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Louise Mellor Joins Us On Adventures In the Kitchen Radio

October 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Yummy Mummies

                  This week my friend Chef Louise Mellor of Geez Louise joins us to talk.  We will be sharing ideas and recipes for cooking nightly meals and how to raise children with traditional values in a non traditional world. Chef Louise Mellor has been making everyday more delicious for over 15 years as a Personal Chef, Caterer, Culinary Instructor, Demonstrator, Recipe Developer, Food Stylist, and Culinary Talent.  Her new site is Geez Louise, A Modern Taste On A Classic Era. The site will have you hungry after seeing her beautiful photos and [...]

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Last Minute 4th of July Desserts

July 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
flag cookie tart

Happy 4th of July my Adventures in the Kitchen friends! I thought I would share a 4th of July themed recipes I had the pleasure of developing for Pillsbury.com.  Really a dream come true for a girl who still has her first Betty Crocker Cookbook! These are so quick you could run out to the store and make them in under an hour.  The Flag Cookie Tart used Pillsbury cookie dough, frosting and berries.  The kids can help frost and place the berries. Star Pie Pops are super easy and make a festive dessert at barbecues.  Isn’t food on a [...]

Filed Under: Dessert, Kid Friendly

Cooking With Kids: Chocolate Chip Scones

June 20, 2011 By 6 Comments
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 over she ran over to get her lemonade.  She had stickies and we marked all the recipes that sounded good.  We were hard at work. When her brothers tried to join us she said “there are no breaks in meetings!” We then prioritized which ones [...]

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Cooking With Kids: Yummy Mummies & Spooky Brownies

October 28, 2010 By 1 Comment

Last Friday night I wanted to do a Halloween themed cooking night with my niece and nephews. I also worked all day so I wanted it to be simple.  I found the recipe for Yummy Mummies by Paula Deen on Picky Palate’s blog.  I love her blog. When I told the kids the plan they said “it might be the best night ever!” I don’t think it gets any better than that. Instead of sausage we used hot dogs and had great fun in wrapping our mummies.  For dessert we decorated brownies based on this recipe on Bettycrocker.com.  They had [...]

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Granola Bars

October 1, 2009 By 2 Comments

Last year I tried making homemade granola bars for the first time.  I love the sweet and salty flavors with the crunchy texture.  That weekend I had my first gallbladder attack and ended up with a surgery to remove it a few weeks later. Somehow the foods I ate that weekend prior to the attack just haven’t appealed to me, until now.  I saw these bars on another blog and decided to give them a try. These tasted great but were on the crumbly side.  I love the vanilla, brown sugar and honey sauce that binds the bars together.  Next [...]

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Grilled Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo

August 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment

This summer my niece has made “pasta with cheese” or fettuccine alfredo, her favorite dish.  Last night I decided to try a light version, inspired by a Cooking Light recipe.  I used bowtie pasta and added grilled chicken and broccoli to make a healthier dish for kids. The lightened version has less butter and substitutes half and half for heavy cream.  In Cooking Light they were able to take 10 grams of fat off per serving.  Their sauce was a bit bland for me so I added a clove of garlic.  The kids, my toughest critics some days, liked it.  [...]

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Cooking with Kids: Pizza, Pizza, Pizza

October 27, 2008 By 2 Comments

Recently I was contacted by a PR agency asking if I would try out new Pillsbury products.  I decided to do it because i had a few ideas on quick and easy appetizers as the holidays get closer. One of the products was their Pillsbury Pizza Crust and I ended up using this with my niece and nephews to make pizza.  I love cooking with the kids.  It is fun and exposes them to cooking.  They love rolling out the dough, brushing on the sauce and sprinkle the toppings. I did this on a Friday night after work so I [...]

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Tropical Fruit Skewers with Pina Colada White Chocolate Sauce

October 5, 2008 By Leave a Comment

To round out the dessert table I served a Tropical Fruit Kebab. Fruit is a great alternative to sweets.  These days so many are gluten free or on a special diet so fruit offers a sweet and juicy addition to the menu. This is a recipe that you could involve your children in helping to make. I heavily adapted the recipe using pineapple, strawberries and cantaloupe.  But mango would have been great! I served these with the sauce in a bowl but for individual servings you could put a bit of the sauce under the kebabs. The sauce can be [...]

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