Real Mom Nutrition
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These Graham Cracker Cookies are a simple, yummy, and quick dessert: Just spread rich chocolate buttercream between store-bought graham crackers. I figured these graham cracker cookies were the brainchild of my mom, whenever she happened to have leftovers from frosting a cake. Then she told me her mom made them too–and when she packed them …
These homemade Whole Wheat Sugar Cookies are easy to make, tender and buttery, and topped with naturally colored frosting. And you don’t have to chill the dough! Thank you to the National Frozen and Refrigerated Foods Association for sponsoring this post! Of all the holiday goodies we make, classic cut-out sugar cookies are my kids’ …
Red Lentil Cookies are made with wholesome ingredients and can help your family become more familiar with the taste and texture of lentils. When my kids are learning to like a food, I’m all about baby steps. Baby steps can be mashing up beans and spreading a thin layer on a burrito instead of adding …
This Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie, made with whole wheat flour and oats, is a fun treat for dessert or snack time. How have I lived this long without baking a skillet cookie?! It’s so much quicker than spooning out two dozen mounds of dough. And can we talk about how you get a …
Want to create bright, festive cookies without using synthetic food dyes? Here are three ways to make naturally colored frosting. This post is not about making artfully decorated sugar cookies. Obviously. I’m calling this style of cookie decorating “rustic” and “accessible”. This is all about the colors anyway. Aren’t these colors pretty? And not a …
These easy Peanut Butter Chocolate No Bake Cookies are a classic, loaded with oats and chocolate-peanut buttery goodness–perfect for a special treat! When I say these are THE BEST No Bake Cookies, I mean it. Because they have the distinction of winning a No Bake Bake-Off. Of sorts. In fourth grade, a friend of mine and …
Feeding experts say giving occasional, unlimited access to sweets is actually a good thing. Sound scary? Here’s what happened when I tried it. Like a lot of dietitians, I follow Ellyn Satter’s Division of Responsibility in Feeding. That means: I decide WHAT is served. My kids decide IF they eat it and HOW MUCH they eat. I …
Thank you to King Arthur Flour for sponsoring this post! I enjoy making meals, snacks, and goodies from scratch. I really, really do. But I don’t enjoy when my life feels like an endless cycle of make food/clean up/make food/repeat. So I supplement homemade foods with packaged food and feel no shame. After all, there are …
Thumbprint cookies, rolled in chopped walnuts and filled with a dab of frosting, are a festive holiday treat for your family. Thank you to Silpat for sending me a free Perfect Cookie Mat. My husband’s favorite Christmas cookies are Thumbprints. Specifically, the ones my mom makes when we visit over the holidays. So every December, …
Do you have a love-hate relationship with frosted holiday sugar cookies like I do? They look so good. They taste SO GOOD. Problem is, they don’t feel so good. One buttercream-glazed cut-out snowman sends me into a headachy stupor. Though I’ll probably still have a sugar cookie or two this holiday season–because you know, maybe this time it …
Is decorating sugar cookies a holiday tradition for you? If you’d like to use natural hues to tint your frosting instead of artificial dyes, I’ve got two recipes to help you achieve red and green. Yes, naturally colored frosting takes more time than squeezing dyes from a store-bought tube. But think how much fun your kids will have …
I’m a little bit worried about the words “healthy” and “clean”. Because I’m seeing them everywhere on social media in relation to dessert: There are recipes for Healthy Peppermint Patties. Clean Cookie Dough Blizzards. Healthy Clean-Eating Double-Chocolate Brownies with Marshmallow and Bacon Hot Fudge Sauce. Okay, I made up that last one. You get the idea. …
