Smores

I just finished reading Crystals, “Last days of summer” entry and it reminded me of making oven smores. Though I don’t know why, the two have absolutly no connection. This last weekend I was over at a friends house and we had planned on having a bonfire with smores. Well, being that we live Manitoba, [...]

Cooking with Kids–A kids cookbook

Cooking with Kids (Cookbook overview) I perused the kids cookbook, flipping through the pages. Colorful pictures and lettering fill the pages. Pictures of children cooking and making the recipes are on almost every page. The picture of the food you are preparing is shown with most recipes. The kids cookbook is the title; a gleeful [...]

Company Chicken

I’m always looking for simple chicken recipes that taste like you’ve spent hours in the kitchen. Company Chicken 8 half boneless/skinless chicken breasts 1/2 cup milk 1 can cream of chicken soup 1 can cream of mushroom soup 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 1 pkg. sliced Mozzarella or Swiss cheese 1 box Stove Top Chicken Flavor [...]

Cooking with Penelope

My oldest daughter, Penelope, is learning how to cook dinner. The first meal that she made by herself is called Garlic Basil Chicken. Penelope was very excited when I told her she was going to cook dinner. She stated, “I don’t know how to make anything, Mama.” I got out the ingredients for her, and [...]

Homemade Apple Pie

� Autumn is apple picking time. If there are apple orchards within driving distance, take your family on an apple picking adventure. Plan for a day of fresh air with a picnic lunch. Search for the perfect apple. Polish it until it shines and then bite into that ripe, crisp apple. It tastes so much [...]

Double Chocolate Chunk Biscotti

I have to admit that� I am a chocoholic. When I look for new dessert recipes the chocolate ones always catch my eye first. I eat a well balanced diet but I still crave chocolate, candy, brownies, pie, cookies. This chocolately and crisp cookie makes a yummy� afternoon snack dipped in a glass of cold [...]

After School Snack Energy Boosters

Healthy after-school snacks provide� a boost of� energy for kids after a day of learning and activities. Fruit, vegetable sticks, crackers, cheese, granola bars, healthy cookies and muffins, peanut butter on celery, and peanut butter sandwiches are all high-energy healthy snack foods.� Store-bought snacks are often very expensive and tend to be packed with sugar, [...]