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Menu Planning & Food Prep
I’m sure I’ve mentioned that I love to cook. When I chat with coworkers or my mom, they’re always fascinated about the recipes I’m using, like these Roasted Cauliflower Enchiladas. So today I thought I’d talk about menu planning & food prep. My mom was just asking me yesterday about…
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4 Picture Books About Cooking
I love to cook! I’m constantly looking for new recipes to try and meals to make. And I think a lot of it stems from my childhood – my parents encouraged (and required) all of us to pitch in with chores around the house and especially in the kitchen. With…
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Slice of Life Day 5: Cook Them Tasty Food
“Love People. Cook Them Tasty Food.” Penzy’s Spices I started cooking when I was little. You don’t have a choice when you’re growing up as one of four siblings in a household where your parents like to cook and try new food. Nights were spent helping to make dinner and…
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#blogbookaday: Dough Knights and Dragons
Summary: “In a mythical kingdom, a knight and a dragon cook up a delicious plan to save their friendship! In Dough Knights and Dragons, a curious knight and an amiable dragon meet serendipitously, and instantly bond over their shared love of baking. But the friends are filled with sadness when, according to…
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Reading and Other Passions
I love to read and if given the choice when I have a little extra time, that is likely how you’ll find me – nose in a book and probably so engaged I’m no longer paying attention to what’s going on around me. I’m constantly carrying a book around, always…
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Edible Book Contest
This is such a great event to encourage getting children into the kitchen! We’ve had an annual Edible Book Contest for the past six years and although we don’t get many submissions (usually between 10 – 15) the kids that do submit edible books are amazingly creative and their submissions…
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Books & Cooks – Update
So I posted earlier this week about providing a Books & Cooks Program for my middle school students and let me tell you – it was a smashing success! I had 12 kids registered for the program, which would have been perfect – but I ended up with 18 kids! …
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Books & Cooks Program
I am continually surprised when people I know say that they are not very adept in the kitchen. I love to bake and cook and I even think that I’m pretty good at it! To me, cooking is usually pretty easy – there are few things in life that give…
