In the Kitchen

Homemade Seasoning Blends

My girls are not the most adventurous eaters, but they do enjoy smelling all the different spices when I’m cooking. Earlier this summer, we spent a fun afternoon mixing up some special homemade seasoning blends for my dad. I printed two recipes for the girls to read and follow. This was pretty much a hands-off [...]

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Fun Ways to Eat Toast

Toast seems to be the breakfast of choice for the girls lately – usually with cinnamon sugar or strawberry jam. I’ve been looking for some ways to jazz-up our toast breakfast and thought I’d share my finds with you. Enjoy! Waffle Iron French Toast :: Cooking with my Kid Rainbow Stuffed French Toast :: i [...]

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In the Kitchen: Quick & Easy Breakfasts

{Originally posted March 2008} As my girls get older, they want to be more and more involved in meal preparation. In addition to fixing snacks and helping with dinner, breakfast offers wonderful opportunities for healthy and simple meals prepared by little ones, with virtually no grown-up help. Here’s some of the yummy, confidence-boosting meals we [...]

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Around the House: After-Dinner Jobs

Thanks to our new after-dinner jobs, I have a pretty tidy kitchen every night. I am constantly surprised by how much I love walking into the kitchen in the morning and seeing clear counters and an empty dish drainer. It’s such a mood-booster to start my day! I followed the lead of Molly at Mommy [...]

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Kids in the Kitchen: Apple Dip

Happy Friday Night! The girls and I wanted to share a sweet and yummy dip to serve with sliced apples. We love making this apple dip for parties or playdates – or Friday afternoons! Apple Dip 8-oz package of cream cheese, softened 2/3 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon almond extract 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Mix [...]

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Marshmallow Bunnies

The girls made these sweet and simple marshmallow bunnies this morning – the making was just as fun as the tasting! Way back in December, I saw a post at Planning With Kids showing how to make cute Christmas trees with mini marshmallows and white chocolate. We never got around to making the trees, and [...]

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Simple Holiday Traditions

~ making birdseed pine cones ~ ~ decorating graham cracker candy houses with cousins ~ ~ cutting lots and lots of paper snowflakes ~ ~ making (and eating!) Holiday Pretzel Treats ~ I was feeling a little badly that we haven’t done many of the “new” Christmas crafts or activities that I had planned this [...]

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Reindeer Cookies

I was browsing through some old Christmas photos (look at little 3-year-old Natalie!) and found some pictures of these cute reindeer cookies we made. This was obviously a time in my life prior to blogging, because I didn’t even take a dozen close-ups of the finished cookies! They are simple, though – I think you’ll [...]

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Kid-Made Centerpieces

Meet our new centerpiece basket: The girls enjoy creating little table centerpieces for dinner each night. They are so proud of their lovely creations! After a few days of trying to meet their requests for vases, fabric, bowls, etc. during dinner prep, I decided to put a bunch of goodies in basket. I went around [...]

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Whoooo Wants a Snack?

Natalie found this cute recipe in her recent Your Big Backyard magazine and got right to work making it for a snack. Natalie adapted the recipe a bit – she used chocolate chips for the eye centers and the brow line. Also, an apple slice was used for the beak instead of the cheese – [...]

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