Yep, it’s another rerun, but we’re ending our summer filled with reruns with Aliens, Alien Treats that is

Enjoy the show and be ready for the new episodes…they are coming…we promise!

This week we’re rerunning one of our Thanksgiving episodes–Turkey Meatballs. Meatballs are not only easy to make with kids, but they’re fun too. All that squishing of meat and forming into balls–need I say more.

Enjoy the show!

Alex, Soph and Mom

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Alex and Soph LOVE shrimp. We eat a lot of it and their favorite way to cook it is with Lemon Garlic Sauce. As we shared when this episode originally ran in January 2010, this recipe is kind of like a shrimp scampi, but it replaces all that butter with a reduced broth. It’s really tasty and it’s actually kinda healthy.

We hope you enjoy the show!

Alex, Soph and Mom

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As I mentioned earlier this week, we’re on a little haitus…BUT, that doesn’t mean you won’t hear from us. We’re going to share a few of our favorite shows in reruns. We figure that since those TV shows do it, we can too, right?

Anyway, Pickley Tuna sandwiches are one of Alex’s favorites. In this episode, one of our very earliest, he demonstrates just how we make ‘em.

Enjoy the show!

Alex, Soph and Mom

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When the kids and I cook together, there are many times when we like to use fresh herbs. Since it’s planting time here in good ‘ole Minnesota, We’re planting our annual patio herb garden. Each year, at the end of the season, I try to bring my herb garden indoors, but my thumb is not so green, apparently, so we usually have to start over each spring.

This year, we’re planting:
-basil
-cilantro
-sage
-thyme
-rosemary
-lemon mint
-lavendar
-chives
-and a tomato plant
-oh, and I can’t forget Sophia’s begonia

Hopefully, they’ll survive and you’ll see us using them in future episodes.

Enjoy the show and Happy Memorial Weekend everyone!

Alex, Sophia and Mom

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Walleye is the official state fish of Minnesota. It is also super tasty. So today Alex, Soph & I are sharing one way we Minnesotans like to eat our state fish–Pan Fried.

Fishing itself is a fun way to spend the day together as a family. Now, you don’t always catch walleye, but this recipe would work with any panfish – sunnies, crappies, perch, etc. Then, after catching your limit, hop of the lake and come on in for some family cooking fun–this is another one of our easy to cook with kids recipes. We’ll show you just how easy in this weeks show.

Enjoy!

Alex, Soph & Mom

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Since this is Soph’s birthday week, we’re sharing a recipe for one of her favorite vegetables. Soph and Alex both love beets. We usually don’t do anything too fancy with them, but for the show we’re showing everyone how we make our Glazed Beets. All you need is a little orange marmalade and some cider vinegar and you’re all set!

We hope you enjoy the show. But, make sure you stop back next week when we share some Fish recipe’s in honor of Minnesota’s fishing opener, which is actually today.

Happy fishing everyone,

Mom, Alex and Soph

P.S. Happy 7th Birthday Soph!

In honor of Mother’s Day, this week the kids and I demonstrate just how we make my favorite Tabouli recipe. And, as mentioned in the Recipe of the Week that featured Tabouli, the kid’s do not eat it. BUT, that doesn’t matter, cuz, remember…it’s Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s day everyone. Enjoy the show!

Alex, Soph and Mom

I admit it, I like aliens. If you were to ask Alex and Sophia if they know anyone who likes aliens, they’d answer without any hesitation, ‘Mom.’ Despite my fascination with visitors from outer space, I did not come up with this other-worldly delicious treat or its name. I hate to admit it, but it was actually the kids dad who invented this easy to cook with kids recipe.

As you watch this episode, you’ll see just how quick and easy this healthy snack is to whip together. And the kids, and parents, will eat them right up!

We hope you find this week’s episode out-of-this-world time! (I’ll stop now).

Alex, Soph and Mom

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This week Soph and I are reviewing the ‘Press Dough Ultimate Cookie Factory by Little Kids,’  by Little Kids. A couple of months ago, a representative from Little Kids contacted us to see if we’d be interested in trying out he product. Honestly, I was a bit skeptical–all I could picture was that play dough toy that expressed strings of colorful dough through the sieve-like head of a hollow, plastic creature. And, how those colorful strings always manage to find their way into my carpet. BUT, the offer was interesting and if it’s related to food and fun, we’re always up to give it a go-around, so we did.

For our first try, I purchased some peanut butter cookie dough. You can use home-made as well (as long as it’s not too chunky), but it was a busy week and Soph was anxious to test it out, so store-bought dough it was. We started out by making the pressed cookies, them moved on to extruding the dough through the cards with different shaped holes. After that, we baked ‘em, waited for them to cool and then frosted them up.

Guess What…? I was fun! I had just as much fun as Soph playing with this toy, pressing cookies and squishing it through molds.

Watch this weeks episode to see how we tested it out and why we give it 2 Thumbs Up!

Happy Cooking!

Alex, Soph and Mom

P.S. Make sure to stop by on Wednesday, April 26 to see photos from our booth at the Forest Lake Craft show.

P.P.S. I apologize for the lighting in this episode…the window threw me off, and then I wasn’t behind the camera and Alex wasn’t there….and I’m just babbling cuz I know the lighting thing is a bit annoying while you watch it this week….anyway, sorry!

NOTE: We did not purchase the Press Dough Deluxe Cookie factory. It was sent to us specifically with the intent that we would test it and provide an honest review.