Christine Gable

Specialty: Slow Cooker/Crockpot, Kids' Cuisine
Education: Millersville University, Vermont College
Lives: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania


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April Fool's Day Fun
Some years we have good ideas on how to fool our unwitting, yet much loved family members on this curiously fun holiday. A few years ago when the kids and I saw an article in Family Fun magazine in which...


The Wednesday Teen Gourmet
Time often has an uncanny (yet quite reliable) way of flying by—the moments building into years before we’ve sometimes had time to fully appreciate (or sometimes acknowledge) them. One way I’ve...


Kid-Friendly Egg Fun
Does your family join in traditional egg decorating with the spring festivities? If so, you’re actually participating in a custom that dates back to many an ancient springtime festival. Customarily...


Go For The Green
It’s that time of the year when thoughts turn to leprechauns, legends, and green goodies galore—at the table too. St. Paddy's Day food at our house has taken many forms over the years. From making...


Real Food For Real Kids
It just so happened that within days of each other, both of my kids mentioned—rather out of the blue—that they would each like to do that “kids night to cook dinner thing” again. First my...


Making Healthy Food Fun
Have you seen the guidelines recommended for kids’ healthy eating? They don’t mess around. For example, according to Jessica Seinfeld, author of the attention-garnering Deceptively Delicious, these...


Saved By The Griddle: Breakfast For Dinner
It’s inevitable. It seems like every week there’s at least one day that I just don’t know what to make for dinner. That’s when I start asking others in the house for suggestions, which usually...


The Perfect Opportunity: Bake For Family Fun Month
Did you know that February is Bake For Family Fun Month? No, it's not something that's splashed across the headlines or that made the evening news lately, is it? The Home Baking Association has designated...


Deceptively Delicious . . . Or Just Deceptive?
Have you had a chance to take a look at Jessica Seinfeld’s book, Deceptively Delicious, yet? It’s garnered a lot of attention—some kudos, some criticism. On the recommendation of some readers, I...


Rice Is Nice
… “In January it’s so nice while slipping on the sliding ice to sip hot chicken soup with rice. Sipping once sipping twice sipping chicken soup with rice” … Not only does it have...


The Ultimate Birthday Cake
Birthdays can be a challenge. If it’s not the counting of the irrevocably passing years, it’s the pressure of picking the right gift or a tasty cake. And since January birthdays follow on the heels...


Got Stale Bread? Think Paninis
Who would have thought there’d be a day when I was glad stale bread was waiting for lunch? Several weeks ago, a friend and I stopped by a fabulous Greek market in her neighborhood and each ordered...


Extreme Teen Flavors
It all began several months ago when my son tried green Tabasco sauce, part of an experiment for a new recipe I was working on. Tangy and peppery, the green sauce doesn’t have the heat of the well-known...


A New Year to Celebrate
One of the things I like best about New Year’s is the sense of fresh possibility. It’s like we get to start all over again. Even more of a new start than a new day, a whole new year is like a life...


Snack Time Made Easy
“I’m hungry, Mom.” Those must be the most frequently used three words in the English language. Growing kids with growing bodies most certainly experience hunger in a different way than adults,...


Holiday Cookie Extraordinaire
The year I turned sixteen, a friend and I were inspired to dig into baking some Christmas cookies. My mom was all for it—and even gave us the money to go to the store and buy the ingredients. So we...