This is my family’s hot chocolate recipe. We have it when the weather gets chilly. We have it when we’re looking for a little something sweet along with breakfast. We have it when we visit my parents’ cabin, where my mom taught each of the kids to make it so that she can get up […]
Big Green Monster, a Caramel Corn Recipe — and a Giveaway!
This is one of the kids’ favorite books. My son has loved it since the day I first read it, shouting along with the story — “Go away scraggly purple hair!” and all the rest. So when Laura Kelly invited me to participate in a Halloween popcorn box blog hop, I set the kids to […]
Cookies and Cream Milkshake
I always feel like once everyone’s back at school, it should be fall. I’m ready for cold weather and changing trees and people wearing sweaters and in reality, it’s still in the 90’s here. I know I’m going to miss this in another two months when we have our first snow, but right now we’re […]
SMores 5 Ways
Oh, man. Besides our current milkshake obsession (more on that…and some recipes very soon), we love us some smores! We have a small backyard chiminea that we use, and now that we’re on vacation at Grandma’s cabin, we’ve got a firepit and more chances for chocolaty, marshmallowy deliciousness. Check out our five variations on smores […]
Chocolate Fondue Recipe
It’s tradition. Almost every year, on New Year’s Eve, we make this chocolate fondue recipe. And then the kids dig in and by the end, they’re covered in chocolate, the dining room is covered in chocolate, the dogs are covered in chocolate — fondue with children is not for the faint of heart. But it […]
7 Layer Bars (recipe 2)
So last summer, I shared my recipe for 7 Layer Bars. And my son got cheeky and suggested that they were really 6 Layer Bars and we went back and forth and back and forth…and then we went on vacation and he did what children do when they aren’t getting what they want from Mom. He […]
The Birthday Milkshake Recipe
So I try not to divulge too much personal info on here about people who are not me. But I can’t help it — I need to share one teensy, but totally bizarre, bewildering, Very Weird Quirk of my husband’s. He’s not a cake guy. I know. I just…I can’t even…I don’t know…hmph. The kids and […]
Delicious 7 Layer Bars
My son and I are locked in a battle. He claims these are not, in fact, seven layer bars…but six layer bars, because you mix the butter and graham crackers together, creating one new substance and thus, one layer. I maintain that…well, dangit, these have always been called seven layer bars and he needs to stop […]
Ooey Gooey Lemon Bars
Something about spring just feels citrus-y to me. On Easter…and Mother’s Day…and often in between and for no reason at all…I find myself making lemon bars or orange cakes or lemon meringue pie. We have a lemon bar recipe that I’ve been making since I was ten years old (published as “Lemon Love Notes” in […]
Inside-Out Trefoil S’Mores
I know the dates vary by region, but here in Colorado this is the last week to buy Girl Scout cookies (if you want to stock up, they hold up great in the freezer. Especially the Thin Mints. Frozen Thin Mints…mmm mmm mmm.) So — the last of the Girl Scout cookie recipes to hold […]
