Category Archives: Kitchen

Gingerbread House

Last year we made a gingerbread house from a Wonka box kit and we had a great time doing it. This year, we got a little bit more ambitious and attempted building our gingerbread house from scratch. We got the … Continue reading

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Gingerbread Creatures

Bored with the usual Gingerbread Man design? Check out these unique Gingerbread designs: Gingerbread Skeleton Girly Gingerbread Gingerbread Sock Monkey Gingerbread Ninja Gingerbread in Pink Gingerbread Puff Inspired? Recipe for Gingerbread Cookies Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup sugar 3 … Continue reading

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Sugar Skulls

My daughter was born on November 1, and now at kindergarten age she has become very interested in the festival held on her birthday. El Dia de los Muertos is a 3-day Mexican fiesta to honor the dead. To celebrate, … Continue reading

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Strawberry Ice Cream

I consider myself lucky because my local farmers market has an abundance of the sweetest organic strawberries I’ve ever tasted. Harvested on the same day, these strawberries are ripe when I buy them. Much of the berries are eaten same … Continue reading

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Chocolate Ice Cream

Chocolate is my guilty pleasure. I always have to think twice about buying it, and when I do it’s always with a deep breath first before I dive in. So when I made this Chocolate Ice Cream, I put twice … Continue reading

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Pistachio Ice Cream

I love my Pistachio Ice Cream! It is a simple recipe, and does away with the green food coloring that you will find in store-bought pistachio ice cream. The pistachios chop up into a fun confetti of green, yellow and … Continue reading

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Coolest. Cupcakes. Ever.

How many games do you recognize on these cupcakes? Play the 100 Games Cupcake Game and win a prize. Just kidding. There is no prize, other than the joy of seeing your favorite games rendered as a cupcake, that is. … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays!

Today we busied ourselves making a gingerbread house from the Wonka box kit (we love Bottlecaps, Nerds and Runts). If only we could live in a house made of cookies, cake and candy. Later on this evening we baked sugar-frosted … Continue reading

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Bony Treats

Pair up these Skeleton Cupcakes with Bone Pretzels for a Halloween afternoon treat! Start with an easy cupcake recipe. Spread homemade chocolate frosting then, as inspired by Disney’s Halloween issue of Family Fun magazine, top with marshmallow skull and white … Continue reading

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Popsicles

Homemade popsicles are easy to make. You can pour fruit juice in ice trays, stick little cocktail stirrers in them and freeze. That’s the shortest short version, I suppose. Now if you want to make homemade popsicles in style, go … Continue reading

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