Kids Cuisine

Recently, I attended the K/BIS show in Atlanta.  One of the exhibitors, Dacor Kitchen Appliances, had Jan D’Atri in attendance and cooking.  Jan D’Atri, cookbook author, restaurateur, and one of Dacor’s chefs, shared a few of her delicious recipes at the show, but there are a vast number of succulent selections on the company’s website.
While […]

Looking for a quick dessert that you can make from items in your pantry? Nothing like a Rachel Ray recipe to save the day. Her 5-Minute Apple Crisp is fast, tasty, and can be made together, as a family.
5-Minute Apple Crisp
Slightly adjusted recipe from Get Togethers: Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals
1 can (15-ounce) apple filling (like […]

Several of my girlfriends have little ones under the age of five.  One of the frequent topics of conversations is the pickiness of their children’s palates.  I can’t pretend to understand because (a) I don’t have children of my own and (b) saying no was not a really good option growing up in my home.  […]

I have been playing with eggs lately and had fun with some ham this morning. After looking and tasting the end result, I thought these little guys would be great for kids… to eat as well as to help make.
I think that these would work well in cupcake pans, but I used a few ramekins […]

Desserts were scarce in my home growing up.  My parents were funny when it can to eating sweets, and not necessarily in the funny, haha way. In fact, we only ate desserts on special occasions.  There were Sunday dinners, but they usually ended with a piece of fruit or toasted hazelnuts that we would crack and […]

I had some fun with marshmallow treats this past winter, making them into lollipops for Valentine’s Day. Now, as Easter hops closer, I went a different direction.  Baking a batch of marshmallow treats in a shallow pan, I used the large Wilton Grip Cutter to create the holiday shapes I wanted.  Then, I decorated my treats […]

Easter is right around the corner. I was never a big egg-dipper-decorator kind of girl.  I always looked forward to waking up and finding the Easter Bunny had visited my room and home.  I would wake up, and from the moment my feet touched the floor, I followed the trail of jelly beans Bunny had left.  From […]

There is a pretty good possibility that I will become temporary guardian of a 13-year-old boy at the end of the school year.  Single, independent woman to single mom of a teen in 2.2 seconds.  Yikes!  He’s extremely athletic, so I want to make sure of is that he eats healthy, expands his palate, and gets all the […]

It’s always exciting to receive a package from Williams-Sonoma.  Receiving the package with a card inside from my two small nieces is extra special.  “Happy Birthday, Auntie Christina!”
And a happy day it was.  In my birthday parcel sat the Williams-Sonoma cookbook, Desserts: New Healthy Kitchen Series and Daisy Crown Cupcake Pan.  While I am still […]

Make family night an opportunity for good conversation, good company, and good snacks.  Where do you start?  Pick a night of the week everyone is home, grab a movie or choose the family’s favorite television show, some popcorn, and “fixin’s”. Fixin’s? That’s what I thought when I looked at the page torn-out of Better Homes […]