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Holiday Meals Without the Stress
Guess what, Mom? It is November. Somehow it snuck up on us! This season always promises magic and fun, but usually brings with it more than a sleigh full of stress. I don't know...
Baby On the Way: Tips for Stocking Your Kitchen
Congratulations! There will soon be a new baby in your life! You have giggles, new baby smell, chubby thighs, and all of the other wonderful, horrible and really just plain tiring things that come...
A Cooking Birthday Party for Kids
Imagine throwing a birthday party for your little one, where little elves come and do all the work... well sort of. That is the idea of the cooking birthday party for kids. You've got the...
What is in Season in July?
Well now we are really in the thick of things! Summer is here, its way too hot to turn the oven on, and I'm sweating my pretty makeup right off every Saturday morning at...
How I Met Your Father: An Intercontinental Love Story
It was, dear children, the unlikeliest of meetings. Really, when I was growing up I had no idea that I would end up with the tall, dark and handsome man from across the world...
What is in Season in JUNE?
June oh my goodness how I love the produce in June!
Finally, we're rocking with greens, peas, berries. The farmers markets are overflowing with wonderful piles of delicious things to take home and eat. They're...
CLEAN is Crossed Off the List!
(Note: Kansas City Moms Blog received services in exchange for this review; however, all opinions shared are those of the contributor who wrote them.)
You know the deal moms, we bring these wonderful little people into...
Organize your Kitchen Like a Chef
I’d like to introduce you to the motto that organizes my kitchen, actually it is more than that it’s probably what organizes my life: Mise En Place. It’s a French phrase that professional kitchens use,...
Cook From Your CSA
Have you signed up for a CSA? Not sure what that is?
I'll start with that: Community Supported Agriculture or a CSA means signing up to support to a farm throughout a growing season. Typically, members...
Raising a Multicultural Family
My husband grew up on the other side of the world. We met during a summer job at Yellowstone National Park during college, and while our backgrounds and life experience were as different as...
Where Kids Play and Adults Eat Food Without Paper Wrappers
Last spring Sarah wrote a fantastic post on places where kids play and moms work in Kansas City. I loved it and immediately visited all three! It's great to have a few places on your...
Veggies Families Love
I was originally going to call this “Veggies Kids Love” but then I thought about all of the adults I know who aren’t shall we say, as open or accepting of vegetables as they...
7 Tips for Better Meal Planning
Some people plan their meals a month in advance, freezing neatly-labeled packets of soup and stew. (I did this recently in anticipation of our second child’s birth.) Others wing it, shopping for that evening's meal....
Povitica – A Kansas City Tradition
Povitica, mmmm... Kansas Citians take this lovely rolled pastry "bread" for granted as a staple of the culinary landscape, but really, in the U.S. it's pretty unique to find this delicacy!
Povitica came to the...
Losing 100 Pounds Made Me a Better Mom
A few years ago, I made a pretty major life change. I lost more than 100 pounds.
I learned, over time, to be healthier, to cook and eat better, and in general to embrace life. It...