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Author Archives: Grandma
Making Chocolate Ganache in the microwave – sounds fancy but if you can use a cake mix, you can make ganache! Cooking with kids – so much fun!
How often do you want to make dessert but don’t have time? With this, you can make incredible desserts and save time. And do it cooking with kids – listening to music – what could be better! If you have … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged cakes, chocolate, cooking with kids, cupcakes, desserts, family fun, family time, ganache, grandma music, listening to music
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A wonderful letter from the ARNOLD PALMER CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL – To me and Sam, The Broken Robot – for our donations
I was so very touched to receive a wonderful letter from the Arnold Palmer Children’s hospital – thanking me for our donation of many of Sam, The Broken Robot’s special boxes with his three books and two cds which brought … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Philanthropy
Tagged Arnold Palmer Medical Foundation, Children's Hospitals, doing good, donations, Philanthropy, Sam, The Broken Robot
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Hans Rosling – have you heard of him? Take a look at this video in which he animates data – looking at the world over 200 years
Hans Rosling is a physician and scientist – and will change your world view in this video named: Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes – The Joy of Stats – BBC Four > Hans Rosling trained in statistics and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Live Events, Philanthropy, Social media
Tagged Changing the world, Hans Rosling, TED
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Chicken Spinach in a Casserole -Short Cut recipe – easy when cooking with kids!
This is a short cut recipe – when you truly do not have the energy or time to cook but want something relatively healthy that makes the house and kitchen smell great -and the kids will love it too! I … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged bread, casserole, chicken, chicken breasts, chicken thighs, cooking with kids, grandma meals, olive oil, one dish meal, spinach
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What to do when your significant other or spouse retires – and you are still working? READJUSTMENT TIME!!!
We have been a two career family for as long as I can remember. I know when I sold my last business some 6 years ago, my son and daughter in law were pretty nervous. They had visions of my … Continue reading
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Chicken and Leek Stew – Cooking with kids and using my favorite kitchen appliance – the Slow Cooker! Great for cooking with kids!
I know I am like a broken record – but slow cookers are SOOOOO easy! Especially when cooking with kids – you can throw everything in – turn it on and go play with the children until its done and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice
Tagged Brown rice, chicken breasts, chicken thighs, cooking with kids, crockpot, leeks, onions, slow cooker
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A great deal for RAMEKINS! Colors are pretty too! Great for cooking with kids…
Do you use ramekins? I love them for baking – or serving small individual servings of coleslaw or jams – in fact all my jams are in ramekins when I have a cooking or tasting event at The Little Farm. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Other wonderful treats
Tagged baking, cooking with kids, great deals, prepared pantry, Ramekins
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Mexican Meal in One Dish Stew – so easy and quick – using either ground chicken or ground beef – easy when cooking with kids
Making a meal in one dish is so appealing – less to clean up and easy to serve too. Using ground chicken in this dish with the spices makes the rather bland taste of ground chicken pop!This is a Mexican … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged black beans, chicken, chili, cooking with kids, Corn, grandma meals, ground beef, one dish meals, taco seasoning, tomatoes
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Lamb Shanks in great Tomato Sauce ( in a slow cooker or in the oven) – a great dish for a wintry night accompanied by a yummy rice recipe
Lamb shanks makes for a very filling meal – and a perfect one for a cold wintry night. It takes all day to cook in the crockpot, or two hours to cook in the oven. Either way your family will … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Meat, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice
Tagged comfort food, cooking wtih kids, grandma food, lamb, Lamb shanks, meat, rice, sauces, tomato sauce, tomatoes
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I subscribe to Cooking Light Magazine – love their recipes – although there are too many ads ( I understand that’s needed for income)
I subscribe to Cooking Light Magazine – love their recipes – although there are too many ads ( I understand that’s needed for income) so I spent a lot of time flipping fast through the ads to get to the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Recipes, Starters
Tagged cheese, cooking, Cooking LIght Magazine, cooking with kids, fresh goats milk, goat cheese, grandma meals, healthy, milking goats
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Happy New Year! What are YOUR resolutions this year? Here are some of mine….and a great recipe for Indian Chicken
2013 – hard to believe! It seems like just yesterday we were entering the new Millennium. And here it is into the second decade. Time to do something different with your life? Or more of the same? My life is just … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice
Tagged chicken curry, cooking with kids, Indian food, rice cooker, white rice
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Crockpot Chicken, Figs, Olives, Capers and Sun Dried Tomatoes – easy for cooking with kids – great for a wintry night!
