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The Explosion Cake With A Special Surprise To Make For or With Grandchildren
This Grandma makes reservations. As a working mother, I rarely cooked and never baked. My Mother, GG Frieda, was an outstanding cook...
Nov 6, 20192 min read
All Grandmas Have A Magic Recipe That Even Children Not Their Own Grandchildren Love and Here is a Favorite For Magic Cookie Bars
Our oldest grandchildren were excited to visit us in Florida for spring break, and were even more excited that our younger...
May 15, 20192 min read
Layered Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Double Stuffed Oreos, and Triple Fudge Brownie Mix is An Overlo
It took a radio host to advise listeners that March 6, 1912 was when Oreo cookies were introduced to the world. The original Oreo...
Mar 27, 20194 min read
July Is Ice Cream Month and What is New to Celebrate With Grandchildren Of All Ages
If you had to choose a month of the year to be Ice Cream Month, July would be it. National Ice Cream Day is celebrated on the third...
Jul 18, 20183 min read
Pizza For Breakfast Is Finally Getting the Respect It Deserves and This Grandma’s Case For a Breakfast Feast Grandchildren Would Want For Breakfast, Part II
If you follow this blog, you will already know that this Grandma is obsessed with the concept of “Pizza for Breakfast” as a special...
Feb 16, 20183 min read
Best Easy Make Ahead Baked French Toast For Holiday Brunches And Five More Special French Toast Reci
One of the most requested breakfasts from our grandchildren is for this Grandma to make french toast, especially on a school day, where...
Jan 9, 20183 min read
Using Williams Sonoma Products to Cook With Grandchildren For Thanksgiving and Discovering Some Gluten Free Gems Too
Thanksgiving is the time for old favorite recipes, this Grandma has found. Everyone seems to crave the annual favorites. However,...
Nov 22, 20172 min read
How to Celebrate the Month of November’s National Sandwich Day With Grandchildren
November 3 each year is National Sandwich Day. There seems to be a day for everything celebrated in our country, and we can use each...
Nov 16, 20174 min read
How To Get Your Grandchildren To Help With Spring Cleaning With Common Household Foods and Fruits Doing the Work
This Grandma is always viewing television segments on the Today Show with an eye on how to use what they teach with grandchildren. You...
Apr 25, 20175 min read
Popsicle Molds and Homemade Healthy Colorful Popsicles to Make With Or For Grandchildren of All Ages
Yes, the parents of our grandchildren are anti sugar everything, unless it is they who are rewarding our grandchildren with candy. This...
Apr 21, 20173 min read
Fruity Pebbles French Toast and Other Favorite Cereal Coated Foods Grandchildren Will Love to Make and Eat
French toast is a treat the grandchildren ask for immediately when this Grandma visits. Who else would make it for them on a school day...
Mar 17, 20172 min read
Comfort Food “Whatever You Want Soup” and “Adult Soup” That We Grandmas May Cook With Our Grandchildren But Must Forbid Them To Eat
When this Grandma was a child a pot of soup was always on the stove in our house. GG (great grandmother, my mother) came from a time and...
Feb 10, 20177 min read
Chocolate for Anti Aging and Easy Chocolate Cake and Chocolate Bread Pudding Recipes from Great Great Grandmother to the Present
Advertised as a great holiday present, this Grandma notes anything chocolate is a great present. But anti-aging chocolate? I could not...
Jan 13, 20174 min read
The History of Pizza and 101 Best Pizzas in the United States at Our Fingertips
The Sunday travel news in our local South Florida newspaper, the Sun Sentinel, had an article about how to find two of the best pizzas in...
Nov 2, 20163 min read
Picking A Perfect Pumpkin and What to Do and Eat Afterwards
This Grandma did not realize there was an art to selecting the best pumpkin. If you are with me, then the internet is a treasure trove...
Oct 11, 20162 min read
Nutella and Bananas or Apples Combine to Make A Tasty and Healthy After School Snack or Maybe Even a
The first time this Grandma heard of Nutella, a chocolate hazelnut spread similar in texture to a peanut butter spread, was in 1988. Our...
Sep 15, 20163 min read
Making Ice Cream and Icy Treats With Grandchildren Has Never Been Easier and May Lead to A Learning Lesson in Shopping Too
This Grandma’s cooking expertise is making reservations. For desserts, when the grandchildren come, there are always M & M cookie ice...
Aug 2, 20163 min read
Pillsbury and the Girl Scouts Make and Give Us Grandmas A Sweet Deal
This past week Grandpa and I visited the grandchildren before they left for sleep away camp. Their parents have become obsessed with...
Jul 14, 20162 min read
Hot Dogs Now Have An Entire Month of Celebration Rather Than A Day, But Our Grandchildren Think They Deserve An Entire Year So Introduce Them to the Iconic Texas Tommy
September 2015, this Grandma wrote a post, “Hot Dogs Do Deserve Their Own National Day of Celebration.” It seems that hot dogs have...
Jul 5, 20163 min read
Using the Microwave to Make the Best Chocolate Lava Cake Dessert
The Today Show has the best guest chefs, and their April 29, 2016 segment with Al Roker about the famous French chef Jean-Georges (we...
Jun 3, 20162 min read
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