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 On the day of his birthday (party), Johnny decided he wanted a robot cake. We had talked, and talked, and talked about different cakes, and finally he settled on a robot cake with a “4” on its tummy. I normally like to make fancy cakes, but this time I decided to simplify. Johnny wanted [...] I know I’m not the only parent who struggles to get their child (one child in particular) to eat anything other than cheese and yogurt, so I thought I’d share this recent household favorite. Spinach pasta is very simple: puree a bunch of spinach with a little salt and sour cream or plain yogurt, [...] Mike had a long day of work on Lily’s birthday, so to celebrate we invited some friends over for a cupcake decorating party! It was super simple: I baked two dozen cupcakes, and put out dixie cups filled with different kinds of candy. We didn’t have any eggs, the only oil I had was [...] Today’s guest post comes from Aussie mother Elise, who blogs at Inspiration Surrounds, Creativity Abounds. Elise is the mother of three young children, and I am constantly amazed at her ability to use ordinary items to inspire creativity, play, and learning. Visit her blog to find wonderful ideas for learning, play, and arts and crafts! [...] Mike was out of town for all but one week of August, so Emma requested and I agreed that Saturday was the perfect time to repeat our business trip cake from last year. We made my Grandma’s tried and true hot water chocolate cake, and we even made the pudding from scratch this time [...] I used my new kitchen scale to make flan for Mike’s birthday. The recipe is from an old French cookbook, so I figure it’s okay if I share the ingredients with my instructions here: 200 grams of flour 150 grams of sugar 4 eggs 1 liter of milk 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract butter [...]
Emma and I have made a few different versions of carrot muffins recently, and this is our favorite. We made an earlier version without the white sugar, but it only tasted good with frosting (we used buttercream frosting, but a cream cheese frosting would also taste good). This version is good with or [...] I made this soup last night, and it was a huge hit so I thought I’d share. There’s nothing fancy about it, but it tasted good and even Johnny ate it (he hardly eats anything that isn’t sweet). If you’re wondering why there’s no picture, it’s because I didn’t take one before dinner and the [...] This recipe is based on this one from allrecipes.com, but I changed so many ingredients that it made more sense to rewrite the recipe. INGREDIENTS: 1 cup butter 3/4 cups brown sugar 3/4 cups white sugar 2 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg [...] This casserole was inspired by leftover ham and rice that were sitting in the fridge needing to be used. It was a huge hit (somewhat to my surprise), so I thought I’d share it here. Sorry I don’t have any measurements… INGREDIENTS: cooked rice mixed veggies (I used Costco’s frozen organic veggie mix) 1 can [...] |
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