Posted in Recipes on Apr 14th, 2008 9 Comments »
While popcorn is popping on the apricot trees, we are eager pop as well. I love to get out the ancient popcorn popping machine and pop corn from scratch.
When I did this activity for my Kindergarten students, they didn’t know what this machine was. I grew up on real popped popcorn, so I forget [...]
Posted in Recipes on Apr 9th, 2008 15 Comments »
Growing up, graham crackers and milk was the best treat around. Now my kids are loving it as much as I still do. This is the simplest snack out there.
Pour a glass of milk. I choose skim to keep down the pounds. Which percent of milk do you pour yourself?
Then get out a wrapped package [...]
Posted in Recipes on Apr 3rd, 2008 8 Comments »
Thanks to my sweet sister-in-law, Cathy, I have been making these easy Enchiladas with this can of sauce for a few years now. The recipe is right on the back. With only 4 ingredients, it feeds my family of 4 for 2 separate meals.
You only need tortillas, enchilada sauce, cooked and shredded chicken, and cheese. [...]
Posted in Recipes on Apr 2nd, 2008 23 Comments »
What kind of Chocoholic are you? What kind of chocolate do you put in your cookies? Do you like the creamy milk chocolate chips or the almost bitter dark semi-sweet chocolate chips?
I grew up with using only semi-sweet chocolate chips, but when I got older I discovered milk chocolate chips were available too. [...]
Posted in Recipes on Mar 26th, 2008 10 Comments »
Bread crumbs give your food a little extra crunch. They are great topped on a casserole, for breading chicken or fish, and over baked pasta. Here is my version of easy to make Homemade Bread Crumbs.
I started making my own bread crumbs when I felt bad that I was wasting the dry rubbery ends of [...]
Posted in Holidays, Recipes on Mar 20th, 2008 4 Comments »
As Easter approaches, it is time once again for the family’s famous Easter Lilies. Last year it took me a few times to master the art of forming this tasty treat, but I finally got the hang of it to post one good picture!
I am excited to try this Easter Lilies Recipe again and hope [...]
Posted in Recipes on Mar 3rd, 2008 9 Comments »
This is a really fun project I learned from one of my college Elementary Education classes. It also makes for a great snack too. Painted Toast!
Supplies:
Bread - this works best if you have white bread, the colors show up brighter.
Bowls and Brushes - you need a bowl and brush for each color. I just used [...]
Posted in Recipes on Feb 20th, 2008 10 Comments »
This is a great treat that my mom would make us kids whenever she would frost a cake. There was always leftover frosting that got slapped on yummy graham crackers, making instant cookies.
So whenever I have left over frosting, like from last weeks fun Valentine cookies, I make Graham Cracker Cookies. My kids love them, [...]
Posted in Recipes on Feb 15th, 2008 1 Comment »
I love all things peanut butter. And when peanut butter is joined with chocolate, watch out! So when I saw this great recipe for Nutter Butter Balls, crushed Nutter Butters with cream cheese, I had to make them. This delicious idea is from Bakerella, a fabulous baking blog with delicious things to make and [...]
Posted in Holidays, Recipes on Feb 12th, 2008 4 Comments »
When I was little, I used to freeze lemonade in ice cube trays with toothpicks. I would make them all the time, taking one of the ice cube trays away from freezing regular ice (sorry, Mom). Well, I found these great heart ice molds from IKEA and had to make some good ol’ frozen lemonade [...]