Batter Up Again
Mom and Dad knocked one out of the ballpark with this kids’ cake. She baked this baseball celebration and he did all of the decorating. Thanks for sharing the baseball fever!
Batter Up!
Despite the dark shadow that’s been cast over the great sport of baseball lately, I maintain my loyalty. I love baseball. Once again, the cookery made another transformation this week — to family dugout. Batter Up! For the first grade baseball cake batter, the team chose chocolate for the bat and vanilla for the ball. […]
Do Re Mi, Fa . . . lafel
Not exactly the musical scale . . . but the Middle East met the Hudson Valley for dinner last night. Anchored with a cumin-seasoned sirloin and couscous dish, I served falafal sandwiches here in the Hudson Valley. Stuffed into whole wheat salad pockets, we smothered them with our cucumber yogurt sauce. The kids love falafel. […]
Cake Bunny . . . just add milk
The kids decorated this handsome bunny today. He’s creamy white with coconut texture . . . just what we had in mind with cold milk. Two layers=a face, ears and a bow tie.
No resting quite yet
We’ve just returned from a two-day adventure and kicking the feet up sounds ideal but guess what? The cookery is a mess. The kids are almost asleep and we’re cleaning up our impromptu dinner and an evening egg-coloring fest. If we don’t catch it now, we’ll face the music in the morning. Pay now? I choose now.
Play . . . Dough
I’ll be taking five away from my desk and at the stove in the cookery today. But we won’t be eating our creation: Play Dough. My little guys love making homemade Play Dough and molding it into fun shapes. Try this easy recipe: Play Dough Mix the following ingredients together in a heavy sauce pan: 1 cup flour […]
Cake Walk
I’m going to walk the line today and make a cake. Just a small one. Nothing too taxing for the novice pastry chef here in the cookery. This comes as a special request from my Wolf Scout, who received his Wolf Badge last night by the way. He loved the mandarin orange cake that I made […]
Dish This
Prepping dinner was a joint effort with my youngest son this evening. He knows how to read a recipe and loves using the lettuce spinner. His motor skills are still coming along so the sharp objects remain out of reach. After kilos and kilos of steaming over the years, our vintage rice steamer turned out perfectly […]
Meet my favorite dough boy . . .Trader Giotto
Just call me lucky. That gracious neighbor of mine stopped by Trader Joe’s again to do her shopping and filled my wish list, too. As I’ve mentioned, we live miles and miles from the nearest TJ’s, so this gesture stands tall. Just delivered . . . Trader Joe’s Garlic & Herb pizza dough. We rolled out […]
Tabouleh Wraps
The tabouleh was easy to handle and tasted great in a lettuce wrap. My children love this as finger food, too. Here’s the recipe: 1 cup bulghur wheat (I like Alma extra fancy cracked wheat) 2 1/4 cups cold water 1 1/2 cups chopped parsley 4 chopped green onions 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1/4 cup extra […]