Recipes

Welcome to our Food & Recipes page. Here you'll quick and easy recipes, simple kitchen tips, and food crafts and activities for kids. Check out a few of our most popular posts here, or scroll down for the most recent projects.

Weekend Make and Takes: Football, Hearts & Chinese New Year

by Marie

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL?! Well, here’s some yummy tailgating snacks to help round up the football fans!

Citrus Guacamole by Recipe Girl (pictured above, yum!)
Cheesy Spinach Bacon Dip by A Southern Fairytale
Crab Stuffed Mushrooms by Furey and the Feast
Teeny Tiny Tacos by Time in the Kitchen

Here’s a few more fabulous crafts helping to celebrate [...]

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Valentine Pudding Pie with a Homemade Graham Cracker Crust

by Marie

I’m contributing over at Alpha Mom’s – Once Upon a Holiday again. Come see how I’m making a yummy Valentine Vanilla Pudding Pie for dessert!

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There’s Never Enough Food Made With Hearts!

by Marie

I love Valentine’s Day. Can you tell? There’s so many fun crafts, treats, and activities to be had. Here’s a fun after-school snack we made with our toast.

Supplies for Heart Shaped Toast:

one slice of bread
butter
heart shaped cookie cutter
topping: sugar, cinnamon, or jam

Toast your bread and butter it. Place on a heart shaped cookie cutter. Fill [...]

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White Chocolate Popcorn With Valentine Candies

by Marie

This sweet and savory popcorn will have your sweetheart begging for more. It’s got all the things you love, a perfect combination: popcorn, chocolate, and m&ms!

Supplies for White Chocolate Popcorn:

8 cups popped popcorn Homemade Microwave Popcorn Recipe
1 cup melted white chocolate
1 cup m&m candies
large mixing bowl
spoons

First, pop your popcorn. I used the Homemade Microwave [...]

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Valentine’s Day Crafts from the Past

by Marie

Here’s a few fun Valentine’s day crafts, recipes, and projects we’ve done in the past here at Make and Takes. Hopefully it will give you some ideas for a classroom party, treats for your children’s friends, or even a love note ideas you can give to your Valentine!
Valentine Tic Tac Toe
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Stitching Hearts in Hats
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Chocolate Dipped [...]

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A Chinese New Year Feast Fit for a Tiger

by Marie

Guest Post by Lisa of Petit Appetit
Happy Chinese New Year! 2010 ushers in the Year of the Tiger (no, really), which also happens to be on February 14th this year. Like Christmas the celebration is an entire season (so you still have time for Valentine treats too). The festival traditionally begins on the first day [...]

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Chocolate Dipped Cupid Hearts You’ll Fall in Love With

by Marie

We’re dipping jelly hearts and fun Valentine marshmallows in chocolate. They’re easy to dip and fun to eat. Once you’ve been shot by these Valentine arrows, you’ll be in love.

Supplies for Chocolate Dipped Hearts:

heart jellies and heart shaped marshmallows
melted chocolate
bowls, spoon
wax paper
party toothpicks with cellophane frills
plastic baggie
sprinkles

Skewer your jellies and marshmallows with the party [...]

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Edible Playdough You Will WANT to Eat!

by Jane

Today it’s all about eating your craft! This week I decided it would be fun to make edible playdough with my girls. There are many different kinds out there, but the peanut butter varieties really caught my interest. There are a myriad of Peanut Butter Playdough recipes, so I picked the two that sounded best [...]

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Weekend Make and Takes: Soup’s On

by Marie

I’m not sure about you, but where I live, it’s cooooooold. I’m needing some yummy soup recipes to keep me warm. Here’s some winter sippin’ soups I’ve found that are helping thaw us out on a cold snowy day.

Taco Soup Ole’ by Make and Takes (pictured above)
Baked Potato Soup by Good Life Eats
Chunky Chicken Noodle [...]

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Homemade Tamales are Worth the Work

by Marie

Oh, yes they are! I got together with my sister and her husband, Brian, who can make a mean tamale! I asked him to show me how to cook these little gems and if I could share it with you. He made them once for us years ago and I’ve been craving them ever since. [...]

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