tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71362808085420809422024-02-06T22:15:32.034-08:00Mom Loves To Cook!Mackennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13911840312538506664noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136280808542080942.post-19702286560114031962013-05-30T12:41:00.000-07:002013-05-30T12:41:06.465-07:00Pina Colada Smoothie - Kid Friendly<span lang="EN"><div style="text-align: center;">
There is nothing like laying on the beach with a pina colada in your hand. This however, is <u>far</u> from my reality. Next best thing I guess will be sipping on this pina colada smoothie while trying to block out sounds of screaming and arguing voices of my children. If I focus really really hard I can hear the waves crashing, or is that my temples throbbing?! All joking aside this smoothie is delicious and kid friendly. Feel free to make this an adult only version - just add a little rum!!</div>
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1/2 cup yogurt (any kind - I used vanilla)</div>
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1 cup fresh pineapple</div>
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1/8 cup unsweetened shredded coconut (I buy it at Whole Foods)</div>
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Place all of the ingredients in the blender, blend until smooth and enjoy.</div>
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I had raspberries that were due to be eaten or tossed and I hate throwing away food. On a whim I poured the raspberries and all of their juices over a clementine I had pealed and separated. </div>
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The combination of these two fruits together is absolutely delicious. It is perfectly sweet but tart. </div>
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I love leftovers! I might sound crazy, but honestly I do. I hate to throw food away and I think food can have more or at least a different flavor the next day. </div>
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Not much is better than a grilled cheese...that is until you add in flavorful meat and then everything changes!</div>
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I started by making a traditional grilled cheese with some twists.</div>
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Butter your bread - I use whole wheat</div>
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Lay cheese on one side - I used American cheese (that is all we had, plus I love it)</div>
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I then placed fresh basil on the cheese</div>
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Next, I took my leftover meatloaf from <a href="http://momlovestocook.blogspot.com/2013/05/hide-veggies-meatloaf.html" target="_blank">Hide the Veggies Meatloaf</a>, sliced it thin and </div>
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Top with more cheese and basil, add the top piece of bread and toast on both sides.</div>
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This was so good. Next time I think I will add on some marinara sauce or have some on the side to dip the sandwich in.</div>
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Mackennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13911840312538506664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136280808542080942.post-23701982452172567942013-05-18T17:54:00.000-07:002013-05-18T17:54:09.706-07:00Heart Polka Dot Cake - Girl Birthday Cake Idea<div style="text-align: center;">
My "baby" girl is six. My how the time goes by! Shelby could not decide on what she wanted for her cake, so this was a joint effort idea. We took her favorite colors: pink, purple and blue and incorporated them as much as we could in the cake. Pretty simple, but she loved it and that is all that matters to me!</div>
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I used Wilton's white chocolate melts and colored them to the color I wanted. </div>
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The cake was a double layer, chocolate and funfetti. I used pink, purple and blue frosting in between the layers. </div>
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Mackennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13911840312538506664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136280808542080942.post-3895998553054663012013-05-18T17:36:00.003-07:002013-05-18T17:38:08.125-07:00Hide the Veggies - MeatloafI don't know about you, but it can be difficult to get vegetables into my children, at least a variety. My daughter Shelby loves red peppers, my son Liam hates them. Liam loves carrots, Shelby hates them. My youngest Ian doesn't eat any vegetables; at least so he thinks!!!<br />
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2lbs ground hamburger (can sub ground turkey)</div>
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Now most meatloaf recipes have you combine all the ingredients together, place in a pan, cook and serve. Well, my children would not be impressed with eating vegetables they "don't like!"</div>
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Get out your box and micro-plane graters. Yes, it takes a little muscle but the end result is worth it. Make sure to be careful and watch out for your fingers!</div>
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I used the box grater for the carrots & zucchini on the smallest grater side. I used the microplane over a bowl for the red pepper, onion and garlic. I did this to catch all of the juices from the veggies. The juice holds too much flavor and nutrients to just throw away!</div>
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Yum Yum!! This meatloaf is so flavorful and moist from all of the hidden vegetables.</div>
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I didn't tell my kids what was in it, even when they asked. I would respond and say it is just like a big burger cooked in a pan. I had to put cheese on Liam's to get him to eat it, but Shelby ate two servings! Yeah!!</div>
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Mackennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13911840312538506664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136280808542080942.post-57670041830928389342012-11-29T10:04:00.000-08:002014-07-16T08:31:40.451-07:00Beach - Ocean Birthday Cake <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">My sister asked me to make her mother-in-law's, Christine, birthday cake. Christine is absolutely crazy about the beach, especially Cape Cod. Living in MA she pretty much lives there all summer long. For her surprise 60th birthday party I made her this cake. She cried when she saw it. I was so proud to part of such a special day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I made a sheet vanilla and chocolate cake. I stacked them with vanilla butter cream frosting in the middle. This way every piece had some vanilla and chocolate cake. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">The shells are candies, not soap.(That is what everyone asked me.) I use a Wilton's candy mold and swirled different color melts to give it a marble look. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">For the seaweed I melted white chocolate and put dark green food coloring. It did seize up a bit so I also added a couple teaspoons of Crisco until it was the right consistency. I then placed the chocolate on wax paper until it hardened. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">The sand is gram crackers that I crushed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">The sand dunes and tower lighthouse is on are rice krispies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">The lighthouse is a "dust collector" my mom had. The fencing is a bamboo place mat that I bought at a dollar store and then cut to size. The chair was purchased at a party supply store. