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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...
Sep 23, 20233 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...
Nov 19, 20222 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...
Jul 3, 20215 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...
Jul 22, 20205 min read
February 5, 2020 is World Nutella Day with Secrets and Nutella Recipes Galore to Share With Grandchildren
This Grandma is always surprised at some national day selections and was surprised that there was a National Nutella Day. I was wrong. ...
Jan 29, 20203 min read
Cookie Dough Ice Cream Bowls Made Hard . . . Or the Easy Way . . . With Grandchildren of All Ages
Our grandchildren love raw cookie dough. It was so difficult when we first had the raw egg scare and then the uncooked flour scare. See...
Jan 15, 20203 min read
Missing Thanksgiving Magic – Cookie Bars — and Significant Family Presence
This Thanksgiving our youngest daughter, our son-in-law, and their three of our precious grandchildren did not make it to Florida. Our...
Dec 4, 20194 min read
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
Fast and Easy Chocolate Mug Cake to Make in the Microwave With Grandchildren
According to the recipe for Chocolate Mug Cake reprinted in the New York Times, March 28, 2019, “if you google ‘mug cake,’ you’ll get...
Aug 7, 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
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
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
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
Layered Ice Cream Treats, Fancy and Plain, to Explore With Grandchildren Ready for Spring and Summer
When our children were small, this Grandma took gourmet cooking lessons. Now I cannot find those fabulous recipes I compiled as we used...
Apr 19, 20163 min read
Choose Between Ina Garten’s Peanut Swirl Brownies or A Brownie Mix with Peanut Butter Swirl
This Grandma loves to think she is giving grandchildren healthy desserts if one ingredient is healthy. Yes, peanut butter qualifies. A...
Apr 8, 20163 min read
When Candy and Gifts May Cost Less Than Greeting Cards, Getting the Best Bargains for Grandchildren
It has happened twice in less than six months. This Grandma was one of the first intrepid on line shoppers. This Grandma was one of the...
Feb 12, 20163 min read
Chocolate and Peanut Butter Mini Dessert Sandwiches From a Famous Chef Add to Grandma’s Collection of Decedent Unhealthy But Delicious Treats With Which To Spoil Grandchildren
This Grandma always looks for decedent unhealthy but delicious treats with which to spoil grandchildren. Who would have thought I would...
Feb 6, 20162 min read
What is it About the Holiday Season that Makes One Dream of Cakes or Pies, the New Piecaken, or Cupcake Sandwiches or Winning an HGTV Sweepstakes
This Grandma loves HGTV since staying up all hours rocking newborn grandchildren. My newest favorite show is Fixer Upper. Chip and Joanna...
Dec 17, 20153 min read
Experiment with Baking No Mixer Easy Cupcakes on National Chocolate Cupcake Day
Yes, it does seem that every day is a special day. Cupcakes are special, but it seems that chocolate cupcakes make it to have their own...
Oct 23, 20152 min read
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