RECIPES

The best chocolate chip cookies in the world and a giveaway

June 2, 2013

When you cook with kids there is so much time spent moving chairs around so they can reach the counter or being careful with things like eggs or cups of milk or half-opened bags of chocolate chips so that gravity doesn’t become your worst nightmare. I learned early on that with two guys wanting to help […]

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When you make the recipe on your bubble bath bottle

May 30, 2013

I love stuff by Philosophy and I’ve probably bought a small fortune in their company over the years from face wash and shower gel to creams and eye makeup removers.  One of my favorite things about their products, other than the fact that they seem to work pretty well and seem ‘good for you,’ is […]

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Thank you Martha

May 21, 2013

There are some days when you get that type of epiphany where you know you’ve learned something that you’re going to keep with you forever.  Today that magic came from goddess Martha.  Thank you for the One-Pan Pasta recipe I found in your latest magazine.  (The one I have that’s covered in drool because the […]

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things you can make with toddlers

No bake afterschool Monday cookies

January 28, 2013

   Oh Monday-remember when you were all about just going back to school and talking about the weekend with friends, after-school snacks, and chatting over homework? There are some days I wish I could just wave a twinkly wand and go back to those days.  When I was little my best friend S had a […]

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New Year, New Goals and something you could win

January 1, 2013

I don’t know about you, but someone gave herself a lot of cookbooks for Christmas this year.  And instead of just keeping them there on my shelves to make me look like I’m a foodie, (Oh no I just realized I do this with my novels too to make me look like I read.  Oh […]

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Snowman Oreos on Sticks

December 21, 2012

This morning when we woke up no little magic fairies came to clean while we slept so the house was still littered with Christmas Crackers, half-wrapped presents, breakfast dishes and Christmas tree needles and the husband warned me against making anything homemade today.  But I still wanted to make something.  I love the look of […]

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Two simple star crafts you could probably make in the next 5 minutes

December 3, 2012

No grownup has any excuse for lousy snowflakes anymore.  And forget just regular snowflakes.  You can make star ones and they’re super easy. I just printed this out, folded and cut along the lines (okay, the cutting was a little difficult and some stars got sacrificed) and voila: instant epic snowflake! And unless you’re going […]

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making stained glass jello with preschoolers

Stained Glass Jello

November 7, 2012

I want to perfect this recipe before Christmas because I think it has a lot of potential for fun festive treats and it’s great for helping preschoolers with cutting/dumping/mixing and colors.  I remember eating a TON of jello as a kid, and it’s not as fatty/sweet/deadly as cake, you can mix it with fruit for […]

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If your generous neighbor has a plum tree

September 8, 2012

this is the perfect recipe from Smitten Kitchen (a lovely food blog.) We tried it because of its adorable name: who couldn’t love a “dimply plum cake”? The boys helped by cutting up the plums.  I gave them plastic takeout knives and the plastic ones from Ikea and we decided the takeout ones were a […]

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Compost Krispies: a post-camping snack

August 29, 2012

After camping we always come home with a 3/4 full bag of marshmallows that are not fit to be used as actual marshmallows anymore.  Unfortunately we had no actual crispy rice cereal in the cupboard and I wasn’t sure what else you can do with marshmallows.  I’ve seen so many yummy compost cookies on the […]

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Letter Adventures for Back to School

August 23, 2012

I remember watching Sesame Street and how important that letter and number of the day thing was and I wanted to incorporate more alphabet teaching into our daily activities. And then I saw these shaped sugars on dailycandy while i was cooking oatmeal: Like any sane person I googled how to make them, because I […]

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Berry Picking and a recipe

July 20, 2012

Every month I get a ton of magazines and one of my favorites is Sunset Magazine, so when a friend asked me to go berry picking a couple weeks ago, I thought it would be the perfect way to try out this recipe for a buttery raspberry lemon cake from the July issue.  The boys […]

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Homemade Yogurt

June 7, 2012

Voila.  Homemade Yogurt that did not kill anyone. The hubby was quite skeptical of my homemade yogurt and still hasn’t tried it so I’m refusing to buy store-bought until he caves.  I even made the topping thanks to my lovely friend S’s rhubard compote recipe. (The citrus one is truly divine.) Yogurt is so easy […]

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Marshmallows make everything better

March 29, 2012

Ever since I saw this yummy marshmallow delight in a Williams-Sonoma catalog, I’ve been craving chocolate covered grahams and marshmallows in a bunny shape. And tonight was one of those nights when I needed to get what I want. Because somewhere in between the boys bopping each other and having an epic tantrum, someone used […]

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life with twins

Bunny Buns

March 27, 2012

Every year one of our babysitters brings her bunnies to our house before Easter to make things a little festive.  I try and make Easter-themed snacks for the kids to munch while waiting for their turn with the bunnies.   Last year, I really liked how my tortilla chick chips turned out. So this year I […]

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Baked Potato Buffet

March 17, 2012

Sometimes dinner ideas come from the strangest places.  The kids were playing with their Mr. Potato Head toys (how did we end up with so many Mr. Potato Heads I don’t know!) and I decided we needed to make ourselves a baked potato dinner. I didn’t know you need a recipe for making the best […]

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Haupia Pi(e) Day

March 15, 2012

Yesterday was March 14th, (3/14) and in this lovely nerdy city we live in, it’s celebrated with pie.  It was super rainy so we decided to go with the trend and try our hand at making our own pie day at home. (We were still drooling over the yummy Haupia pie from Ted’s Bakery in […]

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Easy Homemade Chocolate Pudding

February 23, 2012

The boys were craving pudding the other day and there was none in the fridge and now I don’t think I’m going to have to buy pudding again. This recipe was yummy and super easy and the guys actually enjoyed it better when it was warm than they did a couple hours later after it […]

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Cinnamon Monkey Bread (a baking experiment with twin toddlers)

January 16, 2011

Last week we were dying to bake something. It was rainy and miserable outside and I heard somewhere that you could make cinnamon monkey bread with pizza dough so I googled and got this recipe from mealsmatter.org: 2 – 1 lb Packages refrigerated pizza dough 1 tbsp Cinnamon 1 cup Sugar 8 tbsp Butter, melted […]

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