family friendly recipes and ideas
Chinese Wonton Soup and highlights from my stay at the Wencheng Castle, China! Welcome to our Culinary Journey Around the World we are visiting in the Land of the Rising Sun~ China. I'm excited to share some photo's from my stay at a breath taking castle in Yahnti, China. Last week we talked about some of the foods and made some Chinese Pickles Vegetables which go along beautifully … [Read more...]
Chinese Pickled Vegetables and the foods I experienced in China! I'm super excited to be able to share highlights of my recent trip to China with all of you. . . the food, people, and culture were amazing to experience so with that being said we are jumping over to the beautiful land of China for the next few weeks for our Culinary Journey Around the World! Traditionally, … [Read more...]
Irish Corned Beef with Cabbage is a classic dish that's fun dinner to make in celebration of St. Patricks Day! Fit Friday is here again! Miss Nichole from Pure Clean Fitness is here to hang out with us. I love having her visit and inspire our fitness! A Healthy Recipe Irish Corned Beef with Cabbage from me+ Killer Core Workout from Nichole= a healthy, happy, balanced life! … [Read more...]
French Potage Saint-Germain (Split Pea Soup) is a humble and comforting soup, a french home cooks staple recipe! Welcome back to our Culinary Journey in the beautiful country of France~ we've already been busy making some amazing recipes! Like these crêpes with a fabulous French Pâte à Crêpes recipe. Then, we held onto 8-10 of them and made a French Gâteau de Crêpes à la Florentine, … [Read more...]
Greek Fasolatha Soup is a hearty bean and vegetable soup from Greece~ it's simple to make and tastes like it just came right out of a kitchen in Greece! Welcome to the second week of our Culinary Journey exploring the beautiful country of Greece! I hope you've had a chance to make some of last weeks Greek Feta and Red Pepper Spread with Flat Bread. Oh my! It's so heavenly. The … [Read more...]
Dutch Oven Lamb Stew is a savory spring-time dinner! I love lamb, it's definitely a special occasion meal around our house. I like to make a lovely lamb dish in the spring, usually for Easter Dinner. I love to cook in my ceramic dutch oven, I found it at Costco a few years ago- with the steep sides and even distribution of heat, it makes the perfect stewing pot! If you don't … [Read more...]
So happy to have Miss Julie visiting from Confessions of a Cooking Diva and she's brought a savory slow cooker recipe to share... Slow Cooker Chicken Noodles Soup is a miracle in a bowl. Hello Again! I'm here today to bring you my miracle pill, Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup. It has been a long couple of weeks in our house as everyone has come down with the flu/upper respiratory … [Read more...]
Carrot Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting will make you famous where ever you take it. It's SO Delicious! This carrot cake is everything you LOVE about carrot cake- moist, dense, and decadent. I love raisins so I add them in, if you'd rather have walnuts instead of raisins then replace them with equal amounts. Golden raisins are fabulous in this recipe too! Carrot Cake … [Read more...]
There are several nights I'm scrambling to figure out what I'm going to make for dinner. The day got busy, dinner time comes speeding up, and need something quick because people are starting to salivate (hungry tummies bring lots of grumpiness in my house). Am I alone? I'll give you a couple tips so you can have all the ingredients to throw something together like this juicy and savory … [Read more...]
As mom's we all await the dreaded question... 'What's for Dinner?' I've gotta admit... sometimes, I'm not quite on top of my day and I have no idea what to make for dinner! I love it though when I can keep a couple of quick things in the pantry to whip up at a moments notice. Horizon Fiesta Mac and Cheese is one of those fabulous to-the-rescue meals! Horizon Fiesta Mac and Cheese … [Read more...]
This is a quick tip I learned in my first year of Culinary School... it makes peeling carrots a snap! I'm also sharing a blooper video from the filming of Quick Tip for Peeling Carrots cuz it's just too silly not to :) I hope this Quick Tip for Peeling Carrots is helpful the next time you've got a few of them to prep! itchen Tip Series… how to cut an … [Read more...]
Prepare yourselves... Jen from Bakerette is in the house! Whoot-woot :) Jen's brought a delicious Bow Tie Pasta Salad to share with us today and it looks so amazing! Without any further adieu- I'll turn y'all over to enjoy this delicious-ness... Planning a picnic? Pack this pleasing Bow Tie Pasta Salad and get ready to relax because it is SO easy and SO … [Read more...]
