Kids Cuisine

We didn’t exactly set out to make pumpkin whoopie pies. It was about 95 degrees out, and pumpkin was the furthest thing from our minds. In fact, my daughter had a recipe for cream-filled lemon sandwich cookies picked out and, lemon lover that I am, I was definitely on board. But there was that long-lost container of cream […]

Next week we’ll be taking the kids on our once-a-year camping excursion.  For one week out of the year, we pitch a tent in the wilderness and reconnect with each other in a very peaceful manner. Our choice campgrounds are always the ones with the least amenities — no running water, no camp store, no […]

As my kid-filled summer comes to an end this week, I did have the wee ones one more time at my house this week. Since I am leaving town in a couple of days, I didn’t have a lot in the house. What to feed them? What to feed them?
While their dad took them to my subdivision’s […]

The thing that appeals most to me about fresh peaches is their smell. To me, a fresh, ripe peach is one of the definitive smells of summer (along with sea air, sunblock, the leaves of tomato plants, freshly cut grass, and fried dough).
When peaches appear at my farmstand market, the entire aisle they sit in is perfumed […]

This summer has been a kid-filled summer. Now, I adore kids; however, I don’t have a desire to have any of my own.  Nonetheless, I have been spending time with a friend and his three and four-year olds who are visiting for the summer.
Toddlers?  Phew!  No one told me.  Middle schoolers/mini teens, I am good.  I […]

Did you ever have one of those moments where your child asked to make something that didn’t sound too appealing?  Then you look at her recipe and determine that it’s not likely something that you’d enjoy eating either, but the look on her face and the insistence wins you over.  That was the case yesterday […]

The next time you bake a pie or quiche, don’t throw away those scraps of pie crust dough. Reroll the leftover dough scraps and use them to make these amazingly simple and addictive Cinnamon Pastry Flats. Of course, if you’d rather skip the pie and go straight to the flats, feel free! I like to use […]

One of the best things about summer vacation is that my daughter wants to spend more time in the kitchen. Her free time is no longer limited to just a few activities, and the world is her playground all day long. As a result, she’s been spending more time looking through cookbooks and […]

Our Great American Bake Sale is coming up, and I’m doing several cooking classes with kids ahead of time to make some tasty treats to sell. I had chocolate on the brain and was contemplating all of the ways that my students could melt it safely. A friend of mine (who is in the chocolate […]

Corn Dogs always seem to be a favorite of kids. Now that summer is here, trips to parks and outdoor events present visions of little ones running around with a dog on a stick. Whether at a carnival, a ball game, or street fair, these meals on a stick stand out to be a […]