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.

Loaded Nachos for Super Bowl Sunday

by Two Peas January 26, 2011

Super Bowl Sunday is right around the corner, are you ready for the big game? I love football, but the highlight of my day is usually the food. I love making tasty snacks and treats for our guests. One of my favorite football snacks is loaded nachos. They are easy to make and they are [...]

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Tis the Season for Edible Snowmen and Valentine Projects

by Marie January 19, 2011

Here’s a few places I’ve been posting this week. A little Frosty snack, as well as getting the house ready with a few Valentine projects. This Rice Krispie snowman from Snackpicks is dipped in powdered sugar snow to keep him cool! We had fun building him. We’re lining our steps with these Valentine Paper Bag [...]

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Mixing Up a Little Love Potion #9

by Marie January 18, 2011

As well as being a cheesy romantic comedy from the 90′s starring one of my favorite actresses, Love Potion #9 is also sure to make your own true love swoon! This would be a fun fruit smoothies to serve your true love on Valentines. Recipe for Love Potion #9 2 cups frozen red berries 2 [...]

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Saturday Spotlight: Soup’s On

by Marie January 15, 2011

Wow! I’ve been having so much fun going through all the soup submission from the M&T posthighlights! Thanks to everyone who’s sharing their recipes! This was a hard one to choose just 5, so make sure to head over to the posthighlights to see them all. Next week is cupcakes, so make sure to submit [...]

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Mini Cookie Dipped Snowmen

by Marie January 12, 2011

We’re dipping mini cookies into white chocolate to create cute little snowmen! They’re almost to “cool” to eat! Supplies for Mini Cookie Dipped Snowman: mini sandwich cookies – any kind white chocolate – melted lollipop sticks or flat craft sticks bowls candy – mike and ikes, mini m&ms, mini chocolate chips, or gumdrops 1. Open [...]

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French Hot Chocolate

by Lindsey January 5, 2011

This is the best hot chocolate you’ll ever make. You’ll toss out those little packets with the dehydrated marshmallows. You’ll forget about those cans of premium hot chocolate you can buy in bulk at Costco. You’ll make this and keep it ready to go in the fridge all winter long. Basically, it’s a chocolate mousse [...]

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Saturday Spotlight: Silly Snowmen

by Marie January 1, 2011

I’m starting to feature some Spotlight submissions each week, as you all have such great make and take ideas yourselves! This week is Snowmen! Here are 5 fabulous ideas found over at Spotlight. If you’d like the chance to be featured, submit your posts over at Spotlight, next week’s theme is snowflakes. Snowman Treats by [...]

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Chocolate Hazelnut Bark

by Two Peas December 22, 2010

I have been baking up a storm the entire month of December, one of the many reasons I love this time of year. I have made cookies, candies, breads, cake, etc. but I am not finished yet. I am still making last minute treats to give out as gifts to neighbors, friends, and family. I [...]

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Tis’ the Season for Fennel and Orange

by Lindsey December 21, 2010

It’s citrus season. That means I try to sneak orange, lemon, lime and grapefruit into recipes whenever possible. Know what goes perfectly with orange? Fennel. You may see it labeled as anise in the grocery store. It’s that celery-looking veg with verdant fronds reminiscent of dill. Now if you don’t like anise or black licorice, [...]

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We’re Adding Crushed Peppermint Candies to Almost Everything

by Marie December 20, 2010

Crushed up peppermint candies can be added to almost any sweet treat, especially those of the chocolate kind. I’ve recently made a batch of crushed up peppermint candy canes to add to a few yummy holiday treats. I used my blender to get it crushed up really fine, but placing peppermint candies in a sealed [...]

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