For the past several months I have seen these vegan cupcakes all over the blogging world! They look so good but for some reason I never got around to making them. Then the lovely Jenna reminded me just how droolworthy these little babies looked!! So I just had to try them kicks and giggles. Luckily we [...]
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I’ve died and gone Vegan!
Posted in Kids corner, sweets on February 28, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Buttermilk Pancakes
Posted in Breakfast, Kids corner on January 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
On Saturday morning Ava woke up and insisted that we have pancakes for breakfast!!?! Where that came from I have no idea! We don’t have pancakes at our house very often. So I decided to make some and I found the perfect recipe at Smitten Kitchen. We really did not need as many pancakes as [...]
Coconut, Cranberry, Oatmeal Cookies
Posted in Kids corner on January 25, 2009 | 7 Comments »
We made these yummy cookies in honor of Valentines day coming up!! My little helper was so excited to put Craisins in her cookies She loves Craisins!!! These cookies are soo good and at about 98 calories per cookies they are easy to enjoy You could make several modifications to this [...]
Chocolate Snowballs
Posted in Kids corner, sweets on December 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tonight Ava, my daughter, and I baked some great chocolate cookies for her to take to her preschool class tomorrow! She is so excited to share the cookies she helped make with all of her friends. These cookies are super sweet and chocolaty, of course Ava and her dad LOVED THEM!! I’m actually quite surprised [...]
Wish list
Posted in Kids corner, sweets on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I found these in the decemeber issue of HEALTH magazine and I’m dying to try them!! How absolutely festive and HEALTHY!! They look so fun and good….too bad the nearest Whole foods is 30-40 minutes away BOOO
http://www.purefun.ca/products_candyCanes.html
If any of you have tried them let me know how you like them!!
More holiday baking
Posted in Kids corner, Tips, sweets on December 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
For the past two years my three-year-old daughter and I have baked a batch of Christmas sugar cookies around the holiday season. We take one night and make the cookies and decorate them. It is such a blast! These are memories I will cherish forever…..they don’t turn out super pretty but they were made with [...]
Oatmeal eater
Posted in Breakfast, Kids corner, tagged Breakfast, children, oatmeal on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have the pickiest child when it comes eating. She only wants snacks and candy. So I devised a plan to make sure she gets a nourishing breakfast….I added what else? candy to her oatmeal!!! Now she never passes up a bowl of oatmeal.
Making cute faces and getting her to laugh at her food is a great [...]
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