#130 What We Can Learn From Germany about Food and Cooking - and Some Dishes to Try

A Break for the Summer / Winter and Lots of Recommendations!

Karyn here from the Family Food for Moms podcast. I just wanted to let you know that I've decided to take a break for three months from the podcast, not publishing any episodes for May, June, and July. Then I will be back the very beginning of August. I so love doing this podcast and talking about food and dining with you!. I love thinking about celebrating with your family, about date nights, about learning new cooking skills, and being inspired by different cultures and the way they do food. I'm excited to continue in August. I'm gonna mention a few episodes that you might be interested in listening to in the mean time. Some of our most downloaded...

#130 What We Can Learn From Germany about Food and Cooking - and Some Dishes to Try

Today we're going to talk about food from Germany - what we can be inspired by and what we can learn from German food and cooking. German food is hearty, it's comforting, and it's built around simple, high-quality ingredients. It's designed to keep you full, satisfied, and comforted in the colder climate.

#129 - Dessert Is Not a Bad Thing - How the French and Belgians do Desserts and What to Make at Home

Today I want to talk about desserts, and how it's not necessarily bad to have dessert, even if you have it quite regularly. I was recently talking to my mom-in-law who's visiting from Belgium, and she was telling us how in Belgium people often eat dessert every night.  Most nights they have a three-course dinner, usually starting with soup, then having the main, and then a dessert. It's expected that there's dessert every night. I think this is a good thing because it's a much healthier version of a dessert. It's not some highly processed, white flour thing - it's made using natural ingredients like fruit. The spices that are in it are good for the blood sugar, and it's seen as part of the meal. I wanted to talk about that a little bit, and tell you more about what they do, and about why having dessert is not a bad thing.

#128 Cooking in Sauce - Basic Cooking Skills Series

Today we're going to be talking about cooking in sauce. Instead of making a sauce separately and then adding it later - which can be delicious, cooking in sauces is really going to enhance the meat or vegetable that you're busy cooking. I wanted to talk about cooking in sources rather than adding them at the end. It’s one of the easiest ways to make your food deeply flavorful, juicy, and hard to mess up. It's how many of the world's best comfort food dishes are made.

#127 Celebrating Life with Special Meals - No Big Occasion Needed!

Today we’re going to talk about celebrating life - the small things in life, and not having to wait for the occasions. Celebration meals are always special and fun for a family, and they don't need a calendar event to happen. We can make them meaningful by celebrating the small things, and just celebrating life - being together and enjoying each other. Some of the best celebrations come from ordinary days when you decide to do something special. So, let's talk about some solid reasons to celebrate, and reasons to have celebration meals at various times that aren’t linked to a specific occasion.