite cookbook for the last couple years has been The Gourmet Cookbook.  It’s great because it has both everyday meals and entertaining meals.  I love everything I’ve made, and my favorites

Here is mine... The Figs Table by Todd English We have had this cookbook for YEARS and have tried just about everything... From the Lasagna to Roasted Beets with Gorgonzola. From Crunchy Chicken to Risotto. His

The Kraft Foods site is also another great family cooking resource. Right now they are featuring some great Halloween and Holiday recipes - their Graveyard Gelatin Dessert looks fun and delicious. You can also

Pillsbury.com has lots of yummy recipes  for the holidays or everyday. They also have a kid-friendly section featuring additional ways to spruce up the kiddie meals (if needed!). I especially like

Want to get your kids off the French fries and onto another vegetable? Do this by working potassium rich veggies, abundant during the fall months, into their diets. Carve up a butternut squash for tasty squares

This is a great chocolate cookie recipe from Everyday Food.  Use your Halloween cookie cutters to make bats, spiders and black cats.

My husband and I like meatloaf but I never make it, because it's too frustrating when the kids say they hate it. This recipe will end that problem-it's kid friendly and delicious, and has fewer ingredients

Perfect for children with multiple food allergies!!

If you want a quick recipe that your kids will eat, make chicken alfredo with brocolli using the alfredo sauce by Classico.  The sauce is so creamy and chessy yet it is light and very flavorfull. I chop up

These are absolutely adorable ghosts on broomsticks candies, and so simple, even I can do it!

I am a recycling nut.  At this time of the year, I hate to think that the pumpkin sitting on my porch will go to waste.  I thought I'd share some tips on how to use Real Pumpkins in some of your fall

This quick and easy oriental chicken soup sound delicious. Parade Magazine suggests it when you're feeling sick, but I'm going to serve it for dinner this week, even though (hopefully) no one in the house

My friend told me about this a few years ago, and I was amazed at how delicious and effective it was. Just get some fresh ginger root. Slice or cube a little bit, maybe a quarter teaspoon or so, and steep in boiling

Made one-too-many grilled cheese or PB&J lunches? These beautiful bento lunch box ideas will certainly change things up—but still let you incorporate your kid's favorite foods and healthy snacks. Enjoy

This is a great recipe from Nigella Lawson, the “domestic goddess,” that both adults and kids will love.  I’ve made it for a few parties and received rave reviews.  It calls for chicken

This is my favorite sugar cookie recipe, from Everyday Food.  It’s perfect for cookie cutter cookies.  After the cookies have cooled, I make colored frosting for the kids to use to decorate the cookies. 

Oven to 325 degrees Ingredients you will need: 1 package cream cheese, 3 sticks of butter, 6 eggs, 1 tsp. vanilla, 3 cups sugar, 3 cups flour 1.  Cream cream cheese and butter until smooth.  Add sugar

I thought this Kellogg's recipe was a cute idea: use a leaf-shaped cookie cutter to cut out your Rice Krispies treats and then decorate with orange frosting. Check out Kellogg’s website for other Rice

This site offers fun and family friendly ways to teach your child about nutrition - the best part of the site is that it breaks down its Family cooking recipes into "Parent" and "Child" duties

Enjoy these recipes for Creepy Cuisine and Potent Potions.  Not only are they fun, spooky and "gross" for kids, but they are healthier than other traditional recipes. 

