All Natural Easter Basket Ideas

Easy Ideas for Easter Baskets

I love celebrating holidays as much as the next person, but I certainly do not love the way holidays have been overtaken by junk food companies.  There are plenty of ways to fill an Easter basket that don’t involve a ton of sugar laden, artificially created colors and flavors. Here are some tips for making [...]

Gluten Free Corn Dog Muffins

Gluten Free Corn Dog Muffins | Our Family Eats

**Reminder – There’s still time to enter my giveaway for a fabulous Le Creuset Grill Pan!  Click here to enter!** My kids love corn dogs.  I mean LOVE corn dogs.  But we never, ever eat corn dogs.  I’ve never once bought a box of corn dogs at the store, not even before we started paying [...]

Beef and Potato Casserole (Moussaka)

Moussaka (Beef and Potato Casserole) gluten free

Before we had two kids and all of the responsibility that comes along with them, my husband and I spent most of our free time traveling to far away places.  We were obsessed with seeing new places and learning about other cultures.  Without fail, as soon as a new destination came up in a conversation [...]

Making School Lunches Easier – My Favorite Containers

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I have sort of a love/hate relationship with making school lunches for my first grader.  I love that I know what she’s actually eating, but I dread having to add one more thing to my to-do list every night.  That’s why I put a lot of time researching all the options for lunch boxes and [...]

Picky Eater Strategies – Play with Your Food

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You all know that encouraging picky eaters is a cause that’s dear to my heart.  I’ve kept no secrets about my own dinnertime struggles with two “choosey eaters”.  I know that this is a problem that plagues many of you as well.  So how do you turn meal time back into fun time?  Play with [...]

Picky Eater Strategies – the first step

Picky eater strategies

It wasn’t that long ago that our family made the switch from eating a highly processed diet of convenience foods to an all natural diet.  I first decided to make the changes because of my daughter’s ADHD-like symptoms, but became ever more determined to make the changes after researching the common additives in processed foods [...]

Sophie’s Fruity Quesadilla

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I love it when kids get in the kitchen and cook.  I encourage Sophie every chance I get to help out.  She loves measuring the ingredients but stirring is her favorite cooking activity.  Whenever there’s a batter or sauce to stir together she’s instructed me to let her know.  Cooking is a wonderful activity for [...]

Pizza Bites

I’ve got football on the brain, so for the next few weeks you’ll be seeing my Party Food category grow exponentially.  Football season is one of my favorite times of the year.  Our family is passionate about both college and pro football, so full weekends can be lost while we sit in front of the [...]