Gourmet organic meals for the teething set

by Melissa | Baby

Finding a meal that satisfies all members of my families is a mission impossible these days. Add a baby just starting solids into the mix and that spells H-E-A-D-A-C-H-E. But there’s a new line of organic baby foods that just might do the trick. Sprout Organic...

Online meal planner? – Reader Q&A

by Christina Refford | Helpful Services

I am looking for an online meal planner and shopping list generator…any suggestions? As I sit down to plan the meals out and do up a shopping list, I think to myself, there has to be a digital way to do this. -Aine If you really want everything from soup to nuts...

Peeled organic fruit snacks – Paradise found.

by Elizabeth | Food + Recipes

“Snack” is no longer a bad word in my house. Once upon a time in my mind, one box of baked veggie sticks used to cause a downward spiral straight to childhood obesity and school drop-outs. Welcome to my neurotic brain.Of course my rational brain knows that...

Have a heart on Valentine’s Day

by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good

We were first introduced to the Children’s Heart Foundation when we donated the proceeds from last year’s color-your-own Valentine’s Day card contest to their worthy efforts. So this year, we figured it was timely to remember their fantastic cause on...

Sweet Valentines for the classroom that even a dentist will love

by Christina Refford | Valentine's Day

My kids are no strangers to candy, though I have to admit that the amount of sweet stuff they collect at Valentine’s Day is over the top. I may not be able to stem the tide of lollies, pixie stix and chocolate hearts that come their way, but I’ve...

Zarbees – Natural cough syrup for children that alleviates natural worrying of parents

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing

This may not be a popular stance, but I curse the day that a bunch of dodos couldn’t figure out how to properly medicate their children, leading to a ban of all those fabulous multi-symptom cold medicines and over-the-counter cough syrups for kids. I keep...

A mellow baby is the very best kind

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

My older three kids gave me a heck of a time when it came to taking a bottle, so with number four, I’m determined to find one that she not only takes, but doesn’t add to the challenge with extra gas. And I may have just found the answer with the new Mellow...

Gluten-free gourmet cookie mix for those of us who’d given up on cookies

by Mir | Uncategorized

I’ve been gluten-free for coming up on a couple of years, now, and while I’ve learned to bake a few essentials, I’ve mostly given up on cookies. Because gluten-free cookies–by and large–suck. And I love to bake, but I’m certainly...

Know what your school needs? A bar.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Food + Recipes

Could your local school use a salad bar? Because I sure know that ours could. Well, believe it or not, you can possibly get one –free– thanks to a grant by the Salad Bar Project.But you need to hurry. Chef Ann Cooper, Whole Foods, and TheLunchBox.org are...

HappyBaby = HappyMama

by Stephanie Slate | Baby, Food + Recipes

Kids like snacks. Like, really, really like them. Understatement of the year, right? I truly believe that if I just had a constant supply of snack-type foods on hand, my children would eat all day. And I have a sneaking –or is it snacking?– suspicion that...