Here's an easy October treat: Find non-powedered, non-latex gloves in the cleaning section or drugstore. The cheaper ones are the best because they are thinner. Drop one candy corn into each finger to be fingernails

These pumpkin bars are great!  Many of the ingredients you probably already have in your house, which makes preparation easier!  (Just make sure you really do follow the directions and wait until they

My daughter bought a huge can of French's Fried Onions for a recipe (Dad said they didn't have the small cans!?) Anyway, they were going to get stale, so I started throwing them in the salad, which added

They say necessity is the mother of invention.. and I suppose the adage applies to cooking as well as anything else! This is what I came up with tonight when what started out as "clean-out-the-fridge-night"

Here's a simple (just four ingredients!) recipe for yummy biscuits perfect for breakfast or dinner.  Bake some up quick and enjoy!  Or use the dough to make indian fry bread...so good with butter

Really easy to make - classic New England dessert. Buy your cranberries now while they are available and pop a few bags in the freezer to make this later too.  Yum!  1-cup fresh cranberries ½

My friend at What's Cooking Blog in California has come up with a great granola recipe! Check out her blog for the yummy how to's!

This is my favorite pumpkin bread recipe, which we make all fall and winter. It’s from Cooking Light, but no one ever guesses that it’s light! It’s easy to make with kids and makes two loaves

OK, friends, I'm going to let you in on a secret-the best dinner I've made in maybe a year only took me 15 minutes to cook!! I just threw this together, and it is absolutely divine. Bonus: my vegetarian

I have a quick and easy recipe for baked fish.  I used cod fillets but I am sure this would taste fine with any other white fish.  Ingredients: any kind of white fish fillet, italian dressing, italian

I don't know why it took me until last year to find out about spaghetti squash. You just buy a nice looking squash, pierce it with a fork in 5 or 6 places, microwave about 10 minutes or so, until soft. Let it

A friend brought this cake over last Fall.  It was simply delicious!  A moist, apple cake suitable for a decadent breakfast, a satisfying snack, or a simple dessert.  The friend didn't

I bought a bag of beautiful frozen shrimp for very low cost, and came home to look for a recipe online. Betty Crocker has this webpage with 44 shrimp salad recipes, some low fat, some quick and easy, some spicy

My mom passed this apple crisp recipe along to me a while ago....it makes for an easy and DELISH fall dessert! Jill's Apple Crisp Slice peeled apples almost to the top of a 9x13 pan.  Sprinkle with

Several times I've almost bought those cute individual cupcake plastic containers, so that the kids can take a cupcake to school without squishing the icing. But we so rarely have cupcakes, I know that we'll

I haven't tried this one yet, but it sounds absolutely yummy, and not too difficult. Plus, I love to find new things to use my bundt pan for!

For years, even pre-kids, I've taken shortcuts to delicious meals that tast gourmet and take only a few minutes. Stonewall Kitchen makes amazing marinades, mustards, dressings, jams, etc. You can get them at

Old Fashioned Strawberry Swirl Shortcake from Family Circle Magazine Makes 8 servings Prep time 10 minutes Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes Ingredients 1-1/2 pounds strawberries, washed, hulled and sliced

Try this easy and yummy recipe for southwest relish. It has all the best flavors, including avocado, which has the "good" fat and tastes wonderful. Serve with grilled chicken, meat or fish, or on the side

This recipe is a surefire pleaser at our house, everyone from my husband to my toddler loves it!  When these flavors mix and the cheese gets all gooey this classic dish is mmmmmm...yummy!! Ingredients:

We made this Martha Stewart recipe for Halloween night dinner last year, and it was very yummy! The "bats" are bowtie noodles, and the "cobwebs" are cheese.  Your kids will get a kick out

If you need a quick and easy dinner to make, try the marsala sauce from Trader Joe's.  All you do is sautee some chicken breast until it is fully cooked, add the sauce and simmer for about 10 mins and

Here is a great recipe for pickles from Cooking Light that I’ve used twice already with the cucumbers from my garden.  There’s no preserving necessary and they will keep in the fridge for up to

Here’s a fun article that was in The New York Times last week where the author gives eight summer tomato recipes.  Enjoy those summer tomatoes while you can!

I just saw the most gorgeous, big fat tomatoes at the market, and I suddenly remembered one of my favorite childhood dishes-Tomato Surprise. Remember? Take a large tomato, remove seeds and hollow out. If necessary