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Autumn Recipes: M is for Muffins

Studies show muffin consumption increases during the fall and winter months. If you find yourself seeking out recipes for fruity fall harvest muffins each autumn then you might want to add the following to your repertoire. The first is one of my all-time favorite muffin recipes, which features a popular seasonal fruit-—cranberries. This Classic Cranberry Muffin recipe courtesy of the Barefoot Contessa is one of the only ways I can get my preschooler to eat cranberries. It’s a very straightforward recipe that makes enough muffins to feed an entire classroom full of children. The second recipe is for a Fall … Continue reading →

Pie in the Middle Muffins

I think my new theme for the food blog is going to be after school snacks. Don’t worry, I’ll get to sharing other fantastic recipes soon enough but it seems that my recipe searches as of late are centered around finding easy to prepare, good after school snacks. I’m also still on the apple theme, probably because we’re looking at going apple picking in a few weekends. This is not my original recipe but rather comes out of one of my Taste of Home magazines. This muffin is labor intensive if you’re chopping the apples and making the apple filling … Continue reading →

Simple Teacher Gifts For Christmas

The carols are blaring and the decorations are out, and I am tempted to put my head under something minty-scented until January. Although I love the giving aspect of the Christmas season, its commercial bent gives me a strong desire to flee. But then there’s the problem of homemade. In this world of busy and this world of “but I don’t know HOW to make things,” how can you create homemade Christmas items for teachers, friends, and family and have them delight in what you have made? Over the next two weeks, I’ll explore some super simple ways to create … Continue reading →

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 →

Christmas Cookie Alternatives

Somewhere around now, I start getting a little “cookied” out. The mixing, the rolling, the baking, the decorating start to become more of a chore than an enjoyment. Still, there are cookie exchanges, cookie gifts, holiday parties, etc., when cookies are required. or, are they? If you are getting fed up with cookies, try one of these alternatives. Mini muffins Get a few mini muffin pans and bake up some goodness. These tiny muffin bites are just the thing to take the place of cookies. They can still be popped in the mouth and enjoyed, and a multitude of varieties … Continue reading →

Family Fun: Apple Picking

She can’t stand broccoli, but my daughter will eat a bushel of apples without blinking an eye. My fruit loving five-year-old is in heaven this time of year. It’s all about apples and she loves every crunchy, juicy bite of her favorite fruit. Eating fresh apples is a treat for my daughter, but even more thrilling is getting the chance to pick them from the orchard–all by herself. Our annual family apple picking tradition started shortly after little Jilly Appleseed was born (actually it started while I was pregnant with her), and each year—-without fail-—we head out to our local … Continue reading →

Autumn Recipes: Z is for Zucchini

We made it. It took nearly a month, but today marks the last entry in our Autumn Recipes A-Z series. Hopefully, you’ve added a few new seasonal recipes to your fall repertoire and in the process you’ve been inspired to experiment with dishes that wouldn’t typically find their place on your dining room table. Today, we’re focusing on another seasonal ingredient: zucchini. The versatile, green vegetable (technically, part of the gourd family) can be added to both savory and sweet dishes. My favorite zucchini recipe comes courtesy of Food Network’s Paula Deen (no surprise). Her Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread is … Continue reading →

Families.com 2007 Cookbook ‘A’

The families.com cookbook is organized according to ingredients rather than by type of dish. This way if you have an ingredient on hand, and are wondering what to do with it, or if you want a recipe that uses a specific ingredient, then you can look it up in the cookbook. If you want a certain type of dish. . .use the categories on the right! Acorn Squash Ranchy Breaded Fish and Candied Acorn Squash Adobo seasoning Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken Tex Mex Marinade Allspice Chai Spice Cutouts Spicy Mixed Nuts Oatmeal Waffles with Homemade Apple Butter Healthy Pumpkin Brownies … Continue reading →

Apple Streusel Cobbler

Okay, I admit it. Sometimes I bake just to make my house smell good. Can you really blame me? I’ve had an infant in residence for at least eight years. That’s eight years of dirty diapers. Come to think of it, for at least six of those years, we’ve had two or more in diapers. Seriously, I think I deserve a little smelly goodness from the oven. This is one of my favorite “make your home smell good recipes” because it uses canned pie filling so its super easy to make. Whenever I bring this to potlucks people devour it … 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 →