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Mama Mia! This is a great bento box for teens {or anyone else with a little bit higher culinary tastes}. Heck, make two, one for your teen, and one for you to enjoy. It’s like a box of sophisticated indulgence. 🙂 Ingredients Grape Tomatoes Olives Cheese Salami Crackers Directions Cut cheese into cubes and then Read More >>
This is the perfect starter Bento Box lunch. You don’t need any fancy cutters or supplies to put it together and what kid doesn’t love pizza? Ingredients Pizza Sauce Green Beans 2 English Muffins Pepperoni Slices Grated Cheese Directions Slice the english muffins in half. Place shredded cheese in a silicone baking cup. In the Read More >>
My whole family could live on my Baked Macarroni and Cheese recipe. In fact, the first time I made it the kids weren’t home and the HH and I scarfed down an entire 9×13 pan without them. Oops. So of course when I was looking for ways to use up my leftover ham from Christmas, Read More >>
If you have kids, you probably have some cheese sticks in your refrigerator. If you’ve never tried making your own mozzarella sticks before this recipe is not only super easy to make, but much healthier than those mozzarella cheese sticks you get in the frozen food section of your local grocery store. These are perfect Read More >>
About 10 years ago I discovered a recipe for baked macaroni and cheese in the Cook’s Illustrated book, Cover & Bake. When I read the ingredients for the recipe, I was in shock. The recipe called for so much milk, butter and cheese, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to try it. At the time I wasn’t a real Read More >>
