Katrina Cooks

That's right, Pumpkin Floats... festive and tasty. Try 'em!! Pumpkin Floats (created by me, and they are delicious!) Dreyer's Pu...

Our kids are hilarious. Last night, Erik was insistent that he wanted to eat the "orange" that he'd gotten off the counter. It...

Two of my favorite little people both celebrated their birthdays with us this weekend, and I had great fun making cupcakes for both of them....

Happy Birthday, Jamie! In honor of the BIG "Twenty-17" as Madeline would say, here are some delicious chocolate cupcakes decorate...

We made crock pot applesauce today, and Erik & Solomon cubed nearly all of the apples for it (after I peeled, cored, and sliced). We did...

Madeline came home with this recipe today. I knew they'd made applesauce last week since each kid brought an apple for the recipe, and t...

Bento-style lunch really is the best thing ever. It's so fast and easy. This morning I packed Mads' lunch in about 4 minutes (includ...

Jewish New Year, that is, and boy is this a wonderful cake to celebrate the occasion. Joel mentioned that his boss, Mike, was hunting down s...

I love the Smitten Kitchen blog — fabulous recipes, inspiring stuff, really. And, as Deb always has the best recipes, and I'm always lo...

Rainbow chard has been my fave veggie this summer, and I created a really easy recipe that is delicious and a power-house of nutrition! Rain...

The kids love messing with dough — bread dough, biscuit dough, cookie dough, play dough and salt dough. This week I made three batches of pl...

My version of Trophy's Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes... the recipe needs a little tweaking (a different cake base, and maybe something ...

Madeline wanted a "castle cake just like Malaika's" for her birthday, and I very nearly bought one from QFC, but... we make ca...

Happy Birthday, Gramma/Mom/Lora/Freebo!! Today is Lora's birthday, and we decorated her cake this morning. As Mad was putting on the car...

Hmm... Mad made this declaration tonight about Steve's Black Forest Cherry Cheesecake, that I made with the kids' "help." ...