PMA case of apples givewaway at www.cookwith5kids.com 182
PMA, one of my favorite shows of the year, ended just a few weeks ago. I can hardly believe all the amazing produce and new products I was able to enjoy.  The convention center in Orlando is enormous, and seeing it filled with the freshest fruits, vegetables, flowers and snacks […]

A PMA Fresh Ideas Summit recap and an apple giveaway

Cookie Swap! White chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies Full recipe at www.cookwith5kids.com and part of #CookieSwappinGood 34
When my friend, Jasmine, invited me to her Cookie Swap last week, how could I say no? We make cookies, as part of our school lunch, almost every day.  School cookies are always a bit healthy and are definitely nut free.  For our cookie swap today I made the cookies […]

Joining a cookie swap makes me happy

The Best of Expo East 2016 Full story at www.cookwith5kids.com 156
Do you enjoy eating healthy foods and want to see what the newest products on the market are? Then you need to go to either Expo East or Expo West.  I cannot easily describe how huge the exhibits are, or how much fun it is to meet the people behind […]

The Best of Expo East 2016

LG Best Buy Double oven for the holidays. Full story at www.cookwith5kids.com 34
Every home chef dreams of an oven like this.  We just moved into our house last year and our oven is awful. It takes hours to preheat and then my food often comes out burnt.  Our oven also cooks foods in the front of the pan faster than in the […]

Get ready for the holidays with the LG ProBake Oven

Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, VA review at www.cookwith5kids.com 30
Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg VA makes October into Howl-O-Ween month A few weeks ago we visited the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, Virginia for the first time.  The Howl-o-ween activities happen every day during the month of October and we got to experience a really fun and quite rare […]

Great Wolf Lodge Williamsburg is the perfect family getaway

Paleo Vegan Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Muffins. Full story on www.cookwith5kids.com 34
This morning my kitchen was staged for our first TV spot.  It looks so nice and clean doesn’t it? I was invited to to tape a piece that will be shown on NBC4 tomorrow morning between 4:30 and 7AM. None of you will probably be awake and hopefully neither will […]

Vegan paleo healthy chocolate chip muffins

Giveaway of 4 VIP TIckets to Taste of DC. Visit www.cookwith5kids.com to enter. 36
TASTE OF DC TAKES OVER PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE OCT 8-9 WITH 60+ RESTAURANTS, BIER GARTEN, WINE WALK, CULINARY STAGE, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT & CHILI EATING CONTEST Do you want to spend some time with chefs José Andrés and Bryan Voltaggio in the VIP MGM Lounge this Sunday? Of course you do!  I have […]

Flash Giveaway! 2 sets of 2 VIP tickets to the ...

Winix Wifi Air Purifier. Full story at www.cookwith5kids.com 22
The quality of the air we breathe in our home each day is so important to me.  Two of my children have an auto-immune illness called POTS and they both spend all their time at home. I worry about the air that they breathe and hope that I am doing […]

We need cleaner air from Winix Wifi Air Purifiers

Annie's Organic Chocolate Mint Grabbits found at #ExpoEast #ExpoBlogger Full story at www.cookwith5kids 35
Today we spent the day at Expo East in Baltimore.  A few weeks ago I found out that I was picked to be one of the 20 Expo Bloggers this year.  It is such an honor to be chosen, thank you New Hope for choosing me! I am sharing this […]

Expo East Top 8 Food Finds from Day One