You don't need to wait for a holiday or special occasion to make whipped cream. Whipped cream is just that happy little thing that makes everything better - from your morning coffee to topping fruit for an after-school snack, to dressing…
I've had to navigate the world of food allergies with my kids for almost two decades, but not eating eggs and dairy seems like a walk in the park compared to some families whose kids have to avoid eating all major food allergens to be sa…
Guess what: Parties are back! Doesn't that sound great?? After so many months in quarantine, we're ready to celebrate, well, just about anything, and I know I want to make these moments extra special -- - graduation , birthdays , "we sur…
Lately I've been seeing friends post pictures of their kids' birthday cakes on Instagram, and they look amazing...and like they cost more than my wedding cake did! I love the ideas of the elaborate number cakes that people are ordering t…
Apparently, it's bacteria week. First with dirty sponges and now with birthday cake candles. It turns out, when you blow out candles on a birthday cake, you increase the bacteria by 1400 percent. Yes, you read that correctly. Now, some o…
My son's upcoming first birthday has me giddy to bake his first cake, but decidedly less excited to introduce him to refined sugar and artificial food coloring. So I searched far and wide to find healthy birthday smash cake recipes that …
I have seen the Disney Cars movie, release in 2006, the year before my first son was born, about 1200 times. My little one, who is seven and a half, still loves it. And the last time it was on, though he complained about having to watch …
Step aside, unicorns. We're all about mermaids now. Colorful, gold-flecked mermaid toast started blowing up on my Instagram months ago, and since then I've watched a steady cascade of mer-themed desserts flood my newsfeed. I'm crazy exci…
While brunch is an all-year-around thing, there is something about spring that ups the ante. Between Easter, Mother's Day, and the good feeling that better weather brings, I can't help but get the urge to open the windows and call friend…
If you haven't heard, Hatchimals were the Cabbage Patch Kids of the holidays 2016, with even Chrissy Tiegen getting in on the hype. Hatchimals: For kids and funny celebrities on Twitter. That's why when we saw this Hatchimals cake recipe…
We've seen cookie cutters and cake pans in the shapes of unicorns, Minecraft characters, Minons, ninjas, Santa Claus ninjas (really), and everything pop culture-y in between. But if none of those quite fit the bill for your own brood, yo…
Even though your baby won't remember the day, their first birthday party is a special milestone and a chance for you to celebrate how much your life has changed in just a year. (Whoa, right?) They also won't remember what you served, so …
It's hard to imagine a birthday kid who doesn't like cake, but it happens. And when you're the parent of the birthday kid who doesn't want cake, you're left figuring out what to serve that's just as festive, delicious, and easy to serve …
Up to this point, I've only thought about kid's birthday parties in terms of little kid themes, from construction vehicles to dinosaurs—or whatever my kids are obsessed with at the moment. As my older son grows up, though, the themes are…
Star Wars! Is there anything more to say? How about easy Star Wars party snack recipes? That's right, the force has awakened our appetites and we're celebrating with these Star Wars themed treats. Whether you're hosting a Star Wars party…
More and more we're hearing that sugary snacks are no longer allowed in the classroom to celebrate birthdays: healthy snacks only, please . This happened at my niece and nephew's school and they were crestfallen, thinking they'd be releg…
There's something about back-to-school that makes me want to bake cookies. Maybe it's that start of the school year energy that makes me feel like I can take on the world and balance work, school lunches, after school activities, and hom…
My daughter's birthday is coming up soon (which you probably already know, because she is telling everybody ), so I've been looking for treats that we can give her friends at her party. I'm pretty sure she'd be the coolest kid ever -- an…
My little one is turning 6 in the fall and it may be my last chance to throw a themed birthday party. I normally wait until just weeks, or uh, days, before his party to pull everything together, but I’m feeling wistful this year. It’s al…