This cooked in the crockpot all day and the house smelled amazing! It is also ideal when cooking with kids as they can add all the ingredients to the frying pan while you add the hot stuff to the crockpot. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Poultry, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Salad, Slow Cooker, Tips, Uncategorized
Tagged capers, chicken, chicken stock, cooking with kids, crockpot, figs, slow cooker, sun dried tomatoes, white wine
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2013 is here! Have a healthy happy year – here is the link to our holiday card – of course cooking with kids, happy times!
Happy new year everyone. We created a holiday card on Shutterfly – hope you enjoy it! It comes with love from Larraine and Clive and the crew at the Little Farm! Heartfelt Wishes New Year’s Card Create unique holiday invitations … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family
Tagged family, Holiday Card 2013, Little farm, New Year, photos of family, pictures, sharing holiday wishes
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The Day after Xmas – known as Boxing Day in the UK and Colonies – a day to relax and recoup – and also make all those New Years Resolutions!
Boxing day – December 26th – a strange name until you know its genesis. Boxing Day ( according to Wikipedia – a amazing source of so much) is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradespeople would receive … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Desserts, Family, Philanthropy, Raising Children
Tagged Boxing day, cooking with kids, doing good, Grandma, holidays, jams, Philanthropy
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A couple of Slow Cooker Tips! Children playing the piano….cooking with kids – happy holidays!
I do have a love affair with my slow cooker – bought both of my Little Farm assistants, Esmerelda and Blanca, one each for their Xmas presents last year and they are both hooked too! Here are a couple of tips … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Classical Music, Family, Slow Cooker, Tips
Tagged cooking with kids, happiness, holiday season, music, playing the piano, slow cooker, tips
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Philanthrophy Fridays – our Donations for 2012 – Sam, the Broken Robot shares his love at Children’s Hospitals and Institutes around the USA
Sam, the broken robot, told me that he was sad that there were so many children who were in hospitals around the USA this year during the holiday season, and that he could not bring cheer to them and their … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Philanthropy
Tagged children, doing good, donations, fun for kids, giving to others, holiday season, hospital, institutes, Philanthropy, research, Sam the broken robot, Songs for Kids
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For all those who celebrate XMAS – here are songs that were recorded especially for you….
We created a Christian Version of our songs for all those who celebrate Xmas and other Christian holidays – and hope that our friends all over the world enjoy them. Here are links where you can listen to samples of … Continue reading
Tonight is the 8th Day of Hannukah – time to be with family and celebrate – of course cooking with kids!
All of the last week has been the festival of the lights – the Jewish Holiday of Hannukah. The holiday is commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt … Continue reading
Adult Children – When did we grow old enough to have children in their forties? Or older? My parents in happy times at our home Glenamron
I will never forget my mother in her early sixties telling me that she felt 20 in her head. Sadly she passed away at 62 – I am now 64 – and since my father passed at 56, I have … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Raising Children
Tagged children, cooking with kids, Dunkirk, family, father, getting older, learning to cook, Making Rice, mother, Normandy, parents, World War II
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Upside down Apple Cake – Cooking with Kids -They LOVE the idea of this! Along with Marches by John Philip Sousa
We had a HUGE crop of apples this year – baskets of them. So I was racking my brain trying to come up with recipes. I have already shared a super easy apple cobbler in former posts with you. This upside down cake … Continue reading
