No-Sugar Cookie Recipe

Hi gang! I couldn't wait to get started collecting recipes. Today I want to share one of my favorite recipes. It's so easy because you mix it up in the saucepan and it makes enough for a small family or for a few friends. It's called: Look Mom - No-Sugar Date Bars 1...

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I Love to Cook Club

Chef Crombie would like to hear about the favorite foods you prepare. By sharing your recipes, you can participate in the  I Love to Cook Club. By printing off the recipes you can compile them into your very own cookbook. This can be a collection of recipes from your...

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Holiday Baking in January

Let's remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday today by making something special to eat. You are probably home from school today and are ready to work in the kitchen. The Chef is ready for another year of helping you find joy in preparing food for yourself and...

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Young Cook Gift Idea

Kids love to be in the kitchen. But can kids do more than set the table and do a little stirring of batter? You bet! With a little help, kids can really get into the work of the kitchen and come out with good results. Maybe not always like Mom, but they are learning....

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New website: www.LittlestChristmasKitten.com

If you have a young child on your Christmas list, here is a book he or she is sure to enjoy. "The Littlest Christmas Kitten" has lots of big, bold pictures of kittens and cats and animals. Of course the emphasis is on the Christ Child because it is His birthday. And...

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Soup for First Snowfall

The first real snowfall of the season always leaves me looking out the window more than usual. I never tire of seeing it fall in soft mounds. Today it was a lazy snow but enough accummulation that I had to use the snow shovel. What to cook for the first...

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School Morning Muffins

With school well underway, there continues to be the challenge of coming up with quick and easy breakfast ideas. Here is a muffin recipe that you make once and bake fresh any time in the next several weeks. This is because the recipe is really huge. It makes 52...

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New Blog Look – Same Chef

Do you recognize this cooking and kids blog?? It got a new face lift today and I hope you like it. Since it is almost fall and the watermelon season is about over I thought we needed a change. I wanted to have a food related theme and then found this orange-cheezy...

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Christmas Story

I know it is too early to think about Christmas, but I have a story to tell you. Actually, it is a story told by another author and I just finished reviewing her book. It is called The Littlest Christmas Kitten. This gentle, heartwarming story is about a little lost...

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Ice Cream and End of Summer

Here is another way to say good-bye to summer - bake some Ice Cream Muffins. This is a really simple but fun recipe you may want to whip up for your family sometime during this long holiday week-end. Ice Cream Muffins 1 cup ice cream 1 cup self-rising flour OR 1 cup...

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