Guess who ate poultry … willingly? Ravenously, even! That’s right, my normally protein-adverse kid! Want to know the secret to my success? I handed her the meat on the bone, and just like a little caveman, she went to town. It shouldn’t surprise me. Eating meat off the bone is...

In an article in this month’s Kiwi magazine, one mom explains her reasonings for deciding not to take her children out to eat. She says she’s too stressed to enjoy her meals. Her kids get bored, make a mess and are noisy, all of which puts her on edge. We’ve all been...

I am in love with this soup. I read about it two weeks ago and I’ve already made it twice since then. When the weather turns super hot, I plan on trying it chilled, and I am so excited about that. Neko isn’t a soup girl. Well, not a pureed soup girl. She loves miso soup,...

Some days even the best eaters just don’t want to eat. Neko has recently discovered the joy of carbohydrates, and if I let her, she will ignore all veggies and protein on her plate and make an entire meal of pasta, bread or, as was the case last night, tortilla chips. So when it looked...

Ants on a log is the quintessential childhood snack. I’m not sure who it was who first filled a celery stalk with peanut butter, but it does seem like the celery’s perfect little cavern was meant to hold something. Traditionally, ants on a log means a celery stalk stuffed with...