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6 Things Your Child’s Teacher Wants to Know

August 24 by Kristin

A few years ago I found out our contributor, Kristin, had been hiding a very big secret from me - although she currently works as a professional photographer, she used to be a 1st grade teacher! You guys, you cannot imagine how psyched I was when she let this little gem slip in an email. All the possible posts just started piling up in my head. The very first thing I wanted her to write for us was a back-to-school post on all the critical things your child's teacher wants to know about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kristin, Parenting Tagged With: back to school, beginning of the school year tips, quaker up for schools, school success, teacher tips, things to share with your child's teacher

Summer Corn on the Cob: 3 Delicious Ways

August 1 by Kristin

3 Delicious Summer Corn-on-the-Cob Recipes

We're reaching the end of summer season fruits and vegetables like corn, peaches and zucchini. So I feel I'd be remiss if I didn't tell you about my favorite ways to serve fresh corn on the cob to my family. Don't get me wrong, a stick of butter and some salt goes a long way.  But, if you want to amp up your summer veggie game, you've got to try one of these toppings for corn. I love that it elevates the simple vegetable to a 'company's coming' side but it's simple enough that you can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Kristin Tagged With: corn on the cob, recipes for the family, summer vegetable recipes

Lunch Box Hack: Batch Bake and Freeze these Apple Muffins!

July 24 by Kristin

Lunchbox Hack: Batch cook and freeze these delicious apple muffins to add to the lunchbox each day!

As much as I'm loving playing in the sun with the kids these days, there's no denying it... back-to-school is coming. You know what my least favorite part of the school year is? Packing lunch every. single. day. And this year I have two kids to pack for! Which is why I'm absolutely LOVING this lunchbox hack idea from our contributor, Kristin. She's once again teaming up with our sponsor Juicy Juice to bring you guys a great way to easily get a nutritious goodie into your kids' … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Kristin Tagged With: apple muffin recipe, baking with kids, freezable muffin recipe, healthy kid snacks, healthy lunch box ideas, healthy muffin recipe, homemade apple muffins, ideas for school lunches, juicy juice, lunch box ideas

What Is an Instant Pot? And How Can it Save Dinner Time at Your House?

July 15 by Kristin

What is an Instant Pot? 30 Instant Pot Recipes to make dinner prep incredibly fast and easy!

Did you nab yourself an Instant Pot during Amazon's Prime Day? If you did, you're definitely not alone. Amazon reportedly sold over 215,000 of them on Wednesday! If you bought one, or heard about this crazy contraption for the first time, this week- we want to help. Today we're re-posting our post from last spring, it contains three thing: An introduction to Instant Pot 21 Family Friendly Instant Pot Recipes Our Favorite Instant Pot Cookbooks Here's Kristin with everything … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fresh Finds: The Everyday, In the Kitchen, Kristin Tagged With: easy instant pot dinners, instant pot dinner ideas, instant pot recipes, instant pot reviews, instapot recipes, time savers in the kitchen, time saving recipes, what is an instant pot

Summer Snacking: Tangy Orange Tangerine Creamsicles

June 2 by Kristin

One of my favorite parts of summer is having more time to make homemade treats with the kids! With all of the sports and after-school activities during the school year, I never seem to have any extra time to spend in the kitchen with my kids, so I love to do it as much as possible during the summer. My littles absolutely love spending time with me pouring and mixing and I see it as a great time to connect. Plus, getting them comfortable in the kitchen is an important life skill. Today … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Kristin Tagged With: fruit juice, healthy popsicles, juice popsicle recipes, juicy juice, summer recipes

Our Go-To Summer Breakfast: Chilled, Tropical Overnight Oats

May 24 by Kristin

Chilled Mango Overnight Oatmeal - Our favorite summer breakfast! SO delicious and no cooking required!

*This post is sponsored by The Quaker Oats Company, all opinions are 100% our own I'm so happy to announce that this year I'm once again a part of The Oat Authority, a great team of bloggers out to help Quaker meet the needs of families' evolving lifestyles with tips, recipes, and products that provide delicious, wholesome and convenient breakfasts and snacks. Today we're kicking things off with our new go-to breakfast for summer (Yay! It's finally time to start talking about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Kristin Tagged With: mango overnight oatmeal, overnight oatmeal recipe, overnight oats recipe, quaker oats recipe, quick breakfast, sponsored, summer breakfast idea, summer oatmeal recipes, tropical overnight oats

Our Favorite Easy Easter Dessert Recipe: Bunny Chow

April 23 by Kristin

Easy Easter Dessert Recipe: How to Make Bunny Chow

Need an easy Easter potluck recipe or a new treat to fill those plastic eggs? You have to check out this dead simple Bunny Chow recipe. We brought it to our annual neighborhood egg hunt a few years ago and I got so many compliments I was actually embarassed by how little work I put into it! Here's Kristin with the recipe... Puppy Chow. It's also known as monkey munch, muddy buddies, muddy munch, or reindeer chow. You can now refer to this concoction of cereal, melted chocolate, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holiday, In the Kitchen, Kristin Tagged With: bunny chow, bunny chow recipe, Easter basket ideas, easter dessert recipe, easter favors, Easter recipes, Easter treat ideas

Our Secret Tool for Raising Kids Who Are Safe & Responsible On Their Phones

March 31 by Kristin

We LOVE this free OurPact app to monitor what apps our kids use on their smart phones, and even what hours the internet works! So cool.

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of OurPact. We've got such a cool tool to share with you guys today from our newest sponsor, OurPact. I really, really think you're going to find it to be one of the most valuable apps you own- and it's free! Kristin is going to go into lots of detail below, but in a nutshell this genius app gives parents the ability to control exactly when, and how long, their kids can use the apps, or the internet on their phones AND to block any apps … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kristin, Parenting Tagged With: how to monitor my child's phone, how to raise responsible kids, kids and phones, kids and the internet, media guidelines for children, monitoring kids phones, OurPact, rules for kids and phones, sponsored

30 Ways to Eat Veggies All Day Long (for You & the Kids)

March 21 by Kristin

How to eat more vegetables - so many great hacks and vegetarian recipes to eat vegetables all day long and get more energy!

I recently had a serious energy crash (I'm talking could barely get myself up off the couch to do anything for days and days kind of crash). To get myself out of it, I did a lot of research on things like The Adrenal Re-set Diet. In the end, one of the HUGEST factors for me finding my energy again was simply to start eating vegetables all. day. long.  My goal is seriously to have some sort of vegetable pretty much every time I eat. As you can imagine, this is not always easy! So today I've … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Kristin Tagged With: eating more vegetables, getting kids to eat vegetables, vegetarian recipes

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