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Growing up, my brother and I were always fond of breakfast for dinner. There was something very “opposite day” about it that intrigued us like no other meal could. We almost felt like little rebels basking in a stack of pancakes dripping in syrup while our neighborhood friends sat down to spaghetti or pot roast.
At 32, I still enjoy a good omelet for dinner and even the occasional Belgian waffle, so this recipe for a Baked Apple Puff really stood out in Michelle Stern’s new cookbook, The Whole Family Cookbook.
I had the pleasure of meeting Michelle back in October at BlogHer Food in San Francisco. We were among a group of people that were left momentarily stranded at a function which led us to being smooshed into a limo like sardines while winding through the streets on San Francisco.
Being that I am extremely claustrophobic and get insanely car sick, I was about two seconds away from either breathing or vomiting (maybe both) into a paper bag before the limo came to screeching halt at the curb of our hotel.
Michelle’s passion for teaching children about fresh, wholesome food is evident throughout her entire book, which is full of unique recipes that will help you get your children involved the kitchen. Michelle provides you with great tasting recipes using accessible, fresh and local ingredients along with easy to follow, color coded, step by step instructions.
It will get you excited about dragging a stool into the kitchen and allowing your little one to crack eggs, measure flour, stir batters, and a myriad of other little-hand suitable tasks. In turn, helping out will get them excited about the food that they are helping to create!
Your kiddos are going to love this Baked Apple Puff and the many other recipes in The Whole Family Cookbook.
When I was younger, I collected UPCs to get ABC Cookbook by Gold Medal Flour…it was so much fun to make recipes out of it with help from my Mom. I still have that cookbook for it’s simple lemon bar recipe!
I use to travel to Maine every summer when I was young to visit my aunt and uncle. My aunt was a chef at a private men’s club and prepared special event luncheons and dinners. While I was there I helped make the sides and finish off the plates with garnishes.
I think my favorite cooking memory is when my mom would make cut-out cookies. She would let my siblings and I cut them out and we’d decorate them at the dining room table with colored frostings and tons of different kinds of sprinkles and toppings.
My favorite childhood memory is baking my mom’s birthday cake each year with my dad:)
I used to help my grandma make dumplings (the Korean kind) and I had fun making them into weird, unconventional shapes and got excited over eating something that I “made”. And I remember dropping one once, and I ate it raw. Eck o_o
my favorite childhood cooking memory is making cookies with my mom and how she never needed a recipe, she just new exactly how much of everything to put it. :)
My favorite childhood memory was making creative scrambled egg concoctions with my siblings, we’d throw just about anything we could into them, balogna, salami, fruit, anything, catch was we had to eat whatever we made :)
My favorite baking memory is making peanutbutter cookies with my mom growing up, and she would let me do the criss-cross on the tops of the cookies with a fork. :)
Making creme brulee with my Grandma for French class
Making peppernuts with my grandma on Christmas Eve.