Don’t forget to submit your entries for the Recipe Contest by tomorrow (Friday) at 5pm! You all have sent so many great recipes and I’m eager to try each of them over the next few weeks. What I failed to consider was how much weight I’m probably going to gain as a result of tasting all these yummy meals! Applications…
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Kids Cook Night: Friendship Fairy Bread
The girls have a cute cookbook called Fairies Cookbook by Barbara Beery. Barbara is local and runs a cooking school for children called Batter Up Kids. One of the girls had her 4th birthday party at Batter Up and we’ve been collecting cookbooks ever since. Brother stayed after school for Scouts today, so we took the opportunity to celebrate with…
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RECIPE CONTEST!!!
I love contests. I really love winning contests. Although I can’t think of a single contest I’ve ever won. Have you? Well, here’s your chance. The first Recipe Contest at The Schell Cafe. Category: Fall Favorites, main entree or side dish Prize: $50 gift certificate to Williams-Sonoma Testing: I will prepare each recipe submitted and Husband & I will select…
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My Very Own Sous Chef
I get asked a lot of questions about The Schell Cafe. As you can imagine, most of the questions are cooking related. But time and time again people wonder how I find time to cook with four children. Truth be told, it never occurred to me that I had an option. Making dinner is just one of my daily joys…
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Kids Cook: Mr. A’s Smoothies
At the end of second grade last year, Brother’s class had a reading party. The kids brought pillows, wore extra comfy clothes and after recess they piled up and read for the rest of the day. It was awesome to see these precious, emerging readers curled up with their chapter books lost in the joy of reading. Mr. A was…
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Groceries as they appear in my truck
This is what $248.63 worth of groceries looks like. Six HEB green bags, two enormous canvas bags and one cooler bag. Sadly, this is only the ‘dry good’ stop. I generally make at least two grocery runs on Sunday afternoons. I lovingly refer to my stores as The Trifecta — HEB, Whole Foods and Central Market. I have a unique…
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