The Chirping Moms

December Meal Planning Calendar

December Meal Planning Calendar

By: Kristen Mider, Cooking for Friends  Winter is here and so is a busy month of holiday events. We hope this December Meal Planning Calendar will help you stay organized and give you ideas for great cold weather meals. You can download and print the calendar for free and below the meal planning calendar is a list of all of… Read More

Apple Cake Recipe: Perfect for Fall

Apple Cake Recipe: Perfect for Fall

By: Kristen Mider of Cooking with Friends  It’s beginning to feel like fall here. The leaves are starting to drop from the trees, the mornings are growing crisper, and the summer fruits and vegetables have given way to fall favorites. Corn, tomatoes, and peaches are being replaced by things like kale, beets, and apples. My kids love apples. They consume… Read More

Avocado Toast with Pecorino Cheese

Avocado Toast with Pecorino Cheese

I love the food in Italy. Honestly, even after 30 days of eating meals in Italy both at restaurants and cooking, I didn’t get sick of the food. The restaurants are wonderful and more family friendly (in my opinion). I enjoyed cooking meals there too. Grocery stores are small and friendly. There are tiny markets with amazing produce. And… the… Read More

Recipe: Summer’s Bounty Rigatoni

Recipe: Summer’s Bounty Rigatoni

It’s September, not quite fall yet but you can see the days are growing shorter and before you know it, the cooler weather will set in. Over at my house, as we prepare for back to school, we also relish the last days of sunshine and ease and summer’s very best produce. As a busy mom of three, these days… Read More

Tomato and Olive Farro Salad

Tomato and Olive Farro Salad

By: Kristen Mider, Cooking for Friends  When Courtney and I were brainstorming ideas for summer recipes, I also happen to receive a ton of requests from friends for salad recipes. Salads that were more than just greens and tomatoes but not necessarily pasta or potato salads. Salads that are healthy! But also, salads with some bite to them! Salads that… Read More

Organize Your Weekly Shopping with These FREE Printables

Organize Your Weekly Shopping with These FREE Printables

I do not like grocery shopping. I also do not like to feel unorganized and like I am spending too much money where I could be saving. When it comes to weekly shopping, I was finding I visit the same stores weekly but with no plan of action. I knew there were certain things I needed from certain stores, but… Read More

DIY Insect Repellant with Essential Oils

DIY Insect Repellant with Essential Oils

I’ve been on the hunt for a great DIY insect repellant using essential oils. A friend who is extremely knowledgable about oils (more about her soon!) shared this recipe. It’s also the oils my aunt, another super knowledgable oil lover uses. It’s been great so far and my kids are usually covered in bite. I’ve tried a few “natural” bug… Read More

3 Summer Salad Recipes

3 Summer Salad Recipes

3 Summer Salad recipes to enjoy this spring and summer! Recipes and post by Kristen Mider Before Courtney moved across town from me, my favorite warm weather tradition was meeting her at my back fence to catch up (perhaps over a glass of wine) while the kids hopped the fence, happy to be with their backyard buddies. Often, we wound… Read More