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This cake was made as a "Welcome To the USA" for a close family friend, Maria, who passed her immigration test and is now a US citizen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is a double-layer white cake with strawberries in the center. The frosting is a whip cream frosting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was so nervous about making a cake for someone besides family, of course I was freaking out and messed up. After delivering the cake I came home and it then hit me that I forgot to put on the 50 stars...hello! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maria said it was delicious and her family didn't seem to mind; the whole cake was eaten that night! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Who doesn’t love banana bread?? Well, I guess someone who doesn’t like bananas. That person does not exist in my home. I made this bread and in 24 hours it was gone. This is my all time favorite recipe for banana bread. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Over the weekend was her party and my sister asked us all to bring a dish. I made potato salad. I always get great reviews when I bring this to a party or get together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I start by baking my potatoes. I think it gives this dish a lot more flavor. Once they are fork tender, allow them to cool and then peal and cut into inch size cubes. Add in diced egg, bacon and cucumber. I drizzle the mustard around the bowl three rounds, maybe 2 tablespoons; I give the celery salt about 6 shakes, about 1 teaspoon. Then mix in the mayo. Start with a cup and add more as needed. You can always add some ingredients, but once they are there it is hard to take them back out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">My children love waffles. I usually buy Eggo’s, but after my 6 year old downs three of them and is still hungry, it really made me think about what is in them. There is not much bulk to get them through the day, so I decided to take matters into my own hands. I came up with a spiced apple waffle with some whole wheat flour. They loved them. It is an easy way to sneak fruit into their diet without them even knowing it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I ask my children, and nieces and nephews, what they want for their cake and go from there. Over the last couple of years I have made some crazy cakes, and with them made myself a little crazy in the process. I tend to be a perfectionist. This is not a good quality to have when you are not a trained baker trying to make a stand out birthday cake! Here are some pics of my creations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I made this cake for Liam's 4th birthday. I used the Candy Land game board as a guide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">This is by far my favorite cake I have ever made. It was for Liam's 5th birthday and my nephew, Reid's, 7th birthday. The pirate Lego pieces are actually my husband's. He kept a lot of his childhood toys. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">To be honest, I can not take full credit for this cake. I baked, molded and frosted the cakes, but Spencer, my husband, did most of the decorating. I must say he did an awesome job. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">This cake was for Shelby's 4th birthday and Ian's 1st birthday. We do a lot of joint parties! Shelby wanted a castle, so I decorated half for a girl and the other half for a boy. Not my best creation. I was running out of time, so I really rushed this one. If you can see in the background, there are pots full of flower candies that I made as favors for this party. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The walls are rice cereal and the tops of the towers are gram crackers dipped in chocolate. I also topped them off with upside down ice cream cones dipped in chocolate,(not shown in the picture.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">This cake was for my nieces 8th grade graduation. When I asked her what she wanted, she said a double rainbow. There is this song and video on YouTube about a double rainbow. I guess it is really popular with the young folk. The rainbows are Skittles I attached with royal icing. It was a big hit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I am not super happy with the outcome, although I am hard on myself. I really wanted it to be a lot cleaner, but no one in my family likes fondant icing, so I used good old butter cream. Around the bottom of the cakes I put Lego candies, I found at a not-so-local candy store. It was worth the drive, the kids loved them. The boys were very happy with their cakes. They were even happier decorating the cake, I let them put the Lego guys on!</span></div>
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Hurricane Irene made her way up the coast. It rained at my house for 18 hours strait, if not more. We had about 7 inches of rain fall. We were very fortunate to not have any major damage to our home, except for some flooding in the basement. </div>
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For me a rainy day equals one thing: cooking. I didn’t have as much time as I would have liked to cook, due to having to shop-vac the basement for a good 6 hours.</div>
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I made corn chowder and grilled cheese sandwiches. I got rave reviews from my husband. The leftovers didn’t last long. </div>
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Recipe:</div>
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2 Tbs butter</div>
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1 Tbs olive oil</div>
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1 medium yellow onion – small chop</div>
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3 cloves of garlic – minced</div>
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5 springs of thyme – leaves only</div>
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¼ c flour</div>
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6 c chicken stock or broth</div>
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2 c heavy cream</div>
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2 russet potatoes – small cubes, smaller then a dice</div>
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8 ears or corn </div>
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6 stripes of cooked bacon</div>
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pepper to taste, careful of the salt; the stock has a lot</div>
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Heat the butter and olive oil in a large soup pan. Add the onion first and let it cook a couple mins, then add the garlic and thyme. Let cook until the onions are transparent. Sprinkle over the flour and let it cook 2 mins while stirring. Next, slowly wisk in the stock a little at a time, allowing the flour and vegetables to mix in without forming clumps. Bring to a boil. Add the potatoes and the heavy cream and let it boil softly for about 10 minutes. Add in the corn and bacon and simmer for about 10 minutes or until all of the vegetables are tender. </div>
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Serve with your favorite hot sandwich. </div>
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I made a grilled cheese on roasted garlic ciabatta bread. Delicious!!<br />
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