Tips for Teaching Kids to Cook: Making Breakfast
Not too long ago, a mom shared a story in our members-only Facebook group over at Kids Cook Real Food about her daughters surprising her.
Not too long ago, a mom shared a story in our members-only Facebook group over at Kids Cook Real Food about her daughters surprising her.
You know how some kids let loose wails of misery with every scrape, while others will avoid telling their mom about something bothering them physically
In my role as a kids’ cooking teacher at Kids Cook Real Food, my goal is to train children in over 30 basic skills so that
When it comes to learning how to cook, whether you’re a child or an adult, mastering knife skills is truly the key to unlocking the
Did you believe me that kids really can be helpful in the kitchen NOW even before they grow up? How about making their own healthy
We as parents do a lot for our kids. Sometimes it seems as though 90% of our energy is just keeping them alive, feeding, clothing,
Now that we’ve talked about theimportance of teaching kids to cook for their future, let’s get down to business with some practical tips about
One morning… …as my two-year-old son and I were rushing out the door, late as usual, he taught me a lesson about parenting that keeps
I confess… When I’m making dinner and my child asks if they can help, my heart sinks a little. Making dinner is hard enough, but
In our Beyond Limits series we’ve been exploring how to navigate eating and meal planning while dealing with food restrictions. We reached out to our friend
In our Beyond Limits series we’ve been exploring how to navigate eating and meal planning while dealing with food restrictions. We reached out to our friend
Welcome to part 7 of our 7 part series exploring “healthy eating” issues. In case you missed it: Part 1: Getting Started Part 2: Eating Healthy When
Welcome to part 6 of our 7 part series exploring “healthy eating” issues. In case you missed it: Part 1: Getting Started Part 2: Eating Healthy When You Never
Welcome to part 5 of our 7 part series exploring “healthy eating” issues. In case you missed it: Part 1: Getting Started Part 2: Eating Healthy When You Never
Welcome to part 4 of our 7 part series exploring “healthy eating” issues. In case you missed it: Part 1: Getting Started Part 2: Eating Healthy When You Never
Welcome to part 3 of our 7 part series exploring “healthy eating” issues. In case you missed it: Part 1: Getting Started Part 2: Eating Healthy When You Never
Welcome to part 2 of our 7 part series exploring how to approach “healthy eating.” In case you missed it: Part 1: Getting Started Part 2: Eating Healthy
My family started meal planning because my wife was sick with layers of complicated food allergies and we could no longer eat the easy foods
As recently as 2015 I had no idea how to cook. I could stumble through spaghetti, and I could make cookies, but not much else.
Meal planning impacts many aspects of our lives such as household budgeting, spending time together, and eating healthy food. These are the reasons many begin using Plan to Eat,
Meal planning impacts many aspects of our lives such as household budgeting, spending time together, and eating healthy food. These are the reasons many begin using Plan to Eat,
We are in week 2 of our It’s Time For Tacos photo contest, which includes 5 fantastic recipes from Sara Haas’s new book Taco! Taco! Taco! and loads of
Sara Haas’s latest book Taco! Taco! Taco! features 100 savory and sweet taco recipes that are as easy to prepare as they are to love. You’ll find
Sara Haas’s latest book Taco! Taco! Taco! features 100 savory and sweet taco recipes that are as easy to prepare as they are to love. You’ll find
Sara Haas’s latest book Taco! Taco! Taco! features 100 savory and sweet taco recipes that are as easy to prepare as they are to love. You’ll find
Sara Haas’s latest book Taco! Taco! Taco! features 100 savory and sweet taco recipes that are as easy to prepare as they are to love. You’ll find
Sara Haas’s latest book Taco! Taco! Taco! features 100 savory and sweet taco recipes that are as easy to prepare as they are to love. You’ll find
Sara Haas’s latest book Taco! Taco! Taco! features 100 savory and sweet taco recipes that are as easy to prepare as they are to love. You’ll find
Tacos are the perfect food — uniquely versatile and delicious for breakfast, lunch, dinner…even dessert. Sara Haas, our friend, registered dietitian, and professional chef, has just released
It’s here! The Plan to Eat meal planning app is ready for you to download in both the iOS and Android stores: Get the
My name is Jenn, I live in the great state of Texas, and I’m a wife and mom to four growing boys (8,10,12, and 13)
