junior kitchen

Love. Love. Love, this cookbook.  So many recipes in here I want to make. Ingredients: 1/2 cup sugar 2 large eggs 5 tablespoons honey 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 4 tablespoons butter melted 2 tablespoons pine nuts 1 tablespoon honey, diluted with 1 teaspoon water Preheat oven to 375 [...]

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We had our first outing to the beach for the season this past weekend. Best treat for the day was the chocolate zucchini bread. Easy to bring along and slice off a piece when the mood hits you. I have started to experiment with using brown rice syrup in place of sugar. This bread was [...]

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We have enjoyed a Sunday brunch – a fine brunch. An upstanding brunch. A brunch in which to take pride. This began when we found this cookbook at the library that was inspired by the English food the kids eat in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden. One of the very easiest things to make [...]

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Kitchen Daughter was curious to know what vegetables grow in our area during the summer. At six, she knows about tropical fruits and what grows locally. She understands while she’s picking mangoes her northern friends are picking blueberries, but the local summer vegetable question had her kinda stumped. (And, to tell the truth, her parents, [...]

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This weekend Kitchen Dad and Daughter went out of town for a friend’s wedding. While the kitchen was relatively quiet, the young one and I made some crescent rolls. What I’ve discovered about cooking with a 2-year-old vs. a 5-year-old is that it’s easier if you have everything ready to go. I pre-measured ingredients and [...]

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Spring has sprung, bunnies are everywhere and the chickens are laying beautiful eggs. And we’re baking indulgent things to celebrate! Chocolate Bunny Bread This has suddenly become a new favorite in our house, for kids and parents alike. The recipe came from this bread machine cookbook and in some magical way combines everything good about [...]

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  Eggplants from the farm are still producing so I decided to make an Indian dish with them. I found this recipe for Eggplant Bharta.         1-1.5 lb eggplant 1 onion – chopped 1 tomato – chopped, or 1 tbsp tomato paste, or 1 tsp tamarind paste 1 tsp cumin seed 1 [...]

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For a 2-pound loaf 1 1/2 cups water 4 teaspoons olive oil or cooking oil (we used olive oil) 2 2/3 cups bread flour 1 1/2 whole wheat flour 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar 4 teaspoons dried sage, crushed or snipped fresh sage (we used fresh) 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/4 active dry yeast or bread [...]

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