Katrina Cooks

Uncle Andy's smoked salmon and Ritz crackers got Erik to try cream cheese again. Which he loves now... So, after eating two batches of ...

He lit the grill, he sliced veggies and fruit and garlic, and he made a few kabobs. He loved the chicken, and the regular mushrooms, hate...

E loves crepes. So much so, that the recipe is taped inside the kitchen cabinet where our pancake recipe is posted. So tonight the d...

Rainbow Pasta. They loved it. And, they still aren't big fans of pasta. Plus, it invoked teamwork, math, art (color mixing), and coo...

Mads learning her favorite Caesar dressing. It was fantastic. 3/4 c. mayo 2-3  cloves crushed garlic 3 Tbs. Parmesan cheese 1 Tbs. ...

It's that time again... the Girl Scout Cookie Recipe Contest ! And, this year because the Samoas cookie is turning 40 Samoas Dessert A...

Erik said, "No, mom, we need a bigger turkey than that. This one's so wee." I pointed out that it's a chicken. It was ...

He needed to plan some meals, and make some meals (dinner... coming up tonight). He enjoys it, and both of the kids have become boastf...

Let the lunch-making begin! We're ready for September 2nd. We love our Easy Lunchboxes ( http://www.easylunchboxes.com/ ) that I learne...

So, the most fun part of this dirt cake was the root-beer flavored gummy worms from Oriental Trading. I've (amazingly) only made dirt ...

So, instead of adding the cute witch hats to a batch of my Wicked Caramel Corn (which would be tasty), we went even easier (but very tast...

Last year on Pinterest, there was this sweet holiday snack mix with Chex and M&M's and pretzels and some other items, including ad...

My children adore Angry Birds; Joel got them hooked on the game. And, recently, while looking for back-to-school lunch ideas, I came across...

They were beyond excited to get some knife time in tonight, and were very good at listening and minding. They also zested, pressed, stirred,...

Last year we never got the chance to make this, so today we got busy on making a batch right after lunch! Vanilla Snow Cream Freshly scoope...