Make Your Own Playdough

If you are looking for a fun activity to do with your kids that has some lasting power, try making playdough with them.  There are several recipes out there, but this is one I have used successfully. Kool-Aid Playdough 2 cups flour 1 cup salt 2 packages of Kool-Aid (small, unsweetened)   (This is the source [...]

Menu Planning for Moms on a Budget

Before Goose’s arrival, when we were a family of two, there was no such thing as planning meals in advance. After work, we decided on what we wanted to cook and someone went to the store, or we either hit the drive-thru or pulled out the take-out menus. We might have eaten anywhere from 6 [...]

Kids and Veggies? It Can Be Done!

Guest contributor The Cooking Mama weighs in on kids and veggies! It’s a hot and sometimes contentious topic, getting veggies into your children. Some moms are of the mind that hiding veggies is disrespectful and detrimental to the development of their palates. These moms argue that if a vegetable is prepared simply and deliciously, kids [...]

Quick and Easy Pasta Fagioli Soup

This soup was inspired by Giada. I was pregnant with Puppet and channel surfing when I landed on Food Network. As you know, when you get a craving, you have to have it. Normally, I use fresh ingredients, but my craving would not wait! I used what I had readily available. This soup is sure [...]

Pumpkin Cookies, Oh My!

Fall has officially arrived and has brought with it my favorite flavors of the year.  I go nuts for pumpkin spice lattes, hot apple cider, and, well, pretty much any pumpkin baked good!  One of my absolute favorites is my mom’s pumpkin cookies.  I am hoping to bake a batch this weekend, so I thought [...]

We’ve moved!

Gen X Moms is movin’ on up to the East Side! We now have our own shiny domain and some fun stuff on the horizon. Please join us at www.GenXMomsBlog.com. See ya there!

Crockpot Cooking

Gen X Moms has moved to www.GenXMomsBlog.com. Don’t forget to update your bookmark! I am extremely busy right now.  I have just found a retail studio space for my children’s portrait studio which I hope to open by the end of the month.  I also attend school online, have a 4 bedroom house to take [...]

Quinoa: The “New” Ancient Grain

Gen X Moms has moved to www.GenXMomsBlog.com. Don’t forget to update your bookmark! So you may (or not) have been hearing about a “new” food. Quinoa. If you are like me, you probably said “Um, exsqueeze me? Keen-what?” Quinoa – pronounced “keenwha” not “kween noah”, like I thought – is a species of goosefoot (Chenopodium), is a grain-like [...]

Quinoa: The "New" Ancient Grain

So you may (or not) have been hearing about a “new” food. Quinoa. If you are like me, you probably said “Um, exsqueeze me? Keen-what?” Quinoa – pronounced “keenwha” not “kween noah”, like I thought – is a species of goosefoot (Chenopodium), is a grain-like crop grown primarily for its edible seeds. It is a pseudocereal rather than a [...]

Recipe Review: Whole Foods Market’s Roasted Bell Peppers Stuffed with Quinoa

Gen X Moms has moved to www.GenXMomsBlog.com. Don’t forget to update your bookmark! At my house, I like to do 2 dinner meals a week that are vegan. Not just vegetarian, or lacto-ovo, But vegan. (Meaning no animal products, what-so-ever, in case you didn’t know). Which is a fairly recent development.  We had been doing lacto-ovo [...]