The lazy mom’s smoothie

by Christina Refford | Food + Recipes

My kids are fruit-eating machines, which is great except for when we get the urge to make a smoothie and have only a sad spotted banana left on the counter. Short of planting my own orchard, I’m happy to have discovered the new all-natural Chiquita Smoothies...

Cooking for kids just got 150 recipes easier

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes

Recently, my Michael Pollan-obsessed sigOth and I have had some conversations about stepping up our meal preparation game for the kids. So I’m pleased to have discovered two new cookbooks that seem primed to help us find some options that lie somewhere between...

Organic nut butters you would steal right out of your kid’s lunch box in a second

by Cool Mom Team | Kids

Thank goodness for peanut butter (and yogurt and cheese) for without it, I’m not entirely sure how my practically vegetarian girls would get any protein in them. And thank goodness for Justin’s Organic nut butters, which make me feel a little better about...

A little squeez’ll do ya

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes

I have to admit that the drinkable foods sort of freak me out. Applesauce with no spoon? Oh, the horror. But wouldn’t you know it, my kids can suck down the GoGo Squeez resealable applesauce in one huge gulp.Even I find myself getting over my issues and...

GoPicnic – The real happy meals

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes

With my daughter entering kindergarten in the fall, I must now add “pack a lunch” to my list of duties–something that is clearly not my fort?. So at least I know that in a pinch, I’ve got the GoPicnic kids Mighty Munch meals to turn to. These...

Organic baby food that’s so good you may want to get some for yourself

by Betsy | Food + Recipes

Recently Liz and I attended the Fancy Food Show in New York where we found Tasty Baby, a line of frozen organic baby foods that may just cause me to exceed my superlatives usage quotient for the day. How do I know that this baby food tastes amazing? Because I inhaled...

Y water? Because we like it.

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes

Since bringing home a few bottles of Y Water to try out, my kids have been asking for it pretty much hourly. And that is saying something, because getting them to drink water lately is like getting them to eat foods that aren’t white. Basically the stuff is like...

Sneaky Chef to the Rescue: Cooking for kids with the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” method

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes

When Missy Chase Lapine’s The Sneaky Chef appeared on the scene in ’07, I didn’t think I needed her help since my kids were pretty adventurous eaters. Shoot forward two years though and ho boy, do I need her. With her new book The Sneaky Chef to the...

Everyone will cheer for Hip Hip Purees (even if they groan from the pun)

by Danielle | Food + Recipes

I am a stubborn mom, so I am going to continue to put vegetables on my kids’ plate at every meal, but I am practical enough to realize that they aren’t always been ingested. My son has been known to slide his plate down the table at maximum velocity while...