Christmas gifts from the kitchen are well loved in our family. The kids love making them as much as their grandparents love eating them. A few years now we have been making batches of Almond Biscotti (recipe here) and we
Gifts from the Kitchen
Eggplant Panini
The greatest way to eat healthy homemade food night after night is to utilize your freezer. I got my first deep freezer as an early Christmas gift and I’m pretty excited:) Whenever I make a large pot of spaghetti, I
Home Sweet Home, and Cranberry Muffins
I haven’t been writing lately, I’ve been cooking, we’ve been eating, but not much writing. This summer we moved…finally after house hunting since I was pregnant with our first. He is now 4 and his sister is 1 1/2. After
Bedtime Healthy Cookies
I am still nursing my youngest, so when I get the kids to sleep at night, I need a serious snack and I usually feel like I deserve ice cream (bedtime can be rough with the little monsters). I’ve heard
Homemade Instant Oatmeal — not from a packet
Our mornings can be crazy, hungry little kids ready to start the day before I am, and getting food on the table while they are under my feet can be challenging. I want them to start the day off with
A Brunch Menu
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are coming up and I’m finally getting our last year’s meal posted, but this is a great menu for any special occasion served before noon. I have hosted many brunches over the years, many together
Winter Roasted Veggie Flatbread
March in Minnesota means long gone are the tomato basil pizza’s of summer. I’m roasting a ton of winter veggies (extras can be eaten for lunch) for a hearty cold weather version. Ricotta cheese is the “sauce” but any of
Applesauce Spice Cake, and Valentines
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and I was lucky enough to have two cool kids, (mine and a great friend) helping me in the kitchen today. A lot of great learning happens when kids pull up a chair at the
Loaded Baked Potatoes
I hesitated to post these, I thought, who wants to see baked potatoes? Then I thought, no, these are awesome, they are homemade, everyone likes them right down to the high chair, these are the real food we grew up
Yoga…with Catered Snacks
My friend and neighbor teaches yoga, and asked me to cater some food for a class she is teaching…2 hours of yoga with a snack and hot tea intermission. Sounds like my kind of yoga class! She requested something sweet,