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How To Create Happy and Nourishing Family Dinners

October 27, 2012 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 3 Comments

  Family Dinner Class Notes These are the notes from a class I have taught. I learned so much as I prepared and I hope you do too! What are your experiences with family dinner?Is it a time of major stress??It used to be for me… when 4-5pm rolled around and I was scrambling to figure out what to make—with every recipe I looked at— realizing I was missing a key ingredient or two!I had

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Filed Under: Food For Thought, How To Tagged With: family dinner, family time, how to, meal planning

Frankenstein Pudding Cups

October 24, 2012 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 4 Comments

I made this spooky Frankenstein pudding cups treat the other night for Family Home Evening.  It was one of those days spent hurrying from thing to thing, and it was FHE time before I knew it.  You know those kind of days.   Thankfully  I remembered seeing something like this on pinterest, and I so I whipped some Frankenstein Pudding Cups together much to the delight of my kiddos (and my husband,

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Filed Under: Halloween, Trifles and Puddings Tagged With: dessert, halloween, kids in the kitchen, pudding, quick

How To: Make Pumpkin Pie Spice

October 23, 2012 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 29 Comments

How To: Make Pumpkin Pie Spice

Have you ever wondered how to make Pumpkin Pie Spice yourself?  One of my very favorite fall recipes is this Cranberry Pumpkin Bread and it calls for 2 TB of pumpkin pie spice and it seems that my tiny little jar of store bought pumpkin pie spice was always empty.  This is no surprise considering the large amount needed each time I baked that bread:)  I was always annoyed when I went to buy it

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, How To, Melanie, Pumpkin, Thanksgiving Tagged With: pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice

Pumpkin Pie Dip

October 8, 2012 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 10 Comments

One of our sweet and thoughtful readers shared this recipe with us in the comments for the Chewy Ginger Snap cookie recipe.  She said it was fantastic dip for ginger snaps...and boy was she RIGHT!  This really is such a fun dip for this time of year.  I think it would make a great addition to the Thanksgiving dessert table.  In case you didn't want a whole piece of pumpkin pie--you could

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Filed Under: Dips & Spreads, Melanie, Pumpkin Tagged With: dips, fall, pumpkin, pumpkin pie

Halloween Pretzel Bites

September 27, 2012 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 31 Comments

Halloween Pretzel Bites

Halloween Pretzel Bites are the best snack for little fingers to make.  My crazy little boys and several cousins (all younger than 5) were running around like little tornadoes at my house last week.  Desperate for a little more peace, I whipped out the ingredients to Halloween Pretzel Bites and let these little boys go to town.  Worked like a charm.  And I felt like the world's greatest Mom/Auntie

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Filed Under: Chocolate, Halloween, Kids in the Kitchen Tagged With: halloween, halloween party food

White Texas Sheet Cake

September 26, 2012 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 55 Comments

One of my all time  favorite desserts is this Texas Sheet Cake I posted a couple of weeks ago.  Seriously YUMMY!  Well, I got wind of a recipe for a white Texas Sheet Cake and had to try it out.  My my my--this cake is DIVINE!  Moist and buttery with a hint of almond in the frosting.  It really was equally fantastic to the popular chocolate version.  I love that it is so easy to make, comes

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Filed Under: Cake, Melanie

Perfect Pumpkin Bread 3 Ways

September 13, 2012 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 44 Comments

Perfect Pumpkin Bread 3 Ways

I can feel Fall in the air, even here in Tennessee and I am so excited.  The warm humid air is giving way to light cool breezes , and let me tell you, that is thrilling after a long hot summer in the South.  Although I love our summers spent poolside, I am oh-so ready for Fall!    There is something about the change of seasons that is good for the soul, don't you think?   I may be hurrying it

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Filed Under: Melanie, Pudding, Pumpkin, Quick Bread Tagged With: fall baking, pumpkin, quick bread, sweet bread

Raspberry Butter

September 10, 2012 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 11 Comments

Raspberry Buitter

My sister brought to my attention that I have never posted my raspberry butter recipe.  I am glad she pointed that out, because it really is so good and should definitely be on The Sisters Cafe where we collect our favorite recipes! I once had this in the Carriage House restaurant in Salt Lake City and I thought I had died and gone to heaven.  Freshly

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Filed Under: Jams & Spreads, Melanie Tagged With: butter, flavored butter, raspberry, spreads

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Hi! I’m Melanie, a Wife, Mother and now a Grandma (Mimi)!  My goal is to help YOU gather your family and friends together, one great recipe at a time!

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I developed my love of cooking at an early age “helping” my Mom bake cookies, make dinner, and knead bread. She had quite the well of patience! She is the one that taught me about measurements, leavening agents, egg-washes, the basic white sauce, and numerous other mysteries of the kitchen!  I cherish the memories I have of learning to cook at her side. Thank you Mom! You instilled in me a respect for work as well as a joy in creating delicious things. I love you! xoxo

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