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Thursday, November 29, 2012 by Shelley Miles
December activities, Recipes
DECEMBER 24 - Christmas eve, National eggnog day
Gather up the family and enjoy a reading of “Twas the Night Before Christmas” before tucking in everyone. This is the one night of the year, even the teens like to be tucked in. Here is a delicious and Alcohol free eggnog recipe that everyone can enjoy while waiting for Santa.
Sunday, July 29, 2012 by Shelley Miles
August Activities, Recipes
AUGUST 23 - National sponge cake day
Believe it or not, the earliest recorded recipe for the Basic Sponge Cake Recipe dates back to 1615. It had a cookie-like quality until the Renaissance, when it evolved into more of a biscuit. By the middle of the 18th century, beaten eggs were used for raising ingredients instead of yeast, and the dessert was on its way to having the spongy texture we know today.
You can have fun making this simple dessert extraordinary by topping it with your favorite fruit, ice cream, or sauce. And don't forget the whipped cream!
Another great activity is to make funny versions of different foods. For example, stick birthday candles in a kitchen sponge to make a non-edible sponge cake. Flatten a piece of cake with a toy hammer to make “pound cake.” Pile different kinds of fruit in a toy cake pan to make “fruit cake.”
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 by Shelley Miles
June Activities, Recipes
June 20 - Ice Cream Soda Day
Enjoy this delicious ice cream soda with dad. serves 2)
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup chocolate syrup
- 2 large scoops vanilla ice cream
- Club soda or seltzer water (cold)
- Whipped cream (optional)
Directions
- Pour the milk into one tall 16-ounce glass.
- Stir in syrup.
- Add in ice cream and enough soda water or selzer to fill almost to top of glass.
- Top with whipped cream if desired.
- Serve with a long spoon and a big straw.
- Enjoy! Mmmm.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 by Shelley Miles
June Activities, Recipes
JUNE 26 - Watermelon Seed Spitting Week
While it isn't so easy to find watermelons with seeds at the market anymore, seeing just how far you can spit those seeds is lots of fun. My personal record is around 4 ft. Prizes for all the participants? Delicious Frozen Watermelon Pops
Sunday, January 29, 2012 by Shelley Miles
February Activities, Recipes
FEBRUARY 25-National pancake week
It’s easy to give pancakes personality! Just provide your little one with raisins, cherries, berries, syrup, and whipped cream and let him or her put a face on each flapjack. Make a game of it by asking your child to create a face that’s happy, sad, mad, etc. Create a pancake puppy by using a large pancake for the face, and two smaller ones for the ears. Try making these fun Shape Pancakes – 1 part craft, 1 part cooking for a kid-pleasing breakfast treat. Betty Crocker and Howdini shows you how to make fun shaped pancakes without a mold! Try out x's and o's or a cute piggie!
How to make fun and creative pancakes for kids
So Many Cookies, So Little time
Thursday, December 3, 2009 by Shelley Miles
Christmas, Cookies, Chanukah, Recipes
So many cookies – so little time. Ever since my kids were small, we’ve always set aside an evening during the holidays to bake cookies together. When we emerged covered in flour and frosting, we’d spent a wonderful evening laughing, mixing, rolling, cutting and frosting and tasting.
The kids have graduated from mixing, to measuring, to cutting out the cookies – and now have mastered the whole process – including creating their own masterpieces – Marilyn Monroe, Batman Santa – in addition to traditional favorites.
Here are some favorite recipes for giving and eating.
Reindeer Cookies
Use your favorite sugar cookie recipe, or store-bought prepared sugar cookie dough- home made dough holds it’s shape best. Roll out the dough to about ¼ inch thick. Cut into triangle shapes. Add mini M&Ms, raisins or chocolate chips for eyes and and a red M&M for the nose. Press in curly or twisted pretzels for antlers. Bake according to cookie dough recipe.
Rugelah
Beat together 1 cup flour, 1 8 oz. package cream cheese, and 1 stick of unsalted butter and approximately 1/8 cup ice water (enough for the dough to turn into a ball). Cover, and let dough rest in refrigerator for 20 minutes. Roll out fist size balls of dough to 1/8 inch thick. Cut like a pizza into wedges. Place a ½ tsp of jam (pick your favorite) at the fat end of the wedge. Gently roll the fat end of the wedge over the jam. Continue rolling to create a crescent shape. Gently pinch the corners and place on a cookie sheet. Bake approximately 20 minutes at 350 until golden.Makes around 30 small cookies.
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