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Charities That Help Families: Giving Back This Holiday Season
You may have heard that volunteering your time or giving a donation can boost your health and happiness. In fact, studies have shown that giving back can be good for you in myriad ways, including: lowering blood pressure, boosting dopamine and oxytocin in the brain,...
20 Children’s Christmas and Hanukkah Books They’ll Love!
This story was provided by The Local Moms Network Contributor Rosemary D’Urso, aka LibraryMom. December is here and that means it’s time to break out the holiday books! Whether filled with a heartwarming storyline, engaging characters, or gorgeous illustrations, each...
The Local Moms Network Holiday Gift Guide!
Welcome to The Local Moms Network 2019 Holiday Gift Guide! Before kids, we had all our holiday shopping done by (or shortly after) Thanksgiving. Post-kids? We sometimes find ourselves relying on anything available with overnight shipping, or online gift cards (when...
Bourbon Brown Butter Roasted Cauliflower
Although turkey gets a lot of attention on Thanksgiving—it is nicknamed "Turkey Day" after all—we have come to realize it's all about the sides. From brown sugar-laced sweet potatoes to green beans topped with fried onions, the comfort food dishes surrounding the...
Classic Pumpkin Pie Recipe for Thanksgiving!
Kate McDermott, author of Art of the Pie, was a finalist for the prestigious James Beard award for chefs. She’s also mom to Duncan, 32, who started baking with her as a toddler. This classic pumpkin pie is a family favorite for Thanksgiving. Her secret, expert tip? It...
Easy Weeknight Meal: Keto Coconut Lime Chicken
\We can’t think of many things more valuable than a super simple, healthy weeknight meal that our family will happily eat—a reliable and reasonable babysitter, maybe? This One-Pan Coconut Lime Chicken from Keto Your Way, a new cookbook from Keto Made Simple...
A Better Mac n Cheese from Two Peas and Their Pod!
If your kids are like ours, you have some serious mac ‘n cheese connoisseurs in your house. And as parents, we’re always looking to boost the nutrition in this dinnertime staple. We’ve been known to stir in some peas, (very fined) chopped spinach, and even pureed...
CBD & Anxiety: One Mom’s Story
Recently, we showcased the moms behind Press Pause, a female-focused CBD company. We also asked the passionate ladies who started the brand to dispel some myths about CBD—including the stigma and misconceptions around CBD. This week, co-founder Dawn Fable shares with...
Mom Hack: Make Frozen Cookie Dough from Your Halloween Candy!
Now that Halloween is about a week past its due date, you’re probably ready to get your kids’ candy out of the house. There are lots of good places to donate, from shelters to dentists’ offices to the military, but we stumbled upon this smart idea from The Baker Mama...
Dinner Party 101: Easy Tips to Try
Hosting a dinner party can be daunting, especially when you don’t have a ton of time (read: you have kids) or you haven’t done it in a while (also: kids). Fall is the perfect time to give it a try, because there’s an abundance of amazing fruit and vegetables available...
How One Lemonade Stand Raised Over $150,000 for Sick Kids
Have you heard about the children’s lemonade stand in Cincinnati that has raised over $200,000 for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital? It started out like any lemonade stand—mom Hillary Weidner and her three daughters, and mom Amanda Zerbe and her three sons teamed up for...
Autumn Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup
This Autumn Carrot & Sweet Potato Soup combines classic fall ingredients in a savory and sweet, healthy meal. Former chef and mom of two, Jennifer Segal, is the blogger behind Once Upon A Chef and author of a book, also called Once Upon a Chef, full of...
Kristin Cavallari’s Bison Strip Steak & Veggie Kebab Recipe!
Kristin Cavallari might be best known for her fiery reality TV persona or her various successes as a businesswomen (we’re still obsessed with her new kids’ line, Little James, as well as Uncommon James—read more here).But she’s also an accomplished cookbook author....
Chicken Dijon Apple Skillet Chicken from Domestikatedlife
We’re always looking for easy weeknight meals, and it’s a bonus if they incorporate our favorite seasonal ingredients. So we were thrilled when The Local Moms Contributor Kate Bowler of Domestikatedlife shared this quick recipe that pairs chicken with apple....
Jane Goodell & A Lifetime of Sundays
Jane Skinner Goodell spent two decades working as a TV reporter and anchor, including with Fox News. The Northwestern University graduate is perhaps best known publicly as the wife of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Her latest project, A Lifetime of Sundays,...
Baking Banana Bread with a Toddler!
Hello Mamas! We had another adventure in the kitchen this weekend! We made my mom’s recipe for banana bread. She has been making FOREVER and her mom before then. We eat with cream cheese spread on top - my husband warmed with butter:) This one my toddler loves to...
Sara Gore Chats About Life in the Suburbs, Being a Working Mom and Her Baked Ziti Recipe
Sara Gore is an Emmy Award-winning TV personality, who has co-hosted lifestyle show New York Live! on NBC 4 NY for the past ten years, as well as the popular home show Open House. She has interviewed some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, politics and the arts,...
The Easiest of Easy Tortilla Soup Recipes…While Parenting
Morning Mamas! This recipe is one of the first things I made to please a crowd. Soups/chilis are great that way because you can prepare in advance and not have to spend time cooking when guests come over. You can also customize this one for veggies (leave out the...
9 Books for Mompreneurs: Must-Reads from The Local Moms Network
The over one hundred women that make up The Local Moms Network are a diverse group. The mothers that run our hyperlocal sites across the country have experience in marketing, teaching, law, and more. Now, of course, they are all female entrepreneurs—mompreneurs. One...
Meet Captain Underpants and Dog Man Author Dav Pilkey!
To kids that love the incredibly popular Captain Underpants and Dog Man series of books, author/illustrator Dav Pilkey is like Tom Clancy, Stephen King, or J.K. Rowling—a true celebrity in his field. His funny and engaging stories and graphics have coaxed millions of...