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Sep 23, 20233 min read
Easy Nutella Pops Made With Three Ingredients To Make With Grandchildren, Beginning with Toddlers
This Grandma always checks whether I have written a previous blog post on a topic before I write a new post on a topic. I am always on a...
Jul 2, 20234 min read
This Five Star Chocolate Dump Cake Wins The Best Dump Cake Award
More than anything else, this Grandma loves chocolate of any kind, dark, milk white, and anything made with chocolate. This Grandma loves...
Nov 19, 20222 min read
For a Thanksgiving Dessert, Make Ahead Oreo Ice Cream Cake is the Best: Easy, Simple Ingredients, No Bake and Grandchildren Friendly
Looking for the best and easy make ahead no bake Thanksgiving dessert to make with grandchildren for Thanksgiving, I looked for ice cream...
Oct 23, 20222 min read
Introduce Your Grandchildren To Ina Garten With The Easiest Delicious Chocolate Cake to make Together To Start, And As They Get Older, They Too Will Love Her Recipes Forever
This Grandma was introduced to Ina Garten by a dear, long (we never say old) friend who swears by her recipes. I think she thought I...
Oct 16, 20223 min read
Fast and Easy Halloween Cookies and Special Treats for 2022, Halloween Treats for Babies, Healthy,
After looking at literally dozens of articles on Halloween cookies and treats of all kinds, this Grandma has curated those fast and easy...
Sep 18, 20222 min read
How To Make Candy Coated Cake Pops Like Those Found at Starbucks At Home With or For Grandchildren
It is dangerous to take grandchildren into Starbucks. These little balls of cake with frosting and sprinkles on a stick like a lollipop...
Sep 11, 20224 min read
Five Tips to Perfect This Grandma’s Best Mac and Cheese Recipe For Grandchildren Anytime and For Special Occasions for the Whole Family
When our oldest grandchildren, now teenagers, were younger, California Pizza Kitchen was their favorite restaurant, solely for their Mac...
Aug 7, 20224 min read
Nutella Fluff or Blender Chocolate Mousse: Pick Your Easy Version to Make For Grandchildren and Just Call It Nutella Pudding
Our four year old grandson, while visiting this weekend, made a restaurant out of Legos. I asked him what he was going to serve in his...
Mar 25, 20223 min read
Comfort Food During the 2022 Winter of Chaos With Grilled Cheese and Homemade Tomato Soup
With all the chaos and uncertainty around us this winter, as well as record breaking temperatures nationwide and ridiculous amounts of...
Nov 28, 20212 min read
No Bake Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies and Place Cards to Make With Grandchildren
For Thanksgivings past, the preschool grandchildren came home with Thanksgiving decorations that I have kept and still adorn our...
Aug 29, 20213 min read
Easy Vanilla or Chocolate Pudding Dirt Cake Recipe Especially With Grandchildren Who Love to Play in the Dirt
Our youngest grandchild has the largest sandbox at home created by his handy father. Nevertheless, he took his wagon, favorite excavator...
Jul 4, 20212 min read
It Cannot Get Easier than A Fourth of July Red, White, and Blue Cake Made In Minutes For 2021 Celebr
Even President Biden says it is time to celebrate! This Fourth of July 2021 is most special as many of us have not enjoyed the company of...
Jul 3, 20215 min read
Worms in Strawberries and Levels of Filth, Mold, and Insects Allowed in Our Food By The FDA Oh My!
Growing up with Holocaust survivor parents, our refrigerator and pantry overflowed with food. So much food that there was spoilage. That...
Apr 29, 20214 min read
Spring and Summer Dessert Pizza Recipes after Pizza for Breakfast
It is hard for this Grandma to realize that I have been sharing “grandma lessons” since September 2011, almost ten years. What is harder...
Dec 18, 20204 min read
Great Grandmother’s Famous Butter Cookies and the Best 2020 Homemade Christmas, Chanukah, and Specialty Disney and U.S. States Cookies For Games To Play and Times to Share, With the Best Ways to Mail
GG (Great Grandmother) Frieda, my mother, was a great cook and an even greater baker. Our home was overflowing with food and sweets as...
Jul 22, 20205 min read
The Four Ways The Pandemic COVID-19 Even Affects Our Celebration of National Ice Cream Month
July is National Ice Cream Month. That makes sense. July is the highlight month of the summer, with July 4th and summer vacations and...
Jun 24, 20204 min read
Rainbow Bread to Enjoy On Our Way to Reach “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
Times are hard right now for all of us. There is a perfect song for this time,“Somewhere over the Rainbow” from Wizard of Oz. If you have...
May 20, 20202 min read
For A Sweet Relief From Seriousness of the Pandemic, Ice Cream Bread To Try Out For Yourself With The Leftover Rainbow Sprinkles You Cannot Now Share With Your Grandchildren or Zoom Make it With Them
Pandemic Pounds. That is what I call the extra weight I am carrying around due to a sweet tooth and being home all the time to overdo. ...
Feb 12, 20203 min read
Valentine’s Day 2020With GG’s (Great Grandmother) Cookie Recipe or David’s Cookies
This Grandma realized several years ago that greeting cards and stamps for mailing are getting so expensive that it is not much more to...
Feb 5, 20203 min read
Introducing Salad to Grandchildren Putting Fruits and Vegetables On A Pedestal First and Other Art Installation Projects
Honoring fruits and vegetables by putting them on a pedestal never occurred to this Grandmother. It took an artist exhibiting at the...
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