Farm Stand Apple Pie
The best apples come from farm stands, and so do the best pies. Mile high and loaded with crumbly topping, this pie will give you that farm fresh flavor, right in your own kitchen. Brought along to a pot luck, or served on your holiday buffet, everyone will want a second slice — and the [...]
Toy Story Green Alien Cupcakes
By Miranda Becker A troop of alien squeeze-toys played an important role in Buzz and Woody’s adventure. It’s a piece of cake to invite these little green monsters to your child’s Toy Story-themed party. You’ll need: Cupcakes, baked from your favorite recipe White frosting, store-bought or from your favorite recipe Neon green food coloring Mint-flavored chewable [...]
5-Minute Corn Recipes
Bring new flavor to fresh summer corn with these quick and easy recipe ideas. If you have 5 minutes … Rub cooked corn on the cob with sour cream, then sprinkle with grated hard cheese and chili powder for a Mexican twist. Cut cooked kernels off the cob and toss with penne, butter, basil, [...]
Ratatouille Recipe Cards
Every chef needs a place to record his brilliant culinary creations. Keep track of yourfavorite recipes with these funRatatouille recipe cards! Download the recipe cards:Ratatouille Recipe Cards Instructions: Print the recipe cardson regular paper or cardstock and cut them out. Fill in the blank fields with your favorite recipes. Disney Family.com’s printable crafts are specially designed with [...]
Kid-Tested Recipe Cards
“What, exactly, are ‘Crispy Cupcakes’?” I asked tentatively. “It’s a recipe I invented,” said 8-year-old Jackson. “Here, I wrote it down for you.” He handed me a sheet of paper with a carefully printed list of ingredients and an illustration penciled in beside each item. Stifling a laugh when I saw that Crispy Cupcakes required [...]
Easy Cinco de Mayo Recipes for the Whole Family
Some parents are leery of letting their children anywhere near the kitchen-and with good reason. Heating elements, sharp knives and breakable containers and dishes are hazardous for everyone, especially younger children. But with proper supervision, kids love helping out in the kitchen and making dinner for the family and with easy recipes like those found [...]
Plum Cake
There is not much that makes me feel more happily maternal than baking a small cake on a weeknight. And now I’m starting a new paragraph, because that sentence really needs to be left all alone up there. Maybe some of my hundreds of UC Santa Cruz feminist theory students circa 1992-1999 will come upon [...]
Soy-Glazed Tofu
Doesn’t “soy-glazed” sound so lovely? It was either that or “pan-roasted tofu” or “butter-browned tofu”-the idea being, of course, to make it sound like it’s halibut at a fancy restaurant, not like it’s a one-pound block of quivering beany blandness. Ah, tofu. We eat a lot of it. It’s inexpensive, it’s incredibly good for you, [...]
Gingerbread
This is just the kind of gingerbread you crave when dinnertime has suddenly become pitch-black and cold, as it now has, and you feel like it’s midnight all the time and like you’re up in Scotland drinking whiskey from the bottle and waiting for spring. It’s big, soft, and comforting, like the down comforter of [...]
Baked Pancake
Maybe you know this as a Dutch Baby or a German Pancake or as Yorkshire pudding or a ginormous popover. In our house we call it Baked Pancake, and we make it all the time. It is Ben’s favorite weekend breakfast, especially since he doesn’t mind waiting for it, while his starving starving STARVING sister [...]