It wasn’t until I met Mr. Mom’s Kitchen right after college that I tried Indian food for the first time. He’d just returned from four years in the UK where the cuisines of India and Pakistan are more prevalent and the quality of ...
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FOUR-INGREDIENT PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Sometimes, when it really and truly is the very last thing I should be doing – when I’m tired and overwhelmed, when ...
THE VERY BEST THING TO DO
FOR YOUR KIDS IN THE KITCHEN
One afternoon several years ago, I told the kids we all needed to pitch in to clean the house; guests were due ...
GRILLED CHICKEN SALAD WITH AVOCADO AND ORANGE
My approach to assembling a meal each night is hardly different from pulling together an outfit each morning. Take today’s recipe: it ...
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REAL GIRLS EAT AVOCADOS
PLUS AN “ABSOLUTELY AVOCADOS”
COOKBOOK GIVEAWAY
Call me gender-biased, but avocados are one of those foods that I lump into a discreet category of good eats I consider “girl food.” I say this based on the four females under my roof who have a love for avocados unmatched by the lone male. Sure Mr. Mom’s Kitchen can take down a bowl [...]
DIY YOGURT SUNDAE BAR
Children are bombarded every day with foods that aren’t particularly good for them: Colorful bags of processed snacks, shiny juice drink pouches, and an endless buffet of sweets of every stripe. Junk food is everywhere, from the soccer field to the school party, the Office Max to the check out aisle at Old Navy . For those [...]
MY WEEK IN FOOD
Looking back over the past seven days, it’s clear the theme for the week was parties. Here’s what it all looked like, captured with my iphone: Mr. Mom’s Kitchen and I teamed up with my brother and sister-in-law to co-host an auction dinner for the kids’ school. The meal started with these cute-as-can-be carrots and [...]
RASPBERRY DREAM: SORBET IN A SNAP
I named this frozen confection Raspberry Dream because once you whirl together the raspberries, simple syrup, and egg whites, what results is nothing short of dreamy. Cold, tangy, and luscious, you’ll want to lick it right out of the bowl of your Cuisinart. The fact that it will only take you about five minutes of [...]
FEARLESS FEEDING: THE BOOK EVERY PARENT NEEDS
(AND I’M GIVING AWAY A COPY!)
I haven’t been as excited by a book as I am about Fearless Feeding since the fifth grade when I got my hands on Judy Blume’s tween classic Are you there God, it’s me, Margaret. The only downside of the fact that I’m giving away a copy is that I’ll no longer have one for myself, which [...]
GINGERY RHUBARB COMPOTE WITH GRILLED PORK CHOPS
My family hasn’t eaten a hot meal in two years. It’s true. Take these pork chops. As they sizzled on the grill, I cooked up a compote of rhubarb, ginger, garlic, and onions, that turned out so tangy and rosy-hued, it was too good to keep to myself, which set in motion the “mad scramble”: [...]
MY WEEK IN FOOD
It’s clear that Spring is here and we have the produce to prove it. Here’s what My Week in Food looked like, snapped with my iphone. Started the week out with a visit to the farmer’s market down the street and scored three baskets of these beautiful berries, as fragrant and sweet as they are [...]
MAC & CHEESE BITES
PLUS A MONTH OF MOTHER’S DAY GIVEAWAYS
Being a mom is amazing: Fulfilling and thrilling and sweet and tender. The best thing I’ve ever done. By Far. But being a mom can also be brutal: Exhausting and exasperating and heartbreaking and painful. The hardest thing I’ve ever done. By Far. So I’m thinking …just one day of Mother’s Day? It’s not enough. [...]
MY WEEK IN FOOD
There was a little more eating out this past week than usual, although still plenty of eating in. Here’s what My Week in Food was about, all captured on my iphone. Love the ruby hue of rhubarb. These fat stalks were the first I’d seen this Spring. I cooked them into a savory compote, which [...]
MY COOKBOOK! A SNEAK PEEK
The subject line on the email read simply, “I’ve Got Books!!!” It was from Amy, my editor at Chronicle Books (reason alone to write a book is that you get to say things like, “my editor” and “my agent” that make you sound far more professional than you might actually be or feel). Three advance [...]
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Katie Sullivan Morford
Mom’s Kitchen Handbook is my approach to feeding a family: Cook fresh, seasonal food, make room for a little decadence, and have fun doing it. It's not easy in a culture that glorifies junkie foods while marketing dieting at every turn. I bring my expertise as a registered dietitian and a food writer to the table and aim to raise my kids with adventuruous appetites and wholesome attitudes towards food.
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Find more of my breakfast, lunch and snack recipes and “how to” cooking videos at potterybarnkids.com
