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If you ask any group of kids what their favorite ice cream is, cookies and cream is bound to come up at least a few times. Making homemade ice cream, like this cookies and cream ice cream recipe, is one of my family's favorite pastimes. Ice cream making is a good test in patience and early kitchen skills. It’s a great activity for rainy [...] Continue Reading

'Tis the season for rich, creamy homemade eggnog in every form - kid-friendly, spiked, made with heavy cream, dairy-free and of course it's most decadent iteration - ice cream!! As someone who occasionally turns on Christmas music in July, I have to admit that I did not wait until the official holiday season to begin making this [...] Continue Reading

Creamy and minty with just the right amount of chocolatey goodness, this dairy-free mint chocolate chip ice cream has the smooth, rich texture of the real deal. Seriously, if you've tried dairy-free ice cream before and the texture felt too icy and thin, I think you'll love this easy recipe. I'm only temporarily dairy-free as part of [...] Continue Reading

Parenting Rule #386: Always say grown-up. Not adult, GROWN-UP. This is an essential distinction to make, or else you may find yourself standing in a very public place with a child asking loudly, "Mommy, can I watch the adult movie, too?" (It was What About Bob - the only grown-up option available where we were staying on vacation. Don't [...] Continue Reading

So, my husband might be an alien. Everyone knows that eating cookie dough is better than eating actual cookies - it's practically a law of the universe, like thermodynamics and general relativity, But when I told him I was making cookie dough ice cream bars he looked at me and said, "Why would you want to do THAT?" See? Alien. I'm going to [...] Continue Reading

A few weeks ago I promised my littles a movie and homemade ice cream, then promptly dipped my shoulder in red hot lava damaged my rotator cuff while paddle boarding. If you've ever broken a promise to three excited kids, you know exactly what happened next. I made the ice cream. Okay, "made" is probably a stretch. I dumped a bunch of stuff [...] Continue Reading

I'm a big believer in letting kids help in the kitchen. I'm also a big believer in sanity, and sometimes these values collide. "Let's make breakfast together!" can - and has - quickly devolved into the following phrases. Ummm, why are the eggs in the cast iron grill pan? How are you going to scramble them? Top left . . . no, your other left. Yes, [...] Continue Reading

Sometimes we do birthday cake at my house, and sometimes we do birthday pecan pie. You see, it's one of our family traditions that my kids can request whatever dessert their heart desires for their special day, and that has led to some pretty interesting requests.  This year my oldest son requested homemade pecan pie, and though his [...] Continue Reading