Category: Food
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Sanity-Saving Breakfast Cakes
These “pancakes” have, quite literally, saved our sanity in the ongoing balance of feeding our children relatively expedient and healthy meals. The recipe for these “cakes” (as we call them) is absolutely jammed with guilt-free ingredients. There are vegetables, fruit, whole grains, protein, fiber, etc. By using an indoor grill with an omelet form, the […]
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Mise en place
Mise en place (pronounced MEEZ ahn plahs), or “setting/putting in place” in French Maybe it’s just me, but one of my least favorite things about cooking from a recipe is thinking that I’m all set with my ingredients, only to learn that I’ll be staring down 30 minutes of prep time before I can even […]
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Simply Amazing Pie Crust
***KIDS IN THE KITCHEN: Starting at about 3.5, my daughter LOVED helping with the “processing” part of the recipe. Since we use a pastry cutter (instead of knives or a food processor), she can be very involved with this part of the recipe.*** Yield: 2 nine inch pie crusts (with a little extra for decorating […]
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Football cupcakes and smash cake
As someone who always loves trying new things, I wanted to attempt a red velvet flavor for my son’s birthday cupcakes. Given the fact that we were using Ohio State colors of scarlet and gray, this seemed like a good fit! Below, I’ll detail how we iced (1) field cupcakes; (2) football cupcakes; (3) field […]
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How to soften butter in the microwave
The trick to softening butter is to retain the integrity of the butter while heating it to a workable temperature. You absolutely do not want to melt the butter as you heat it. (1) Place necessary amount of frozen or refrigerated butter on a microwave-safe dish in its wrapper, and set microwave to 50-75% (2) […]
