Cooking
I think I enjoy Alex's cookbooks just as much...if not more...than he does. I'm not sure why, exactly, but I do.
He's accumulating a nice little shelf of them, too...and during the Christmas break, he kept bringing out his Donna Hay: Cool Kids Cook and asking if we could make the Chocolate Bombs.
I said 'sure', but it would have to wait till things settled down a bit.
So, the weekend before school (finally) started up again, the two of us cleaned our area, got ingredients and equipment, and proceeded to make these chocolate muffins.
Both he and Matt said the muffins were wonderful; I can tell you they smelled divine...so chocolate-y.
But the best part was watching Alex carefully level off the flour and sugar before adding them to the bowl, or mixing with one hand while holding onto the bowl with the other. Or seeing him race out the kitchen, again and again, to check the progress of the baking muffins through the oven door.
And really, isn't that what it's really about?
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Tagged with: Food and Drink + Cookbooks + Baking + Family + Kids + Chocolate + Muffins + Donna Hay
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Cooking
Someone's in the Kitchen with Alex: Chocolate Bombs
I think I enjoy Alex's cookbooks just as much...if not more...than he does. I'm not sure why, exactly, but I do.
He's accumulating a nice little shelf of them, too...and during the Christmas break, he kept bringing out his Donna Hay: Cool Kids Cook and asking if we could make the Chocolate Bombs.
I said 'sure', but it would have to wait till things settled down a bit.
So, the weekend before school (finally) started up again, the two of us cleaned our area, got ingredients and equipment, and proceeded to make these chocolate muffins.
Both he and Matt said the muffins were wonderful; I can tell you they smelled divine...so chocolate-y.
But the best part was watching Alex carefully level off the flour and sugar before adding them to the bowl, or mixing with one hand while holding onto the bowl with the other. Or seeing him race out the kitchen, again and again, to check the progress of the baking muffins through the oven door.
And really, isn't that what it's really about?
Sign-ups for Blogging by Mail: Little Things Mean a Lot are going on now, and end in a little over a week. Over sixty signed up so far, from all over the globe...you won't to miss out!
Tagged with: Food and Drink + Cookbooks + Baking + Family + Kids + Chocolate + Muffins + Donna Hay
- 'b' Is For "brrrr' And 'blueberry'
Alex is a fruit monster. Cartons of berries disappear the day they're purchased. Melons last only as long as it takes to cut them up. The kid inhales fruit. One of his favorite fruits is blueberries. While shopping over the weekend, Matt noticed...
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When I get a new cookbook or cooking magazine, I grab a pad of sticky tabs, and mark the pages of (all) the recipes I want to try. I don't always get to them (all), but it saves time flipping through, thinking 'I know there's a recipe for...
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Or in my case, you make Lemon Poppyseed Muffins. Third recipe from this book. The zest of two rather large lemons, two tablespoons of freshly-squeezed lemon juice, and 2/3 cup lemon-sugar (see above...if you can); you'd think this would a be a seriously...
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