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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.
I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t around great cooks: both of my Grannies were wonderful cooks. My mom’s mother knew how to cook rice to the gooey perfection that I enjoyed soo much. When I asked her how she did it she said with a chuckle “just over cook it”. My dad’s mom; a tiny little woman with strands of silk carefully knotted at the back of her head and the most beautiful tan from ankle to knee never cooked on anything but a wonderous wood cookstove. She had the talent that was perfection. My favorite memory is when she let us help make the Sunday pie for dessert. Each week one of us would get their favorite, we all eventually got our favorite.
My favorite memory is making no-bake cookies with my grandma. The smell of them still brings back so many wonderful memories!
My kid sister and I making chocolate chip cookie dough to eat the raw dough and never actually make the cookies.
I was home alone alot when I was young, but my dad always made us cheese omelets for breakfast on our weekend visits….so by the age of 10 I learned how to make a pretty good omelet for myself to enjoy during the week when I was away from him :)
My favorite memory of cooking from my childhood was the tradition of Sunday breakfast at my house. On the Sundays that I was not heading to the store with my Dad to pick out boxes of donuts we were making either pancakes or French toast (French toast was and still is my favorite) and I was always the one helping Dad thaw the orange juice concentrate and dipping the bread in the egg mixture for French toast. Mom would make Strawberry butter and for YEARS I thought this was the biggest treat in the world, until i realized what it was made of & how simple it is to make as an adult. Breakfast is by far my FAVORITE dinner!
My favorite memory is making gingerbread houses with my mom and sister
My favorite memory is making chocolate chip cookies every Wednesday with my Papaw while my mom attended night school. My Mamaw would get so mad when he would let us eat the dough, and I still cherish the memory!
I used to make desserts for our family – things like fudge jumble bars and peanut butter balls! Yum.
Those look super yummy!
I have a few good cooking memories but my favorite has to be when I learned to make bacalaitos from scratch with my mother and her cousin, especially because they’re one of my favorite foods! Now I’m the one that gets called into the kitchen when it comes to making them for the family.
Baking, and eating, either chocolate chip cookies or fudge with my mom.