Grace’s Kitchen

10 Ways to Get Small Children Involved in the Kitchen

My kid likes to cook. I dare say she loves it. She doesn’t care whether she’s cooking in her play kitchen, or if she’s cooking in my kitchen. She just likes to cook. Whenever I’m in the kitchen, trying to prepare food, Grace wants to help. She pushes her Learning Tower up to whatever surface [...]

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Muffin Tin Monday – Circles

Are you sitting down? Please do so before continuing. The following Muffin Tin Meal contains no leftovers. None. Not even one bite of anything Grace had eaten at a prior meal. I know. It doesn’t happen often. I even decided to use a theme. Another shocker! Because Grace really loves this cake stand, I decided [...]

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Muffin Tin Stir Fry

I say the same thing about Grace’s muffin tin meals week after week. Supper deconstructed. Blah, blah, blah. This time, it was supper deconstructed, but it was really leftovers served for lunch. I picked the parts out of the leftovers, put them in muffin cups, added some dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets, and put the whole thing [...]

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Another Supper Saved by a Muffin Tin

We are having such a hard time convincing Grace to eat these days. It’s unreal. It’s not that she refuses to eat everything. She happily eats ice cream, blueberry cereal bars, oatmeal, and fruit. But if it looks like supper? Forget it. So… muffin tins have come to my rescue. Most recently, I have been [...]

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Muffin Tin Swap 2010

Grace has been having Muffin Tin meals periodically throughout the summer. I haven’t gotten the chance to post some of them, but she has really enjoyed the concept. Michelle, the Muffin Tin Mom, sponsored a Muffin Tin Swap in June and July. The idea was that each person would get a partner, and buy muffin [...]

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Muffin Tin Monday

Are you familiar with Muffin Tin Monday? Every Monday, parents all over the world post their muffin tin lunches. What’s a Muffin Tin Lunch? A muffin tin lunch is lunch served in a muffin tin. Easy enough, right? A muffin tin requires small portions, small foods, and a lot of offerings. Some parents go to [...]

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Heart-Shaped Pizza

Joe, Grace, and I recreated No Time for Flash Cards’ heart-shaped pizzas on Valentine’s Day. I love using cookie cutters to make unexpected food shapes, and we all loved eating these pizzas!

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Double Chocolate Pecan Cookies

My earliest Christmas memory involves chocolate and cherries and raisins and peanuts. It was warm outside, so I think it was October or early November. My sisters, my mom, and I were helping my Grandma to make Christmas candy. Or, more accurately, my mom was helping, and we were eating. My recollection of the day [...]

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Cooking Holiday Treats is a Treat

One of my Christmas season goals is to make special holiday treats with Gracie at least twice. Every year, we make some holiday treats and package them up to distribute to our neighbors. It’s a little token of good will, and everyone loves some extra Christmas cookies. I’m a little embarrassed to say this, but [...]

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The Easiest Cherry Pie Ever – Easy Thanksgiving Recipes

I make 3 pies for Thanksgiving dinner. It doesn’t matter how many guests are coming, nor who they are. Thanksgiving isn’t Thanksgiving without a slice of cherry pie. And a slice of pumpkin pie. And a slice of pecan pie. It just isn’t. And I make all 3 of them myself, usually on Tuesday before [...]