Clean Cooking with Caitlin

10/24/2026

They say let kids explore their food. He explored it onto the high chair, the floor, the dog, and somehow the ceiling.

It was a smoothie bowl. Banana, berries, a little spinach. I made it pretty. He made it modern art.

The experts say mess is how toddlers learn about food. If that's true, he has a PhD in smoothie.

I will be finding blueberry on things until Christmas.

What's the messiest food your kid has ever explored?

10/23/2026

The baby fell asleep in the car, so dinner tonight is a granola bar from under the seat. It's been there since summer. It's fine.

Some nights the whole plan falls apart at 4pm. You can wake the baby and go cook, or you can sit in a parking lot and let everyone else figure out the fridge.

I chose the parking lot. No regrets.

For the record, the granola bar was a little soft.

Be honest. What food is living under your car seat right now?

10/09/2026

It's Friday.. you know what I'm sayin?

09/19/2026

The teenagers will not put the lid back on. I have told them. Many times. So there is a cloche, and the cloche is labeled, in Sharpie, because the verbal approach has failed. I also made a jingle that I can't stop singing.

Does anyone else keep butter on the counter, or is it just us?

09/19/2026

Ten pounds of potatoes, prepped for the week. He has his own food. A full bowl of it.

I batch potatoes on Sundays because they're the one cheap thing in this kitchen that everybody will eat without negotiation. Roast a tray for dinner, mash some soft for the toddler, crisp the leftovers with eggs on a morning when nobody slept.

One prep, three meals, no new decisions on a Wednesday.

The cat contributes nothing to this system. The cat has strong feelings about this system.

What's the one thing you prep ahead that actually saves you? I'm always looking to steal a good one.

08/15/2026

Tofu can be bland and boring. These are the three tips I've learned to even make a carnivore want to eat it!

08/14/2026

He's too cute to put down 😅

06/26/2026

05/19/2026

Best cat ever 🤣