For the last of four Adventures in the Kitchen giveaways I thought we would give out a Kids Cooking Kit. I started cooking and exploring in the kitchen when I was little. Cooking is a great creative outlet for children. Involving them in the process opens up new foods for them. One night when I [...]
Barbeque Giveaway
April 14, 2009 By 13 Comments
The second April giveaway is a Barbeque Accessory Pack. It features 4 items from Sur La Table, one of my favorite cooking stores. The pack will include a Stainless Steel Grill Griddle, Wood Chip Smoker Box, Sauce Pot with Basting Brush and a large Sauce Mop. Today my Uncle Mark grilled my favorite asian chicken [...]
And The Winner Is….
April 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
There are a lot of mint chocolate chip ice cream lovers. I was getting hungry reading all of the comments. Brooke was the winner of the Ice Cream Pack. I will say I never heard of her favorite, Red Bean Ice Cream. If there was a prize for most original she would have won for [...]
First Adventures in the Kitchen Giveaway!
April 5, 2009 By 110 Comments
Iam excited to announce that April is Giveaway month at Adventures in the Kitchen. Each week in April there will be a new giveaway. The first is an Ice Cream Party Pack with a Boston Warehouse Ice Cream Lazy Susan, The Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz and a pink ice cream scoop by Zyliss. The [...]
French Chocolate Brownies
June 4, 2008 By 13 Comments
Another Tuesdays with Dorie and this week Di from Di’s Kitchen selected French Chocolate Brownies. Chocolate…how can you wrong. My camera is not working so I don’t have a picture. I am hoping to post one tomorrow but in the meantime check out some of the other TWD sites. I decided to skip the raisins [...]
Tuesdays with Dorie and Madeleines
May 31, 2008 By Leave a Comment
You might notice for those with Internet Explorer that the big black ugly bar is gone. Thanks Leslie for helping me out! So today’s post is a Tuesdays With Dorie from two weeks back, when the big black bar appeared. The challenge was Madeleines and this time I was determined to get this right. A [...]
TWD: Florida Pie
May 14, 2008 By 11 Comments
I was excited to see Diane from Diane Dishes select Florida Pie for this weeks Tuesdays with Dorie. I love key lime pie and limes so I knew this would be good. It was pretty easy but my crust didn’t seem to come together. I think I needed more butter to bind it together and [...]
Fluted Polenta and Ricotta Cake
April 29, 2008 By 23 Comments
Another Tuesday and another Dorie recipe. This week Caitlin of Engineer Baker chose Fluted Polenta and Ricotta Cake. The great thing about these challenges is that I am trying new recipes. In the original recipe it calls for figs. Well, if you know how picky of an eater I am, you know those went out [...]
Cheesecake Pops
April 27, 2008 By 1 Comment
For this months Daring Bakers Challenge Elle and Deborah selected Cheesecake Pops. They are little cheesecake morsels on a stick, dipped in chocolate and decorated how you wish. They are very rich and they would have to be served straight out of the freezer. I fear they would fall off the stick on a warm [...]
Carrot Cake
April 22, 2008 By 22 Comments
So I am back from my business trip and it is another Tuesday with Dorie. This week Amanda from slow like honey selected Bill’s Big Carrot Cake. I have never understood carrot cake – I like my desserts veggie free but I was up for the challenge. The recipe was super easy to put together [...]