Our Seriously Good Freezer Meals Photo Contest continues! We have 3 great recipes and a chance for you to win loads of prizes. Simply make
This is one of 3 recipes included in our Seriously Good Freezer Meal Photo Contest. Click here for details All 3 recipes are provided from Karrie Truman’s
This is one of 3 recipes included in our Seriously Good Freezer Meal Photo Contest. Click here for details All 3 recipes are provided from Karrie Truman’s
This is one of 3 recipes included in our Seriously Good Freezer Meal Photo Contest. Click here for details All 3 recipes are provided from Karrie
Karrie Truman (from HappyMoneySaver.com) has just released a fantastic new book called Seriously Good Freezer Meals. This book is a unique compilation of 150 family and freezer-friendly recipes and
We’re in week #3 of Easy Meals for the New Year, but you can jump into these recipes at any time! We’ve collected, and personally tested, 30 easy-to-prepare
Meal planning is a lot easier when you have great recipes to work with, but finding great recipes can feel daunting. To help you get
January often starts with great intentions that too often fade to forgotten routines by March. The traffic on our server confirms this every year! Well, not this year! Make
Sometimes we hear from customers that even with a tool like Plan to Eat, the process of planning meals and actually getting them on the
We are excited to be partnering with 100 Days of Real Food to bring you September’s Make Ahead Meal Plan Challenge — 20 simple and delicious
Plan to Eat is completely customizable, which makes it a great tool for anyone on a special diet. Regardless of whether you are into Paleo, Vegetarian, Vegan,
We’re in week 2 of our Grill It! summer recipe series. These awesome recipes have been compiled from all over the internet and are healthy, easy
Summer is almost here, which means that it is time to start thinking about grilled veggies, meats, fresh veg, and delicious fruits that you can’t
We’re in week 2 of One Pot April! Throughout the month of April, Plan to Eat will be sharing 20 recipes from a variety of cookbooks and bloggers
To help ease the craziness in the kitchen, Plan to Eat is hosting One Pot April. Throughout the month of April, Plan to Eat will
This January Plan to Eat is hosting the Make Ahead Meal Plan Challenge, a 28-day challenge to help you start your own meal planning routine
The beginning of each year brings a flurry of excitement as we commit to making healthy changes. We all know that meal planning saves us money, time,
Meal planning is probably one of the most mundane activities that life has to offer. We all make decisions about what we will eat every
Please note: The giveaway associated with this survey ended on May 31, 2016 and 3 winners have been chosen. Thank you to the 2568 entries who provided
Mother’s Day imagery is usually pretty saccharine, right? Delicate flowers, china teacups, precious jewelry. So I can’t really explain why, when faced with the task
Valentine’s Day takes many forms throughout a life. In elementary school it’s hotly anticipated and tons of fun. Then in middle school and high school
The weeks after the holidays are a little glum, yes? Your kitchen’s a mess. Your house is filthy. Your body is flabby. And spring is
Many Plan to Eat users have been asking for a way to access the details of a recipe without being taken to a different page in
Tags allow you to organize recipes into any categories and customize them to your lifestyle. Once a tag is applied to a recipe, all recipes that
We are really excited about a new feature that allows you to convert any recipe in your Plan to Eat account into Metric, regardless of
If you share Plan to Eat with your friends, family, or online peeps, you can earn a 20% commission when those people purchase Plan to
When you next log into your Plan to Eat account you may notice a few changes. We are really excited to unveil our latest upgrades
Plan to Eat was approached by the Lititz Pennsylvania Meals on Wheels to see if we could help them organize their recipes, coordinate their menu
On December 10th ZipList will be ending its services leaving many current ZipList users without their recipes. If you are a ZipList user, and are
Some foods are carriers. By this I mean pasta is a carrier for sauces, rice is a carrier for stir-fry, and tortillas are carriers for
(see our updated post on Freezer Cooking) Freezer cooking is the process of cooking multiple meals at one time and placing them in the freezer
With school starting again I am finding myself wandering the aisles of the grocery store looking for easy and quick snacks to toss into lunch
As you head into the kitchen you realize that you forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer last night, which means that you
