FROM SCRATCH CLUB

The holidays are upon us, and many people are in the midst of exchanging presents with friends and family.  If you have kids on the list of those you are giving to, consider this fun {and delicious} way to decorate and label your gifts. Gingerbread Cookie  Gift Tags Gingerbread cookies make a sturdy base in […]

Wishing you the happiest of holidays with your families and friends! Merry Christmas- Alexis, Amanda, Christina, Leslie & Sarah

Hey Folks; This will be the next-to-last post until next week. We should be back about mid-week for two Dark Day Challenge posts, then we will be dark again until Sunday, January 2nd, 2011. Okay, enough housekeeping stuff, let’s talk food-related news and BONUS, more holiday-inspired recipe links! NEWS In local news, a favorite farm […]

Editor’s Note: Please enjoy Erica’s second installment in her {How You Do It} series where she shares TWO amazingly fun breakfast recipes for the kid in all of us. (Look at that pancake- OMG!) For the {How You Do It} series, we ask guest contributors to share a snapshot into their life with food. Erica […]

Editor’s Note: Please enjoy Dianna’s second installment in her monthly {How You Do It} series. Don’t miss this hilarious peak into the yearly holiday tradition in Dianna & Michael’s home and also her recipe for {fake} chicken mole. Happy Chrismukkah to all! – Christina I converted to Judaism six years ago. My husband is Jewish. […]

Since its the holidays and for many of us, the craziest time of the year, we decided to focus our attention on easy meals for busy times. Each of us will feature a “go to” home cooked meal when life is hectic. I am NOT going to say that we’ve put a cooking-time limit on […]

Our Edible Week is finished (well almost…I have a few more recipes up my sleeve..I can’t stop!) and we are now giving you, our readers, a chance to win the entire collection! Up for grabs is: Leslie’s Quick Bread in a Jar AND Pancakes in a Jar Alexis’ Apple Chutney (shown here is Chris’ Apple […]

“It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas…” The halls are officially decked at the Zenner homestead and Christmas music is playing 24/7.  The girls LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this time of year.  As soon as the turkey is eaten their minds turn to Christmas and everything this wonderful holiday has to offer.  Simon, our “Elf […]

I always have the best of intentions.  I want to make lots of really great and super extravagant things to give as gifts.  One holiday season I baked almost every day.  Many of my treats found their way to my husband’s office so as not to end up in my mouth.  Another year I crocheted […]

I have tremendously mixed feelings about the gift-giving aspect of Christmas.  Despite my outspoken criticism of the advertisement-driven culture of Christmas, I find myself purchasing gifts for family and friends every year.  Making, rather than buying gifts in the past has made me feel better about myself and the holiday as a whole.  So this […]

Several years ago, in the midst of the frantic Christmas shopping and the crazy spending that goes along with it, I realized that I had really lost sight of what this holiday means to me. I decided to begin my de-commercialization of Christmas…today, we still include store-bought gifts, but we have simplified in many ways. […]