In the same cookbook that I found the shortbread recipe in, there is a chapter devoted to Jewish food. Many influential people in America’s history have immigrated here from Israel, and the recipes that the immigrants brought with them through Ellis Island are REALLY good. One of the best Jewish foods I’ve ever had...
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Summer is here (for some kids) and that probably means a lot of playing outside or in the pool in the hot weather. A popsicle can be a nice treat and making homemade popsicles can also be really fun. Here are a few ideas–just pour the mixtures into popsicle molds or into dixie cups/regular...
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Making breakfast in bed for a mom on Mother’s Day is a very nice present. However, most kids don’t even know where to start or what kinds of foods to make. My mom likes scones, so I’ve posted her favorite recipe here. It’s not as dry as scones are normally because it’s made with...
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Here are three candy recipes that I love. They are all really fun for kids to make and the last one is very easy for even little kids to make (it only has two ingredients): 1) Butter crunch– this candy is almost exactly like toffee except it is softer and chewier due to the...
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I made a potato salad a few days ago from a recipe in a book that my mom and I found a few years ago on vacation in Missouri. This is one of the best potato salads I’ve ever had! Here’s the recipe: Ingredients 4 slices bacon, chopped 2 Tablespoons chopped onion 1/4 cup...
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Today, my mom told me about a cupcake frosting that she had which tasted just like marshmallows. It is called seven-minute icing, made by beating egg whites and sugar over a double boiler with a hand mixer for seven minutes. I tried it today and it turned out beautifully! Apparently, the recipe is an old...
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Foods that are “in season” can be a lot better tasting and a lot cheaper than foods that are out of season. This is because foods that are grown locally and at the peak of production are shipped over a shorter distance, making them more fresh and less expensive. Here is a map of the...
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Saint Patrick’s Day is a great time to try some new Irish foods! Little kids will love to dye foods green and older ones will have fun tasting foods that they may never have had before. I shared my mom’s Irish soda bread recipe last year (we make it together every year and it’s...
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So, after the cutouts I made a few more types of cookies but then our oven broke and I couldn’t finish the last 2 recipes I still haven’t finished the all of the cookies I had planned on making, but I have been cooking a lot aside from that. I made some delicious chocolate truffles (in peppermint...
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This weekend, my friends and I had a fondue party. It was tons of fun and I would definitely recommend making fondue with kids- they will have a great time dipping all sorts of different foods into the fondue pot We made 2 cheese fondue recipes and 1 chocolate recipe. The chocolate one didn’t...
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