Easy Cheesy Crackers

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This week we were in a baking mood, so we decided to make crackers for our Build A Menu friends. Easy Cheesy Crackers is a recipe that you can really get your hands into! Lots of cracker and pastry recipes call for using a pastry cutter, a kitchen tool designed to help mix butter and flour into a light and flaky pastry, without causing the gluten in the flour to be worked too much. Gluten is what makes bread chewy, which you want for bread, but not so much for crackers. I (Mrs. Brown) didn’t own a pastry cutter when […] Read more »

Strawberry Lemon Dessert Pizzas

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Here’s another quick kid-friendly recipe that we made for our friends at Build A Menu recently. Strawberry Lemon Dessert Pizzas have only three ingredients and are a fresh, light dessert… ideal for summer. We think they are pretty enough to be tea party worthy too! Find our full recipe for Strawberry Lemon Dessert Pizzas at Build A Menu. Read more »

Crispy Peanut Butter Cup Balls

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Looking for a quick treat that doesn’t require turning the oven on? The kids made these Crispy Peanut Butter Cup Balls in just a few minutes. Abbie: “They’re super yummy!” Josh: “I’d say the same! And they were easy to make.” Mrs. Brown: “Chocolate and peanut butter and I don’t have to help make them? Win, win win!” For all the details, head over to our Crispy Peanut Butter Cup Balls recipe at Build A Menu! Read more »

Refreshing Watermelon Slush

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It’s about a million degrees here right now. Okay, it’s only about a hundred. But that’s still very hot! And hot means it’s time to bring out the watermelon. So refreshing. And ice. Very refreshing! Hey, let’s have both! We shared our recipe for watermelon slush (with a nice hint of lime!) on the Build A Menu blog today. Click here for the full recipe! Read more »

Red, White and Blue Nachos

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It’s July and we’ve got red, white and blue on our minds. The Fourth of July is in just three days, and we have parties to plan for! How about some Red, White and Blue Nachos? We created a quick snack for our friends at Build A Menu that would work perfectly for an Independence Day celebration. Did you know that there are only three foods that are naturally blue? They are blue corn, blueberries and blue potatoes. And, well, sometimes they look sort of purple. But we are partial to those natural colorings, as you may remember, so even […] Read more »

Knitting Basics: The Knit Stitch

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So you want to learn how to knit? Yay! We love to knit. Mrs. Brown: It’s pretty much constantly hot in Texas. When I first started knitting, it seemed a bit odd to be making wool socks or hats when it was hot enough outside to cook an egg on the sidewalk. But then I realized that it would be impossible to actually knit all the items I wanted to give as Christmas gifts if I waited for the few weeks it was cold out. Now I give thanks for air conditioning and knit year round! You too can knit […] Read more »