Milkmakers Review and Giveaway #Cookies

October 8, 2012 by 22 Comments

 

I’m sure that you’ve at least heard of Milk Makers. They are an absolutely amazing company. Which is why I’m thrilled to do a review for you as well as to offer you a giveaway of their great product.

About Milk Makers

Milk Makers is a company that makes wonderful nutrient filled cookies for breastfeeding mothers. The founder of the company, Emily Kane started it as a means to find a solution to her new issues when trying to balance going back to work and nursing her daughter. Milk Makers are packed with great flavors and fresh ingredients, as well as supplements that help boost a milk supply for a breastfeeding mother. Some of the supplements that are added are brewer’s yeast, oats, and flax seeds. For about $1.50 a day, a mother can boost her milk supply by eating a great cookie!

My Thoughts

I was very excited to give Milk Makers a try. I was able to successfully breastfeed my other daughter up to a year. I am not going to say that it was easy, as I am also a working mother! I It did get very tricky to be able to pump enough at work to compensate what [Read more…]

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Oatmeal Bread Recipe

August 10, 2012 by 5 Comments

This is a wonderful bread, my kids eat this up just for a snack! Those that don’t or won’t go through the hassle to knead bread this bread is for you!

Ingredients

1 cup boiling water

1cup rolled oats

1/3 cup shortening, softened

1/3 cup honey

1/2 tablespoon salt

4 1/2 tsp active dry yeast

1 cup warm water (this will be the water your dissolving yeast into)

1 egg

4 1/2 – 5 cups whole wheat flour

Directions

Dissolve yeast into the 1 cup warm water. Make sure it’s about 110F . Set it aside. You want to boil the other cup of water and pour oats, shortening , honey and salt in there. Stir till everything mixes together. Set this aside to cool. About lukewarm.

 

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Pear Upside Down Cake Recipe

April 4, 2012 by 10 Comments

I love making this cake, it’s easy and my kids always enjoy it no matter which fruit I choose to make it with. Whether it be pineapples, apples, apricots even or pears, this cake is sure to please! There’s never been left overs so don’t ask if it keeps well, we’re lucky it lasts fifteen minutes after it’s pulled from the oven. This is the basic recipe for Pineapple Upside Down cake, so if you want the pineapples, just sub the pears and add maraschino cherries along with pineapples slices. Just don’t count on having leftovers!

Pear Upside Down Cake


Ingredients
2 tablespoons butter

1/3 cup packed brown sugar

2 ripe pears, sliced

1 1/3 cups flour

2/3 cups sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

2/3 cup milk

1/4 cup butter, softened

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F

In a round cake pan (9 in) or even a 8×8 square pan melt the 2 tablespoons butter. Simply place it in the preheated oven at 350 and wait till the butter melts. Take the pan out and stir in the 1/3 cup brown sugar along with a tablespoon [Read more…]

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Apple Pie Recipe

March 6, 2012 by 7 Comments
When my son started eating solid food, I could not get him to eat enough fruits and vegetables. I tricked him by adding them into recipes. One of his favorite recipes is the Apple pie. I cook it at least once a month. It is an easy and healthy snack.
My son helps me by chopping the apples or mixing some of the dry ingredients. When kids help you preparing a dish, they will be eager to taste it and eat it. The following recipe is inspired from my grandmother. She makes everything from scratch: from the crust to the filling.

Ingredients
Crust
  • 2 cups of flour
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 Tablespoon of sugar
  • 1 cup of butter

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Wordless Wednesday! My Poor Birthday Cake….

January 24, 2012 by 12 Comments

(What happens when Daddy bakes, [Read more…]

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DaVinci Gourmet Syrups- Review and W!N Yours Here!

January 11, 2012 by 2 Comments

Flavor syrups are something you may have seen in your grandparents cupboard growing up. Maybe vanilla and hazelnut. Looked interesting enough, but didn’t taste that great when drank straight from the bottle.
Well as I am sure you are aware this is not the way to try something like this.

DaVinci Gourmet Syrups are the same premise but much different execution. these syrups can be used for any purpose you can think of. Add them to seltzer water to make Italian sodas. Drizzle a bit over some ice cream for a different kick. Even add it to your coffee as a change up from the regular french vanilla flavor.
There are quite a few different flavors depending on your taste.

There are the Classic flavors, made with all natural cane sugar. Specially formulated to be mixed with milk and also hold up to high heat. These classic flavors range from raspberry to vanilla, English Toffee and even watermelon.

Next up are the Sugar Free line of syrups. These are a bit less varied then the classic, but instead of cane sugar, they use Splenda as the sweeter of choice, thus leading to a zero calorie alternative to their heavier cousins. The flavors for these are also quite varied from banana, to praline and everything in between.

All Natural Flavors are [Read more…]

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Wordless Wednesday! Gingerbread House

January 10, 2012 by 5 Comments
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Cooking With Preschoolers: Swirly Lemon Cupcakes #Baking #Recipe

November 9, 2011 by 6 Comments

Not only can you make a swirly frosting pattern, but these fun cupcakes have swirls of
color on the inside too! Preschoolers and other young children love mixing the colors
and swirling the cupcakes! Cooking lets children practice math and science skills like
measuring, mixing, observing, predicting, and learning about change. This particular
activity also reinforces color and color changes.

Supplies:

* Your favorite Lemon Cake recipe (or mix!) and necessary ingredients
* Food coloring
* cupcake pan and liners
* Lemon frosting
* plastic baggies

Procedure:

1. Prepare your Lemon Cake according to directions.
2. Pour half the cake batter into two bowls. Add about 10 drops of food coloring to one
of the bowls. The natural color of most Lemon Cake batters is yellow. If you add blue
to the bowl (like the picture), your batter should turn green. Stir the batter to mix in the
color.

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