After spending several months overseas, you start missing those home-cooked meals. For us, it’s grandma’s Beef Stew with rice. We could have easily made this ourselves, but it 1) wouldn’t […]
Tartiflette, A Classic French Winter Dish!
While strolling near the Eiffel Tower, we came across a large number of white tents with the most beautiful smell… bacon! Lou Lou immediately said, “I’m hungry Mom! Can we […]
The Best Crepes in Paris: We Loves Crepes
The only food item my children can identify from France is the croissant, and the beloved crepe. We’ve eaten crepes many times before at a food cart at Eat the […]
Don’t Call it a Chocolate Croissant!
At every campsite we visited in France there were “fresh baked bread and croissants” for purchase every morning. We never thought much of it until the first morning we notice […]
When in France… Drink Hot Chocolate from a Vending Machine!
Just after crossing the border from Belgium into France we stopped by our first petrol/gas station to fill Homer up on Diesel. We wanted to grab some coffee to go […]
Belgium’s Most Wanted Waffle: Liege Waffle
In every restaurant in Belgium, in almost every menu you’ll find “Belgian Waffle” in the dessert section. And at every restaurant we almost always order it… the Belgian waffle. However, […]
Cuberdon Candy Wars
We’ve been camping in the city of Ghent for 4 days and quite frankly, we love it. When we started preparing for our trip to Belgium, it would seem obvious […]
The Mussels in Brussels
I know, kids eating mussels? You’d be surprised to know that kids can eat and learn to love “fruits de mer” without cringing when they first see them. Moules-Frites (pronounced […]
Frieten, Frites, French Fries or Patat?
Whatever you call it, we’ve been eating this daily during our visits to the Netherlands and Brussels. Frites (let’s just call it this since we’ve gotten used to it), is […]
Move Over Sprinkles!!
There’s a new bad boy in the house, HAGELSLAG! Whoever said sprinkles were only for kids, cupcakes and ice cream were so wrong. The thing that freaked the kids out […]