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Ham ‘n’ Egg Cupcakes

This post is by Mrs. Brown, aka Patti, who is also Abbie’s mama (one of my favorite jobs!) This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you click a link and buy something, we might get a little bit, at no cost to you. Thank you! It probably goes without saying that Abbie and I love to cook. Even on days when we are all in a hurry, a good hour gets spent in the kitchen, making food and cleaning up. We mostly eat at home and we like to eat well. We both love to concoct our own […] Read more »

Pumpkin Deviled Eggs

By Abbie and Mrs. Brown · 3 Comments

Find our Pumpkin Deviled Eggs recipe and tutorial at Build A Menu Check out these cuties! Sure, deviled eggs (angeled eggs?) are often associated with Easter, but we like to eat them all year ’round. Why not make them fun for fall? Along with little brother Josh, we made this recipe for our friends at Build A Menu. I (Mrs. Brown) had seen a recipe that looked like this, that was spicy hot (sriracha sauce!) and knew we could come up with a way to make them kid-friendly. Sure enough, these pumpkin deviled eggs aren’t spicy and we […] Read more »

Coloring Eggs With Natural Dyes – Brown Eggs vs White Eggs {an experiment}

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naturally dyed eggs (brown vs white) - blossomsandposies.com

We love family traditions. Everyone looks forward to our traditional Easter breakfast! Each year we serve homemade Crumb Cake (Grandma Brown’s recipe) and colored hard-boiled eggs. Some years we keep it simple and just buy food dye from the store to color our eggs. The table is lined with little cardboard boxes with holes, and cups with bright vinegary liquid. But other years we make the dyes ourselves. This year we decided to make our own dyes again. We thought we’d try a little experiment while we were at it, and dye both brown and white eggs. Some people dye […] Read more »

How to Make Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs

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With Easter around the corner, egg-y recipes and crafts are popping up left and right. This got us thinking about hard boiled eggs, one of our favorite ways to eat eggs. Hard boiled eggs make a quick snack or lunch with loads of protein, and taste great cut up in salads or mashed with mayo for egg salad sandwiches. You can eat them for breakfast too! Hard-boiling eggs is a basic kitchen skill. They seem easy, but they can be fussy… shells cracking, green rings forming around the yolk. Here is how we boil eggs so that they are cooked […] Read more »