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{Cooking With Kids} Easter Egg Nutella Nests

easter nest nutella

Easter is coming up so my niece and I decided to make these cute Nutella egg nests. Being an aunt is such a blessing. I am reminded of that each weekend when we hang out together. The boys have long outgrown cooking, but still welcome being taste testers and critics! A few weeks ago they [...]

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Strawberry Honey Popsicles – Lactose Free & a Giveaway!

Yoplait Lactose Free Strawberry Popsicles

UPDATE – Contest extended until Friday, March 9.  For many of my readers the thought of popsicles this early might seem crazy but here it’s was 80 degrees this week.  I thought I’d tease you with a hint of what is to come as we get closer to spring.  These are Strawberry Honey Popsicles that [...]

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Funfetti Cake Batter Waffles

BEAUTY Funfetti Cake Batter Waffle

Last weekend I watched my niece and nephews and we made funfetti waffles for breakfast.  Using Bisquick® and Funfetti® Moist Supreme® Premium Cake Mix my niece and I quickly whipped up the batter.  I love that she has fallen in love with cooking.  We have great times together in the kitchen. Using the basic waffle [...]

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Pineapple Coconut Cake: A Holiday Tradition

Chef E

This week I have asked a few bloggers and  writers to share their holiday traditions with you. Today Christy is joining us here at Adventures In The Kitchen.  Her sons are adorable!  She is sharing a few traditions from their family. Christy Anderson is a freelance writer and photographer who happily makes her home in [...]

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Holiday Traditions: Making Fattigman Cookies

Fattigman cookies

Saturday afternoon my niece and I set out for a cooking adventures with my Aunt Ginny.  We were going to learn how to make Fattigman cookies, a norwegian cookie that my Nana Thorsen used to make every Christmas. My great grandmother came through Ellis Island when on her way from Norway to America in the [...]

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Italian Pizzelles: One family’s tradition

Pizelles

Today is the first of a mini series on sharing Christmas cookie traditions. Trina, from the Dairy Council of California is sharing a tradition she and her boys have, cooking Pizzelles. Aren’t they adorable? These would be great for a Cookie Exchange. Paging through colorful cookie cookbooks is a December ritual that motivates my boys [...]

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Apple S’mores Recipe

Apple Nachos

 I am recording a fun show today about Holidays, Friendships and Traditions.  I think you will enjoy it but more about that later.  I am sharing a quick snack that I hope you will enjoy – Apple S’mores. You peel, core and slice apples.  This one make is very easy (so my niece says), I [...]

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Pie Crust Cookies

Finished pie crust cookies

Tomorrow I’ll be back with Chile Rellenos featuring those amazing Hatch chilies I got from Melissa’s Produce.  Today I have a fun little recipe, really not even that, you can do with kids.  For the last nine years I have been cooking with my niece and nephews.  As soon as they could pull up a [...]

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Cooking With Kids: Chocolate Chip Scones

chocolate chip scones

Recently my niece called a meeting with me to discuss new recipes for us to make.  She pulled out her Pink Princess  cookbook by Barbara Berry and we sat at the family room game table.  She has become a great little baker and loves to help out in the kitchen. When I brought my coffee [...]

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National Food Bloggers Bake Sale and Homemade Cracker Jacks

Homemade Cracker Jacks

What do you get when you combine a cause and a group of food bloggers?  A bake sale for a cause.  Do you live in Southern California?  Join me and other Southern California food bloggers at the National Food Bloggers Bake Sale this Saturday.  Started last year by Gaby of What’s Gaby Cooking, the money [...]

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