The best way to broaden your kid’s palate is to get them in the kitchen cooking with you. When children help create the menu and prepare the food, they are much more likely to try new things. Some of my fondest memories are of cooking with my grandma and mom. I want my kids to feel the same way. Try some of these recipes with your kids!
Part trick and all treat, these Spooky Witch Finger Cookies will enchant your taste buds, your kids, and your friends. I’ve always worked full-time, so I couldn’t regularly volunteer at my children’s schools. So when I did have a chance to take an afternoon off and spend it with them, I liked to go all …
Around the ol’ Interwebs, you will be seeing a lot of pie recipes today, it is #PieDay afterall. I like pie. A lot. I love the idea of the food community coming together to celebrate the ultimate baked good (in my humble opinion, of course). But I just didn’t have it together to make one …
These Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies are on the sheet pan in less than 5 minutes. It’s a quick and easy chocolate chip cookie recipe with one special ingredient that makes them ultra-chewy. Do you ever wonder where your favorite recipes come from? Certain recipes that I make bring me back to a certain …
Making fluffy and delicious blueberry muffins has been a part of my morning tradition since I was a child. And honestly, nothing beats muffins fresh out of the oven. When I was a little girl, my mom owned a catering business and worked a lot of nights. Back then, I would have sleepover parties at my …
Whole Wheat Orange Chocolate Chip Muffins – light and fluffy orange and chocolate muffins with a streusel topping made with whole wheat flour. I don’t know how it is where you live, but we have had a lot of winter weather here in the nation’s capital. A lot of winter weather means a lot of …
I take the plunge and finally feature a recipe that includes homemade mayonnaise! Creamy pimento cheese — perfect on burgers, crackers, or as the key ingredient in a oh-so-gooey grilled cheese sandwich! If you know me in real life, you would know that I do not like mayonnaise. So I am pretty sure that my …
Flatbread White Broccoli Pizza – A quick lunch or dinner pizza that reminds me of home. White broccoli pizza with ricotta cheese and broccoli. Whenever I go back to my hometown in New Jersey, I have to have a slice of broccoli pizza from Primo Pizza as soon as I get there. I dream about …
Irish potatoes may sound like a savory side dish but actually, there are no potatoes at all in this traditional Irish dessert! Potato candies are little bites of sweetened cream cheese and coconut, dusted with cinnamon. They are delicious and incredibly easy to make. When I was in high school, I worked in a cute …