This simple dinner menu accompanies the children’s book A Shelter in Our Car for this month’s Family Dinner Book Club. This month’s Family Dinner Book Club is about homelessness, and how we can nurture understanding and compassion in our lives and those of our children. Our lead book is A Shelter in Our Car by […] Read more…
This rainforest-conscious family dinner menu is inspired by the book The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry, and is part of our monthly Family Dinner Book Club. This month’s Family Dinner Book Club is all about the beauty found in the Amazon Rainforest, and how we can help protect the world’s rainforests. Our lead book is The Great […] Read more…
This family dinner menu is a water conscious meal inspired by the book One Well: The Story of Water on Earth by Rochelle Strauss, and is part of our monthly Family Dinner Book Club. Read more…
Black and White Popcorn is the perfect balance of sweet, salty, and crunchy. It is my Mother’s Day gift to myself, and to you! Enjoy with a glass or three of champagne. Popcorn is one of my favorite snacks. It’s easy to make, and satisfies that salty/crunchy craving better than almost anything else. Now it […] Read more…
A family dinner menu to accompany the children’s book One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul. This month’s Family Dinner Book Club theme is Recycling, and our lead book is One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul. Here you’ll find a menu that can be prepared with the help of your children. Head over to Growing Book by Book for a full […] Read more…
This sour mango smoothie is inspired by the flavors of the tropical baobab fruit. It’s a bright way to start your morning, or bring a little sunshine to your afternoon. This smoothie is part of our Family Dinner Book Club menu to accompany the children’s book One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul. This book is about the recycling […] Read more…
Garlic Sautéed Spinach is a quick and healthy side dish. This recipe is part of our Family Dinner Book Club menu to accompany the children’s book One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul. Garlic Sautéed Spinach is an easy side dish to throw together and adds a nice touch of green to your dinner. Sometimes a dinner menu just […] Read more…
Mild Fish Yassa is the white girl version of this classic Senegalese dish. If you’ve been following along for any length of time, then you know I can’t exactly handle the heat in many recipes. I am a white girl through and through, and unfortunately for them, my kids follow in my footsteps. Don’t get […] Read more…
Pascal Pasta is a beloved Eagle family recipe named after our favorite cartoon chameleon. Pascal Pasta is actually pesto pasta, but when I first made it for Abby and Katie they saw that it was green like Pascal from the animated film Tangled, and the word “pesto” turned into “Pascal” in their brains. That was […] Read more…
Provencal Lunch Menu with wine pairings inspired by A Day in the Life on the Farm! This Provencal lunch menu was so fun to put together. It brought back so many delicious memories of traveling to Provence on a cooking tour with Jon and his parents. We visited in 2007, right before the film Ratatouille […] Read more…