Katrina Cooks

We don't have sun right now. It's just plain cold out, and mostly gray, so we made our own sunny food for dinner last night—Jerk Chi...

The kids inhaled this dinner the other night—even had seconds, and Erik has not been a fan of pasta in the past (and M's been getting m...

I made Canneles for the first time this morning (well, I mixed up the batter last night since it's best to let it rest). They are fabulo...

Harvesting rosemary and then making mud pies in her "sunshine oven" ...

Used up the rest of my veggies (aubergine, red pepper and courgettes), pork and pie dough to make pasties for tea today. Also, made some wee...

Mmm.... Madeline helped me make dark chocolate cupcakes with coconut buttercream frosting, topped with toasted flaked coconut for Ro's b...

So, we watched the movie Ratatouille last week, and Madeline loved it. Despite my great aversion to rodents of most kinds, and rats in part...

Until today, I'd never eaten a parsnip. Turns out, they're pretty tasty. They came in our box this week, and I found Joel's Unc...

We had 1/2 a bulk egg carton left from Christmas, so I made Madeline a sorting "game." She loves it. I hot-glued one item in each ...

These are an old Italian Christmas cookie recipe, and I decided to try them since they remind me of a cookie that my Zia used to make when I...

I recently read an article in Wondertime magazine about a woman who took her baby on holiday to France. She compared the differences in how ...

I finally made my first La Bûche de Noël (for New Year's Eve) and the kids utterly enjoyed the process. Madeline was licking the beater ...

Made Chai Krumkake, Date-filled Oatmeal and Gingerbread cut-outs(decorated with apricots, raisins and mini chocolate chips), plus Cherry-Coc...

So, we're all better and back on track with some holiday cheer. I wrapped some presents yesterday, and went in to work today (didn'...

Today was my Lil' Grammy's birthday—I know I've posted this pic before, but it's one of my favorites, and she was (and conti...