In the Kitchen

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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Lazy Summer Lunches

This post could have been called ‘Encouraging Independence in the Kitchen’ or ‘Lunches Young Kids Can Make,’ but let’s be honest – I am simply feeling lazy about fixing lunches now that summer vacation has hit our house! Here are some ideas that are working for us, and many of them do have the added [...]

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Roll-a-Snack

When the pantry starts to fill-up with various odd and ends of crackers, cereal, raisins, etc., we like to dump it all together into a yummy snack mix. Sometimes, we even make it into a game – a little math with your snack! I call it Roll-a-Snack. All you need are various snacks (nuts, dried [...]

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Chocolate Letters

Last night I experimented with making chocolate letters in our Letter Ice silicone molds. They turned out so cute! I used milk chocolate chips, which I melted in the microwave. I filled the molds almost to the top, then topped them off with some festive sprinkles. I let them set-up in the fridge for 20 [...]

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Gingerbread Playdough

Our advent calendar activity yesterday was making holiday playdough. We decided to try making gingerbread playdough. So easy and smells soooo good! We used our standard homemade playdough recipe. Instead of adding food coloring, we stirred some spices into the flour before adding it to the pot. We used ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and cloves. I [...]

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Cheerio Marshmallow Treats

I had never tried making Rice Krispie Treats with any cereal other than Rice Krispies, even though the Confetti Squares on Martha Stewart’s site had caught my eye many times. The girls were asking to make some treats the other day, and all we had were Cheerios and marshmallows. A yummy afternoon treat paired with [...]

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Veggie Cookbook

Okay, here it is! I’ve put together all the recipes, resources, tips, and tricks that all you generous people shared with me. I added in a few more book and internet resources, too. I already printed my copy and I’m ready to get cooking! Download the pdf Eat Your Veggies: Kid-Friendly Vegetable Recipes + Tips [...]

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Calling All Veggies!

I must admit, we are in a serious vegetable rut around here. In general, my girls eat pretty well, lots of healthy stuff to balance out the goodies. However, one of my goals for our whole family is to increase our veggie consumption. Problem is, my girls aren’t so into it…:) They will happily eat [...]

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Simple Kitchen Tasks for Preschoolers

One way I maintain my sanity during dinner prep is to keep little hands busy right beside me in the kitchen. We always have some great conversations while we’re working together making food or tidying up. Here’s a few of our favorite simple tasks in the kitchen: •Washing, drying, and tearing lettuce (the salad spinner [...]

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Muffin Tin Monday – Pinkalicious!

I have been wanting to join in with the fun Muffin Tin Mondays sponsored by Sycamore Stirrings. The girls love having meals in muffin tins, scone pans, and other divided dishes. This week’s theme was Children’s Literature — I knew I couldn’t pass it up! We chose one of the girls’ favorite books right now, [...]

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