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A peek Into My Kitchen: Stuffed Acorn Squash with Israeli Couscous, Apples and Cranberries

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I love stuffed vegetables and my kids love eating them because they’re so much fun to dissect on your plate.  A lot of recipes take a lot of work, a lot of time or both.  This one requires neither! It could be served as a side dish, but we eat as a main dish with some roasted vegetables (like cauliflower) on the side.

Stuffed Acorn Squash with Israeli Couscous, Apples and Cranberries

1 acorn squash

1-2 Tbsp olive oil

2 small onions, chopped (about 1/2 cup)

1 small apple, chopped (about 1 cup)

1/2 cup dried cranberries

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A peek Into My Kitchen: Popcorn–Two Ways

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My husband loves popcorn, particularly movie theater popcorn. Greasy, deadly, salty, bright yellow, god-knows-what’s-hiding-in-there-popcorn. In the days before kids, we would see a movie almost every Saturday night, reveling in bottomless buckets of popcorn and endless cups of High-C fruit punch (that being my own chemical dependency.) Some Saturday nights we would even see two movies back-to-back, particularly if the first movie was a complete disappointment….or a little bit scary. (Yes, we always bought tickets to the second movie instead of theater hopping–because that’s just how I roll.

With 2 young kids in tow, the movies nights are fewer and far between, having given way to DVR, movies on demand and a whole lot of HBO.

The love for popcorn and for each other endures 🙂

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A peek Into My Kitchen: Laaaazy Baked Pancake

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I love to make pancakes for my family…except for the standing over the stove and making them part ;)  I've noticed that pancake-making seems to fall into two scenarios when hungry kids are involved–1)the pancake-maker in question stands at the stove making batch after batch until everyone else is full and then gets (if lucky) to sit down and eat a couple him or herself OR 2)the pancake-maker simply scarfs down a couple of pancakes right out of the pan while standing over the stove making batch after batch.

Neither scenario results in that Norman Rockwell pancake-eating family togetherness that one imagines while whipping up a batch of batter.

The solution?  A pancake (sort of) baked in a casserole dish which can be cut into pieces to feed everybody.  Genius, huh?

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A peek Into My Kitchen: Cinnamon Squash Soup

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Sometimes, I find myself desperately craving soup…a need that I seem to have passed on to both of my children.  Thankfully, soup-making isn't an exact science, so when the urge hits, I rummage around and create soup recipes based on whatever I find in my fridge and pantry.

I made this one in about half and hour on Friday, to rave reviews from my 4 year old, 20 month old and even my husband.

Tip: Keep it a little bit thicker, or leave out the broth, and you have a great baby food which introduces your little one to the taste of cinnamon!

Cinnamon Squash Soup Serves ~4

1 Tbsp light olive oil

1 onion, chopped 

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