I got some sad news last night, something I can’t share yet on the blog, so I decided to do an uplifting post today and a giveaway. My friends at Cabot Cheese are excited to be working with them to help promote ChopChop Magazine – the fun cooking magazine for families, and their free ChopChop Cooking club – their national healthy cooking campaign to invite every family to join and pledge to cook dinner together once a month for 6 months.
Check out their websites:
“ChopChopKids is an innovative non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire and teach kids to cook real food with their families. They believe that cooking and eating together as a family is a vital step in resolving the obesity and hunger epidemics. ChopChop Magazine reaches more than 2 million families each year and is endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, was named publication of the year by the James Beard Foundation, and is a two-time winner of the Parent’s Choice Award.
We’re excited to be working with them to help promote ChopChop Magazine – the fun cooking magazine for families, and their free ChopChop Cooking club – their national healthy cooking campaign to invite every family to join and pledge to cook dinner together once a month for 6 months.”
I was sent a copy of the magazine and love that it shows in the directions whether or not you need your parents help.
And I thought it was cute that kids could draw pictures and get them published in the magazine – I had to share this one, just because it was drawn by another Hannah!
Cabot Cheese is offering up a one years subscription to Chop Chop, as well as their $25 Cheese Gift Box.
Just leave me a comment about a favorite family recipe you make with your kids now, or one you made with your parents growing up. I’ll pick a random winner in tomorrows post. Good luck!
Hope everything works out. I am thinking of you.
My mother isn’t really a cook, so no memories there, but my grandma was awesome and one of our favorites was johnny cake
I don’t have 1 recipe in particular. I was always in the kitchen and I am sure in the way most days. The kitchen has also been a gathering place in my house. Great giveaway!!
Sorry about your bad news, please let us know if we can do anything!
My daughter loves to make ‘Family Soup’! We each pick a veggie and then all decide on what starch and protein to put in. We get some interesting combos!
I loved baking Christmas cookies and other Christmas treats with my Mom and Grandma!
I loved making stuffed mushroom with my Mommy. They were delicious.
In honor of Cabet I am reminded of a family favorite, cheesy hash browns casserole. Still makes an appearance at every family holiday! Hugs my friend.
I loved helping both my parents in the kitchen (my dad is a surprisingly pretty good cook). Loved helping my mom make homemade noodles for chicken noodle soup, cookies, pies (I am the official maker of the pumpkin filling for pumpkin pies) and being a general help for most meals….I love going to see my mom now and cooking with her and love having her help me cook when she comes to see me My dad always made 3 of my favorite dishes as a kid (shells and bacon (shell pasta with bacon, onions and tomato juice), homemade baked macaroni and cheese(which I love to make), and hotdish(which was thin cut spaghetti, hamburger, onions and tomato juice)).
You had me at CHEESE!
I don’t have kids and my mom did nearly all of the cooking growing up. But I will tell you the first thing she taught me how to make was spaghetti with meat sauce.
Another thing that I’m not sure that other parents do because I’ve never seen it done by anyone but my mom – is to add extra toppings to frozen pizza! My mom would cut up extra onions, green peppers (chop! chop!) as well as thick slices of cheddar cheese to load up on the pizza before putting it in the oven.
Today, I would use chopped fresh mushrooms in place of the canned ones she’d use!
I hope everything is ok Biz. Always thinking of you.
My Son of course loves to make cookies with his mama – chocolate chip to be exact! But he also loves making “zoodles” too!
I loved helping my dad make macaroni & cheese growing up. The REAL stuff not the crap in the box.
And growing up my Mom preferred me at the grill. HA!
When I was a kid my mom made pork chops and orange rice. I also made it for my son. It is our family thing. Still a favorite today.
YUM! I love cheese!
I’d say the best recipe is Martha Stewart’s mac n’ cheese–with gruyere. It’s super decadent and the best mac n’ cheese recipe ever. It’s requested by everyone whenever we go to parties or potlucks!
Sorry for bad news Vat!!! Giant hug being sent your way!!!!
My grandsons (identical twin boys, age 6, and their brother, age 3) love making Mamaw Thompson’s Teacakes featured in Lester Laminack’s gorgeous book Saturdays and Teacakes. The book features beautiful illustrations (we especially like Mamaw’s red and white kitchen) and the wonderful story of a young boy who rides his bicycle to his grandma’s each Saturday to help her with yard work and make cookies. The boys and I love reading the story and then recreating it by making the cookies. Of course, that includes the part about eating some, too!
My boys and I love making pizza together. My youngest loves to help press the dough and we all like piling on the toppings….lots and lots of cheese is a must! 🙂
That magazine looks pretty sweet!!
Sorry about your sad news.
My kids are pretty thrilled with quesadillas. I’ve started getting my 9 year old to help.
Fried dough on meatless Fridays growing up. Sometimes with sauce and cheese like mini pizzas or with jam or powdered sugar.
I remember making pulled taffy with my grandmother when she came to visit. It had to cool before you pulled it into long ropes and cut it into pieces. The pieces were than wrapped in squares of waxed papers. One of my favorite things my mother made was fried pies.
A favorite family dish is tator tot hot dish with lots of shredded cheese. Mmmm!
We loved helping my mom make scalloped potatoes! She would get out the potatoes, and we would all help to peel and slice them. It was a group effort. She always used chunks of spam in the dish, which you rarely see nowadays!
Such sad news. I love that you are posting this today!
My mom and I always made Christmas cookies- we still do to this day. Whether we are there for Thanksgiving or Christmas- we always cook up 10 or so dozen…my favorite memories with my mom. hugs and love to you today!