A few weeks ago we posted a question on Facebook asking where you get your recipe inspiration. It was fun digging through the blogs that
A few weeks ago we posted a question on Facebook asking where you get your recipe inspiration. It was fun digging through the blogs that
A fantastic box arrived in our mail that is going to interest all you foodies… or anyone who is bored with your recipe repertoire. It
Last week we posted a question on Facebook asking where you get your recipe inspiration. It was fun digging through the blogs that are new
The success of our family outings is largely determined by the quality of snacks that accompany them. A simple trip to the park down the
We are excited to announce the launch of a new Sort, Filter, and Search in your Recipe Book that will allow you to find recipes
“What are your favorite food blogs? Where do you get your best recipes?” We asked those questions on Facebook and the response was fantastic. We
Few of us know how to work on our own car. There may have been times in automotive history when an automobile owner could jerry-rig
We are excited to announce the launch of a new feature that allows you to take your Plan to Eat recipes into your kitchen using
Over the next few weeks we will be posting tips and tricks, complete with videos, to better demonstrate how to work with the variety of
It’s pronounced like this: (flow-NYARD) [sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/pteblog/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/forvo_fr_882596.mp3″] I promise this dish really isn’t as stuffy as its pronunciation makes it out to be. In fact, it
The phrase “I could juice that” is a constant in my mind these days. I bought our juicer to help my wife through a difficult
Those of us in Colorado are in the midst of a spring filled with sunny days hinting that summer is on its way, followed immediately
Getting the Plan to Eat shopping list “just right” has always been a priority for me and was one of the primary reasons I created
We just launched a new feature that makes it super easy to edit items on your shopping list and pantry (and staples list). To edit
We have tried to make importing recipes from the web extremely easy. Currently you can import recipes by searching directly from Plan to Eat, copying-and-pasting
If you are like me, you are busy planting seeds while the actual harvest of spring produce is a way off. But whether you can
It’s been almost two years since we launched Plan to Eat back in June 2009. Starting our own family business on the side and keeping
We eat a lot of eggs in our home. Farm fresh, they just can’t be beat for nutrition, versatility, and frugality. The omelet has always
Here are the recipes we cooked tonight for our Jamie’s Food Revolution Cook-along. Meatballs and Pasta pg. 151 Dressed Green Salad pg. 102 French Dressing
In case you missed our last post, we have started a fun new cooking adventure that we are inviting you to join. We are cooking
Plan to Eat was created as a result of our family’s desire to eat great food together, cooked at home. We have recently discovered a
For a few years now I have been a bit of a sugar nazi in our home. I don’t let the stuff in and I
I haven’t been grocery shopping in five weeks. No, I’m not that person who only goes out every six months and buys $3000 in groceries.
One of our family’s favorite dishes is stir fry. It is one of the only meals that all 5 of us scarf down with nary
This is the perfect time of year for a hot, baked breakfast. It will also help you use up the last of that 50 pound
At this time of year, school is well under way, and it’s easy to get into a rut when it comes to packing healthy lunches
Wheat and dairy are two of the most allergenic foods today. When a member of the family is diagnosed with a food intolerance, either by
About a year or so ago, I picked up a copy of Michael Pollan’s In Defense Of Food. Little did I know, it was going
Fall is a fabulous time for menu planning and eating, isn’t it? Everything is plentiful in September and the cooler temperatures lure us back into
New Nutritional Features We have some good news if you are one of the many people that have asked for the ability to input nutritional
We eat a lot of bread in our house. We have very specific requirements for bread that make it challenging to find a good loaf
We Recently watched Food Inc. If you have not seen it, you should. It will radically change the way you understand the food you eat,
Today we launched one of the most requested features for Plan to Eat. You can now plan your meals using a Monthly Meal Planner. New Monthly
That’s what my wife thought a few years ago, and that’s why I started working on a meal planning website called Plan to Eat that
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