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After School Snacks

Why is it children come home from school starving? The minute Hailey would walk in the door after school she was raiding the cabinets and refrigerator. Since I was a single, working mother there wasn’t anyone at home to supervise her choice of after school snacks. Many times she would fill up on things that weren’t good for her and then she wouldn’t eat dinner. I needed to make better choices at the grocery store and I also needed to find some things Hailey could make that didn’t require any appliances since I wasn’t comfortable with her using kitchen appliances … Continue reading →

Bake to End Childhood Hunger

Calling all bakers! The Great American Bake Sale has officially begun and this is your opportunity to bake your way towards ending childhood hunger. The Great American Bake Sale is sponsored by Share Out Strength, the same people who also sponsor the Great American Dine Out. Their goal is to work with local community efforts in providing food for at-risk children in their communities. They form partnerships with local organizations, as well as state agencies and others to provide money and food for hungry children with the goal that no child should ever know what it’s like to be hungry. … Continue reading →

What To Do With Half a Can of Pumpkin

Either the people at Libby’s pumpkin are not so truly bright or they’re very genius. I haven’t decided which yet. Maybe you can help me decide. Yesterday, I made several sweet potato and pumpkin pies and other various desserts. Our church has an annual Thanksgiving dessert where we all get together and eat pie, and for the last several years, I’ve made something. I generally don’t do pumpkin because as we’ve noted, I don’t like pumpkin pie. But this year, that’s what was requested, so that’s what I did. I didn’t make plain pumpkin pie but rather things like Spiced … Continue reading →

Spicy Black Pepper Cookies

I almost feel as if I should put a question mark at the end of that title as if it were a whole sentence. Martha Stewart adds cayenne pepper to many of her sweet desserts that feature cinnamon to give it that ‘kick’ so when the recipe for these black pepper cookies came across my desk I wasn’t as skeptical as you’d think. I’m no Martha, but I figure if she can do it, so can I! I like bringing these to a cookie exchange. No one ever believes that they have black pepper in them. But if you try … Continue reading →

Shopping List and Tidbits for Sept 6 to Sept 20

In most blogs on families, we strive to a do a week in review blog. In the food blog, our week in review takes the form of a shopping list of all the ingredients you would need to make the recipes featured here over the past week. In addition, I make sure to link any food related tidbits we’ve covered as well. So grab a cup of copy and get to making your shopping list! Tidbits Ask a Food Blogger: What are Free Range Meats? Make sure you have these staples on hand. . . __sugar __lemon juice __butter __light … Continue reading →

Drinkable Yogurt and Peanut Butter Balls

I told you I was on the after school snack bandwagon. This week marks the first week of classes for my kids and with that, I need to start packing snacks. So here is a complete menu of super healthy snacks. But your kids will never know that these are healthy so don’t worry! They’ll eat it. Drinkable Yogurt Drinkable yogurt is pricey and you can make a healthier version at home. What I generally do is buy a large bunch of bananas and whatever doesn’t get eaten before they ripen–I mash and store in plastic bags in the fridge … Continue reading →

After School Brownies You Can Be Proud Of

So my kids don’t go to school, but that doesn’t mean they don’t get the 3 o’clock munchies. For the last two years, which we are now affectionately referring to as the “twin years”, I just went to the grocery store and bought the pre-packaged stuff just like everyone else. There is an equation in life, particularly when life gets very hectic, that says sometimes it’s easier to just spend the money in order to save the time. But no longer is it easier to spend the money. My old ‘cooking self’ is back again, and I am now on … Continue reading →