Counting to share a sweet surprise
At the end of December 2012, we had made DIY Cadbury clusters (Knusperflocken) while Alex was off work and we had so much we decided to share with Alex colleagues for their return to work/new year start as a sweet little surprise Nico chose a pack of appropriately themed cellophane bags from the dollar store, then Alex and Nico sat and counted the clusters one at a time as they put them in the … Read entire article »
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Easy summer fruit cake
For my birthday this year, I wanted a cake that I had over 15 years ago, yes I still remember it because it was that good! It’s super easy and quick to make. We made it after diner and 30 minutes (little one’s help tends to delay things, lol) later we were having it. Nico helped with pretty much every step and here is how we did it: Nico insisted on washing and cutting all the … Read entire article »
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France – French breads (regular & sweet)
So we are moving on from Dublin and we cross the Irish Sea and Channel to set foot to the mainland in France, the second stop of our second season of “Around the World in 12 Dishes”. You can find our colouring placemat right here and the passport right here (the cover for the passport is right here for you!). For our second stop of the second season of “Around the World in 12 Dishes” is … Read entire article »
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DIY Cadbury clusters (Knusperflocken)
(Dec. 26, 2012) Alex had asked his mom to bring things from his grandma who passed away a few months before Nico was born. One thing she brought was recipes and this was one of them. After he translated it, I realized it sounded a lot like those yummy chocolate raisin Cadbury clusters. All we had to do is add a few things. We used a mix of dark and semi sweet chocolate since we … Read entire article »
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Valentine’s Day brownie mini-cupcakes
(Jan. 18, 2013) Around 9am, Nico decided he wanted to bake something, so he ended up picking a box of brownie mix we had gotten at the Dollar Tree on one of our US shopping trips. I had what was needed on the box, so we went for it. I don’t have a square pan so I thought lets do mini-muffins and since I’m not a fan of cleaning those muffin tins (neither is Alex, … Read entire article »
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Breakfast cookies
Many months ago I saw this recipe for breakfast cookies in my mailbox from Once a Month Mom and was intrigued since Nico likes cookies so much and wants to eat them all the time, I thought I should look into it more. Nico claims not to like bananas, so I had to come up with a substitute since he would not eat them if he had to put one in there. Then I made … Read entire article »
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Spritzgebaeck (German cookies)
Since my parents were coming from Germany to spend Christmas with us, we figured that we would also go for some good old German cookies, among them my childhood favourites of Spritzgebaeck. The recipe is easy, even with an impatient toddler helping left and right and does not take too much time either. It all started with whipping the butter into a fluffy consistency and then slowly adding the other ingredients… into a dough that is not … Read entire article »
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Year round Christmas goodness (50+ recipes from around the world)
‘Tis the season to be…hungry? Yes, what would Christmas without home-baked cookies? Still Christmas, yes, but just less tasty! So we rallied up some of our favourite blogs and have collected 50+ of the yummiest Christmas cookie recipes around! To help you browse through the calories cookies, we did not only put them alphabetically, but a click on the photo will bring you directly to the respective blog post! In this Christmas season, where we take time … Read entire article »
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Christmas Crescent Cookies
A few years ago we saw a recipe on the Pillsbury website for a really simple cookie recipe made out of Pillsbury Crescent Rolls. We made them for the first time at Nico’s first Christmas, but we wanted him to help us with them and so far he had not been old enough to do so. Now of course can’t find the recipe anywhere anymore, so we figured to go by memory and other than … Read entire article »
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Boo-ffins & Muff-kins!
This morning I made french vanilla muffins with Nico, my mix was about to expire so I had to use it. Nico doesn’t like icing and is iffy on anything but chocolate flavor, but if add chocolate chips he’ll eat it. I measured and he poured everything, while mixing with Nico I thought about the season, Halloween and that I hadn’t made much for it. The white mix inspired me to make little ghost faces, we … Read entire article »
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