Category: Cooking with AlyCat
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Chocolate Chip Cookies with The Daughters of Destiny
My children love to help in the kitchen and cook up wonderful goodies. It’s especially fun when we’re making desserts! We did this sometime last year but i’m just now writing it out and uploading it. This is a really quick cookie recipe that makes a few dozen small cookies or about a dozen large…
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Organic Grocery Goodies (look in my bags)
Here’s a video of all the goodies our family bought from our FAVORITE local, organic, natural grocery store – New Leaf Community Market down in the Santa Cruz area. Check out why i shop the way i do and what i’m planning for upcoming meals. It’s a bit lengthy, so grab some coffee or tea…
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Holiday Birthday Cake and Pies
December 25th is hubby’s birthday, so every year i try and create these wonderful meals and desserts that he likes. He’s very easy to please and pretty much eats whatever yummy goodness i place in front of him. He typically does have a few requests, like sweet potato pie or Maryland Crab cakes. This year…
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Pre-Turkey Day Shopping Fun
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKdbjZnfRqk&version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0]
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Granny’s Baked Macaroni and Cheese (video)
Who doesn’t love a nice heaping of yummy macaroni and cheese? With the holidays upon us i’m sure they’ll be plenty to go around. Just in case you can’t get to where they’ll be any or you want to learn how to make your own – i made this video just for you. Yes, You…
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Sunday Dinner – Ethiopian Style
I cooked a full Ethiopian style dinner on Sunday. I made about 5 different dishes, including the fermented flat bread and buttermilk curds. I didn’t do any recipe tutorials because i was busy “burning” in the kitchen. LOL! Some of the dishes i made were; Messer wat (red lentil stew) Doro wat (red lentils with…
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My Children Like Natural Grocers Too!
Our typical Saturday usually finds up wandering around a grocery store like other folks would wander around the mall. We take the food we eat seriously, thus why we’re always buying food and why we take our time to ensure we buy the best possible food. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7welCXNMzg] If you want to see some of the…
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Farmer Market Finds
We’ve been to quite a few farmers markets in our area. However, the one we found a few weeks ago just may be “the one.” They sold food that could be eaten on the spot, smoked salmon and fresh clam chowder soup, flowers, loads of seasonal produce, local information, eggs . . . they even…
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Apple Pull Apart Bread with The Daughters of Destiny (video)
The Daughters of Destiny and i made some yummy apple bread from a recipe shared on one of my mommy sites. We made it together in our kitchen, which was really fun. This is a simple recipe and takes no time to make at all. It’s best served hot and fresh from the oven. Apples…