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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.
As a child I made box mixes with my parents on weekends. Eventually I made them on my own. Then I switched over to recipes out of cook books. I now own over 300 cook books and cook for a living.
I will always remember baking southern-style biscuits with my mom! I loved to eat them with strawberry jam.
Making snickerdoodles. For some reason we always used the food processor. Seems weird now :)
My favorite memory in the kitchen is learning to bake bread with my Oma! She taught me how important family recipes are, how to get a little aggression out by kneading, and how no one can be mad or unhappy when you give them a slice of fesh homemade bread.
My favorite childhood cooking memory was making biscuits and gravy every Sunday morning for the big family breakfast before church. My uncle would wake me up, and I was in charge of the drop biscuit dough and grinding the spices with mortar and pestle. Pretty good for a six year old!
And biscuits and gravy is still one of my favorites today. Every time it just takes me right back.
Making tacos for dinner with my mom. We would start off with the toppings when we were little and work our way up to stirring the browning meat. It was a meal everyone was happy to eat.
My favorite was decorating cookies at my grandma’s house at Christmas….that, or how my dad makes pancakes every Saturday morning. Yum!
I remember baking Coffee cake for the church bazaar with my mom. I still ask to make it because it’s so good!
My favorite memory is making chocolate chip cookies with my mom and always eating way more of the batter than I was supposed to :)
I loved making Mexican hot chocolate & bunuelos with my mom on rainy days.