Today is a cold day in South Florida, and with 61 degrees my boys are shivering. It was just a few days ago that we were having fun at the water park, and playing at the beach, so I am not complaining. Instead, I’ve bundled up the baby, found the long-sleeve shirts for the boys, [...]
After having tried several donut recipes with our new mini donut maker from Nostalgia Electrics, I was not ecstatic with the results. This is why I decided to try and make up my own donut recipe, which would take into considerations the cake consistency of the previous recipes that I had tried. I based my [...]
For my husband’s birthday this year the kids and I decided to make him a banana cake with orange zest, and although I had an idea of making a very simple cake the kids insisted that we make him his usual ship cake. Of course with three boys I was quickly outvoted, and so we [...]
The other day we needed a treat to bring along to the beach, and the final choice was to make blondies with whole wheat, toffee bits and chocolate chips. I adjusted a blondies recipe from the September 2012 issue of Everyday Food to fit the ingredients we had on hand. Blondies Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour [...]
When I found out that my it was my oldest son’s best friend’s birthday, I decided to make a special treat for the kids. I turned on the water sprinkler in the garden, so they could cool down, and then I served delicious Nutella cookies. The Nutella cookies were a hit, and the only problem were that [...]
I wanted to make a special treat for my kids, which I could easily throw in a bag and bring along, whenever we go on adventure. This is when I came up with the idea for these strawberry cookies, which resemble my favorite pastry from growing up. These strawberry cookies are extremely easy to make, and [...]
ALDI has had cheap blueberries for the past couple of weeks, and I have picked up several pints for around $1.29 a piece. This week I also brought home strawberries and watermelon, and somehow the blueberries were not being eaten as fast as usual. This put me on a search for the best blueberry muffins [...]
My boys wanted to make a 4th of July cake, and as always I was up for the challenge. For our 4th of July cake, I used our favorite carrot cake recipe, because I had lots of carrots in the produce drawer. My boys love this carrot cake, and I love the fact that I [...]
This afternoon I have been making fruit tarts with my youngest sons, as they were getting tired of everything being mango flavored. I am swimming in mangoes these days, as our backyard mango tree throws mangoes down several times a day at the moment. I usually hear a bump from the roof, or I hear a clunk from the backyard [...]
Our wonderful mango tree in the backyard is throwing a ripe mango our way once in a while, so it is time to dust off the mango recipes, and today we came up with a very special mango recipe. Today my youngest son and I made mango muffins based on our usual summer fruit cake [...]
For the second weekend in a row, the South Florida weather is keeping my family home instead of at the beach, in fact this morning our roof started leaking because of all the rain. This means that I have three very impatient boys, who would much rather be outside playing instead of playing inside. To [...]
Thanks to the great price on carrots at ALDI ($0.69/2 lbs), my family has been eating a lot of carrots lately. This weekend we have been doing a lot of FCAT preparation, so to reward the boys I made them a Good Luck Carrot Cake for dessert. I used this carrot cake recipe from Allrecipes [...]
I usually take the easy route and buy a birthday cake from Publix for my kids’ birthday, but the price had gone up, and last time the one cake we got was just barely enough. Instead of spending $36+ on a birthday cake from Publix, I therefore decided to make a homemade birthday cake. [...]
My mom was a great baker and cook, and I often wish I had her baking skills. I am not a great baker, but I love to bake and I have three boys, who love to eat the goodies I make. I usually stay within my comfort zone though, but today I tried to make [...]
We are still without a car, and I am still dreaming of the Florida Keys. Tonight my boys and I got creative, and we made a Florida Keys cake inspired by the coral reefs and the turquoise ocean. Soon we will be floating in it, but until then we will have to be satisfied with [...]
