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Perfect One Bowl Homemade Brownies

November 23, 2009 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 14 Comments

These Perfect One Bowl Homemade Brownies are seriously the BEST brownies in my opinion. They are fudgy and delicious, and so easy to make. You only use one bowl and a wooden spoon! We had these twice this weekend. On Saturday I made them to bring with ice cream to one of my husbands colleagues home where we were invited for dinner. Then we made them again on Sunday when we invited my boys school

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Filed Under: Bars, Brownies, Chocolate, Melanie Tagged With: bar cookies, brownies, chocolate

Homemade Chewy Granola Bars

November 16, 2009 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 18 Comments

Before I moved my neighbor shared with me a homemade chewy granola bar recipe that is YUM-Mee!! What a fun treat for kids! I like to serve them with some cut up fruit or carrot sticks for an after school snack. They are super easy to make and use ingredients that I usually have on hand. The bars pictured are a little thicker than usual. My boys were having friends over so I tried to double the

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Filed Under: Bars, Chocolate, Coconut, Kids in the Kitchen, Melanie, Oatmeal, Oatmeal and Granola Tagged With: chocolate chip, granola bars

Pumpkin Pancakes with Apple Cider Syrup

November 10, 2009 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 19 Comments

Pumpkin Pancakes with Apple Cider Syrup

I made these Pumpkin Pancakes with Apple Cider Syrup for dinner a couple of weeks ago and they were fantastic!! Since Erin just posted a pumpkin pancake recipe, (found here) I am sorry you are getting a repeat. I was just going to offer the syrup recipe I used, but then I noticed that our recipes for pumpkin pancakes were quite different, so you can pick which one you have the ingredients for. I

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Filed Under: Fall, Halloween, Melanie, Pancakes and Crepes, Pumpkin, Thanksgiving Tagged With: apple cider syrup, breakfast, fall, pumpkin pancakes

Pumpkin Pancakes (Martha Stewart recipe)

November 5, 2009 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 13 Comments

If you are like me, you probably have a container of leftover canned pumpkin in your fridge from Halloween weekend baking. I got this recipe from the Martha Stewart Magazine issue from October 2004. It's a great pancake recipe - soft and yummy. I just noticed that my sister, Melanie, also has a pumpkin pancake recipe to share, so it looks like no one around here will have leftover canned pumpkin

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Filed Under: Halloween, Pancakes and Crepes, Pumpkin, Thanksgiving Tagged With: fall baking, Martha Stewart, pancakes, pumpkin

Avocado Salsa

November 1, 2009 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 7 Comments

My friend Jenny gave me this fantastic avocado salsa recipe after she brought it to a BBQ one time and I LOVED it! I am really "into" making healthy chip dips for lunch. So much better than a PB & J with the kiddos! Sometimes I eat this with tostitos scoops and sometimes I eat it on top my salad, or even as a side dish with our dinner! (It is great on grilled chicken or veggies) Yum! This

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Filed Under: Avocado, Cilantro, Dips & Spreads, Melanie, Salsa- Homemade Tagged With: appetizers, avocado, bell pepper, chips, dip, garlic, lemon, olives, onion, salsa, snack

Peanut Butter Bars with Fudge Frosting

October 19, 2009 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 17 Comments

This is a family favorite. If you are in the mood for something SWEET then these are for you! My oldest son Connor whipped up a batch last Sunday. It is so great to have a budding cook in the house. He only makes treats right now, but I can see potential! I have an idea of giving each of my boys a weekly night to be in charge of helping me prepare, serve and clean up dinner. I think being

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Filed Under: Bars, Chocolate, Peanut Butter

Crispy Southwest Wraps (vegetarian)

October 12, 2009 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 23 Comments

Last week we tried this vegetarian recipe for Southwest Wraps and they were fantastic!  I have been trying to cook meals for my family that are created from natural whole foods and ingredients and have been using less meat. I have always had this as a goal, but sometimes I get a little lazy in my efforts. I was motivated to recommit and do better after I read 'The China Study' recently. Has anyone

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Filed Under: Avocado, Beans, Latin, Melanie, Rice, Vegetarian Tagged With: black beans, cheese, latin, Mexican, quick dinner, rice, vegetarian

Soft Pretzels

October 10, 2009 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 21 Comments

Soft Pretzels

I have had this Soft Pretzels recipe for ages... why haven't I made it before?! Mel gave it to me a long time ago and boy, have I been missing out. Actually it may have been wasted on just me because my little 2 yr old Gabe had a blast making them with me! He loved rolling out the "snakes" then "painting" them with egg wash and sprinkling on the salt (our pretzels ended up very salty!) This will

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Filed Under: Kids in the Kitchen, Melanie, Yeast Breads Tagged With: kids in the kitchen, pretzels, snacks, yeast bread

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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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