We love carving pumpkins at our house each year. My kids reach inside and always squeal “Eeewww! Pumpkin guts!” It’s such fun. This time we didn’t throw away our pumpkin guts. We ATE them! Well, at least the seeds. #DIY #momlife #snack #pumpkin
Category: cooking
Roasted Tomatoes
Our garden has more jumbo cherry tomatoes than we hardly know what to do with this year. So to keep things going all winter long we spent some time roasting them up. What I love about preserving my own food is having full creative licence over it. If I don’t like how it’s turning out…
DIY Veggie Bag
You pick out your veggies and put them in a bag. Which then goes into the grocery bag. When you get home you put that first bag into a garbage bag. At this point I’m feeling like I’m being punked. What’s the point of all the bags and can I change it? I know veggies…
The secret to cold brew coffee (that saves you money)
Do you like coffee AND saving money? Then grab a mason jar and some coffee grounds for this simple DIY.
The Call!
I know I’m deviating from my regularly scheduled day but I can’t contain my excitement! I HAVE AN AGENT! I saw a #MSWL post asking for a kids cookbook proposal and freaked out. I’ve watched the #MSWL feed for three years and no one has ever asked for a kids cookbook. So I jumped on…
Healthy chocolate-covered strawberry popcorn
Chocolate-covered strawberries + popcorn = best Valentine’s Day ever!
Go nuts: Make nut flour and butter for healthier holidays
Making peanut butter is boring. It takes way too long in my blender and it’s a mess to clean up. But it’s absolutely delicious! It’s hard not to enjoy a spoonful once your blender is done hating you. Baking, on the other hand, is way more fun. I usually get flour and some syrupy mixture…
5 Ways Kids Books Are Like Jelly
Have you ever made jelly or another type of preserve? It takes more than a recipe to get the results you want and kids books are very similar. Here’s how: Recipe like Voice- To make jelly you need a recipe and the first few times I’d recommend sticking to it. However, now that I’ve made…
Maple Brussels Sprouts and Eggs
Brussels sprouts, meet breakfast.
Protein smoothie without protein powder
When I crush a workout first thing in the morning, I feel awesome. And sweaty. And famished. When I don’t have time to break out the eggs and make an omelette, I break out my blender. I love my morning post-workout smoothies. My favorite smoothie involves chocolate protein powder, cocoa powder, and peanut butter. YUM!…
A coffee creamer lover’s dream
Fat is good for you. Read that again and internalize it. Fat is good for you. I’m not a nutritionist, but I’ve learned a lot from reading and listening to nutritionists’ work. After listening to Dishing Up Nutrition, a podcast by Nutritional Weight & Wellness, I’ve learned a lot about what is good for our…
My Favorite Kitchen Tools
Since being in culinary school I have found some great kitchen tools that I love and I wanted to share with you. Here are five things that I use often in my kitchen. Chefs Knife You need to have a sharp chefs knife, I use mine almost always along with my pairing knife. Stick with…
Homemade Eclairs
In class this week we made eclairs so Id thought Id share the process so you could try them out too! They are super fun to make and are DELICIOUS! Ingredients for Eclairs Water 10 oz. Butter 4 oz. Sugar 1 tsp. Salt 1 tsp. Bread flour 6 oz. Eggs 6 oz. Ingredients for Pastry Cream Milk 16oz Sugar…
Peach Butter
Peaches are 99 cents a lb here so I have been trying out some new recipes to use peaches in! I picked up just a couple from the grocery store to try making some peach butter. Check out how I made it and my recipe below! Ingredients 4 big peaches 1/4 cup of sugar Squeeze…
Basil Oil Recipe
Ingredients 2 bunches of basil Boiling water Ice bath Oil strainer with cheese cloth or fine mesh strainer Oil container How To Take your basil, leave it whole on the stems, the stems will add color and some flavor to the oil. Blanch the basil for 20 seconds in boiling water and then set in…
Summer Salad Recipe
In the late summer I find so many good deals on fresh ingredients from the farmers market that I often over buy and do not know how to incorporate it all into my meals. Fresh salsa, fruit salads, roasted veggies, so many options! I thought I would share a super simple recipe that you can…
Blackened Cod with Avocado Cream Recipe
Ingredients Carrot matchsticks 1 Cucumber 1 Avocado 2 servings of Cod 1/2 cup Heavy Cream Salt and Pepper tsp of Lemon Juice Cajun Spice Blend How To: Pat dry Cod with paper towel and season with the Cajun spice blend, and set aside while your pan heats up. You can use any fish you…
Leek and Potato Soup
For my birthday this year I got a Vitamix blender and it has been amazing! If you have ever tried out a Vitamix you know how great they are. The first time I used one was in my culinary class and I fell in love with how smooth it was able to puree food. Leek…
