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Oreo Truffles

December 19, 2009 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 26 Comments

These sweet little treats are fun to make and everybody loves them! I bet a lot of you already have this recipe - they were a hit last year in the recipe blogging world and got passed around quite a bit! I got the recipe off of the Picky Palate who got it from someone else... they must be good right?! The only thing I changed was using a little more cream cheese - with only one package of cream

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Filed Under: Candy, Chocolate, Christmas Tagged With: candy, chocolate, Christmas recipes, oreos

Triple Chocolate covered nuts

December 9, 2009 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 24 Comments

Now this is a classic in our family. What's Christmas without an endless supply of chocolate covered nuts?! My Dad's favorite was always the chocolate covered peanuts while the women tended to favor the variety of fancy mixed nuts. We must appreciate the subtleties of flavor much more than the men of the family! It's pretty much the same story in my house today... my hubby loves the peanuts and

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Filed Under: Candy, Chocolate, Christmas, Nuts Tagged With: candy, chocolate, Christmas, nuts, peanuts

Mom’s Soothing Drink for a Sore Throat

December 8, 2009 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 16 Comments

This afternoon my oldest son came home from school looking miserable. When I asked about his day, he told me that his throat hurt and he felt awful. I told him to change out of his damp clothes (it is gray and rainy here in Tennessee) and get into warm and comfy clothes while I prepared something that would help him feel better. I quickly whipped up my Mom's Soothing Drink for a Sore Throat. My

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Filed Under: Beverages, Grandma's Recipes, Lemon, Melanie

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

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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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