Think of this homemade version of cookie cereal as dessert and not breakfast, because this is NOT good for you - unless you count the milk. But it sure is delicious and fun to eat! I woke up the other day dreaming about Cookie Crisp - you know, that sugar cereal from childhood that your mom would never buy for you in a million years because ...
The Pantry Project: Cooking with Kids
Thanks to Hormel Foods for inviting me to be a part of The Pantry Project: a special website with resources and ideas for stocking and cooking from our pantries while sheltering in place. While families shelter in place and try to minimize excursions to shop for food and other essentials, parents find themselves having to cook for their kids ...
How to Start Baking Sourdough Bread
Jumping on the sourdough bandwagon? Let me help. With so much extra time on our hands these days and a shortage of yeast at the grocery store, many people are trying to bake sourdough, or naturally leavened, bread for the first time. Working with a sourdough starter and using it to create crusty, artisanal loaves is a worthy and soothing ...
Creamy Homemade Ricotta Cheese
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #UndeniablyDairy #CollectiveBias In my house, we are unabashed lovers of dairy foods. Whether it is the milk on my husband's morning cereal, the cheese on Zuzu and her friends' Friday night pizza, or the yogurt in JR's after-school ...
Edible Gift: Jam-Swirled Marshmallows
Beautiful jam-swirled homemade marshmallows are the perfect edible gift for the hot chocolate lovers in your life! Homemade marshmallows are satisfying to bite into, melt in your mouth and burst with flavor. They are are so superior to store-bought versions as to be almost a different food. I love one and cannot abide the other. Indeed, once ...
Homemade S’mores Kits
Summer means s'mores! Elevate your s'more by making the marshmallows and graham crackers yourself. Packed together with some milk chocolate, you have a charming edible gift! One of the things we love about our not-so-new house is the outdoor fireplace. After eating dinner out on the patio, my husband and I love to argue about the best way to ...
Homemade Truffles for Valentine’s Day
Don't look now, but it's almost Valentine's Day. You may be thinking."Great! Forget my new year's resolution to eat healthier. I'll take all the chocolate, please." Well, what if you could have your chocolate and eat it too? (Wait, of course we are going to eat the chocolate. What else would we do with it?) Today, I'm going to give you a recipe ...
Herb Sourdough Crackers
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single cook in possession of a sourdough starter, must be in want of a recipe. (With apologies to Jane Austen.) Part of maintaining a sourdough starter is discarding a portion of it every time you feed it. That waste, even it is just of flour and water, can be painful for fastidious cooks. I know it ...
Healthy Eating: Homemade Granola Bars
It’s okay to snack. Really. Snacks are part of a healthy diet. No one should be expected to go from lunch until dinner without some fuel, especially given how busy weekday afternoons can be. What do you think will happen when you sit down to dinner utterly famished? That’s exactly how overeating happens. In fact, smart snacking may be the key to ...
Edible Gifting: Parmesan Thyme Crackers
I am a big proponent of giving edible gifts. Homemade gifts of any kind are both personal and unexpected. They show love and thoughtfulness because they take precious time to make. Edible homemade gifts have the advantage of not cluttering up people's homes - because they will be consumed! -- and anyone, even the least crafty among us, can make ...
Deluxe Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
Is there anything better than a chocolate cookie? I would argue that there is and it's a chocolate sandwich cookie stuffed with vanilla creme. Now, don't get me wrong: I love chocolate as much as anyone. Probably more than most people, in fact. But I always prefer treats that offer two flavors instead of just one. I'd rather have a cream cheese ...
Homemade Pecan Butter
We found ourselves on the horns of a dilemma this weekend. A new round of allergy testing revealed that Zuzu might not be allergic to certain nuts after all. Her allergist recommended that we do a food challenge in his office to see if she could tolerate either walnuts or pecans. (You can only do one at a time for obvious reasons.) The problem? ...
How to Use a Flat of Strawberries: Strawberry Maple Granola
It is time for my annual post on how to use a flat of strawberries in five days or less. Every year I remind you that at many farmers' markets the price for a flat of strawberries, which is eight quarts, is the same as the price for six individual quarts. That's like getting two free quarts! But buying a flat of strawberries is only a ...
Cranberry Ginger Granola (Nut-Free)
For years I have struggled to find a packed lunch that JR would eat. More often than not, sandwiches came home with only a few bites missing. I tried to pack his favorite dish, macaroni and cheese, in a thermos but even that came back half-empty at best. When I asked him why, he answered that it wasn't very good at room temperature -- something I ...
Homemade Tortellini? You Can Do It!
2014 is turning out to be the year of fresh pasta. Ever since I took the Pasta Workshop at The Chopping Block, I have been cranking out homemade pasta -- literally -- every few days. I have a habit of getting obsessed with a new skill or piece of equipment and when that happens my poor family ends up eating the same food for weeks. At least with ...