Lately, I’ve been on a greens kick. After discovering I could puree spinach and kale into my smoothies without affecting the taste, I started experimenting with hidden, pureed greens in EVERYTHING. And you know what? It totally works. We’re going through at least TWO giant bags of fresh greens per week at my house without my kids knowing they’ve eaten even a single bite of the stuff! In fact, Jamie will swear up and down he hates spinach and kale, [ Read More ]
Archive for the ‘Snacks’ Category
Snack of champions: chips and homemade salsa. Grace’s hippie sister here, surfacing for the first time in months to share a recipe that should come in handy for anybody who has a vegetable garden (or a neighbor with a garden). That’s right, kids: It’s salsa time.
These muffins are much lighter in texture than regular cream cheese muffins, which can sometimes seem like a little too much for the first thing in the morning. The cream cheese flavor still shines through in this version, but the muffins retain that light & fluffy weight to them because there’s not too much actual cheese and sugar weighing them down. All in all, I’d say they’re just right.
Yesterday, I decided to take the concept of a No-Bake and run with it. My four-year-old spends all weekend begging for one junk food or another, even when he knows it’s off limits. This recipe combines flavors Jamie associates with his favorite treats (like peanut butter and chocolate), but packs a protein and fiber wallop he wouldn’t be getting from a cookie. Grown-ups can equally benefit from trading in regular day-to-day indisgressions (like that 3 p.m. Snickers bar habit) for [ Read More ]
For years, I’ve been yearning for a home version of these little babies that proved as moist and dense as the real thing but didn’t require using Bisquick, which I don’t buy because I feel like it makes otherwise competent cooks need a crutch to lean on. Making Bisquick pancakes for the family on Sunday morning sort of seems like reading the Cliffs Notes version of Gone with the Wind. What’s the point? After being thoroughly disappointed with my Internet findings, [ Read More ]
For a text-only version of this recipe and complete ingredients listing, click here. This was so tempting I forgot to take a photo until after I’d already eaten half of my brownie. My bad. So I casually posted my status on Facebook yesterday as “pumpkin cheesecake brownies in the oven…”, and by bedtime I had a whole list of messages from friends asking for the recipe. I guess they just really sound like a good idea. Which, incidentally, they are. So, here [ Read More ]
This recipe — inspired by the green chile pecans I bought on my way down to Las Cruces, N.M., in March — is so easy, it hardly deserves to be called a recipe at all. Start by melting about three tablespoons of butter in a large skillet. Add a six-ounce package of pecan halves and saute lightly for a minute or so, stirring constantly. Dump in a packet of chili seasoning mix and stir until pecans are completely coated. Add [ Read More ]
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