Kid Food

‘Tis the season of cheesy appetizers, beloved cookies, and treats, treats, and more treats! There’s no better way to celebrate the coming months than with the second issue of the new print magazine from Cubby’s sister site The Kitchn. It’s called The Holiday Cookbook because that’s exactly what it feels like when you’re paging through.

It’s so good, you’ll make it every weekend.

I can’t say I had a strong idea of what kind of parent I was going to be. Even as someone who loves a plan and a schedule, I went into this thing sort of like, “Well, I gotta wait to see what I’m working with!” But as a kid who spent her lunch hours in the English teacher’s room, summers at orchestra camp, and attended the midnight releases of the final volumes of “Harry Potter,” I sort of assumed my own kids would, you know, have similar tendencies.

Bobbing for apples is so 2019.

Lately by the end of the week, I have absolutely zero energy to cook. That’s when I lean on dinners with the fewest possible ingredients and the smartest grocery-store shortcuts. Some rely on ready-made items like salad dressing or a bag of coleslaw mix, while others start with pre-prepped produce to save time. Whatever helps get dinner on the table.

A big casserole dish filled with baked pasta is the easiest (and tastiest) way to feed all of your family and friends.

One thing I always keep stashed in my fridge: a pack (or two) of chicken sausage. I consider it my in-case-of-emergency dinner solution. May I suggest you do the same? Partnered with a few items from the pantry or the freezer, it’s a super-handy ingredient for easy weeknight dinners. It also comes in a ton of different flavors — spicy andouille, Italian herb, apple-chardonnay, and pesto, to name a few.

A s’mores party is most fun, I think, when you have a creative array of options to cobble together over-the-top treats. My sister and I brainstormed crazy s’mores for weeks, including these pretty rad key lime s’mores. Together, we rounded up 12 of the most popular s’mores ideas, including two savory s’more sandwiches.

On our sister site, The Kitchn, the most popular recipe of 2024 by far was Kelli Foster’s classic lasagna. (Kelli is The Kitchn’s official Dinner Therapist and the person behind some of our most beloved recipes like Tuscan Chicken and our Best-Ever French Toast.)  I’m not usually a lasagna girl (I wasn’t even when everyone else was in 2020!). They take forever, and I’m never that impressed. Baked ziti? So much easier, just as good.

Use it on chicken, salmon, chips, and more.

It’s barely bread-making.

They’re free of all nine of the top food allergens.