http://jenniskitchen.com Tons of recipes, food planning tips, and thoughts from a wife and mom who loves her job! Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:33:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://jenniskitchen.com/2010/02/19/apple-pecan-cabbage-slaw/ I made this tonight for the family and everybody seemed to love it! I got the idea from the Coconut Chicken Chili recipe in the January 2010 edition of Better Homes and Gardens but I didn't have a few of the ingredients and I changed it up a bit :) ... http://jenniskitchen.com/2010/02/16/coconut-chicken-chili/ Today Chris and I celebrate our 8th year of marriage! We went out on a dinner date last night so I'm making a special dinner tonight, Ricotta Lasagna Rolls, I can't wait to taste them. It's a new recipe to us and I hope it turns out! If it does ... http://jenniskitchen.com/2010/01/12/dinner-tonight/ Normally when I'm making birthday cakes I use the boxed cake mixes but I love dense, rich, moist, cakes and this recipe from Allrecipes hit the spot! I'm guessing that to make a yellow cake you could just omit the cocoa powder, but I haven't tried it so don't quote ... http://jenniskitchen.com/2009/12/01/perfectly-chocolate-cake/ I can't believe I've never posted this recipe! This is a traditional birthday cake frosting in the Burns household, made by my husband's maternal grandmother, Grandma Esther. She would always make the birthday kid a big chocolate cake with truffle frosting, and then give the birthday kid the leftover frosting ... http://jenniskitchen.com/2009/12/01/grandma-esthers-chocolate-truffle-frosting/ I'm making Chris the chocolate cake with Grandma Esther's famous truffle frosting for his birthday tomorrow but I'm realizing I can't find the recipe! And all these years I've made him this cake and I have never posted the recipe to the frosting! Well, I guess I'm going to have ... http://jenniskitchen.com/2009/11/28/chris-birthday-is-tomorrow-where-is-my-recipe/ As you can see, it's been a LONG time since I've posted here! The short version excuse, last October I gave birth to baby number five, shortly thereafter we began the long grueling process of buying/remodeling our house! I'm very excited about the fact that I now actually have a ... http://jenniskitchen.com/2009/08/03/jennis-kitchenunder-construction-literally/ Last week Guenna and I made these delicious cookies for our Homeschool Co-op. We were supposed to bring an authentic Mexican snack food and I found this recipe online.  The only thing I really changed was that I didn't add the anise seeds (thought the kids would appreciate the cookies ... http://jenniskitchen.com/2008/10/02/mexican-wedding-cookies/ I just watched this very inspiring video with Julia Child on How to Make Croissants, taught by chef Esther McManus. I think one of these days I'm going to have to try this!  I need a little bit more space in my kitchen, and a little more time to spare, but ... http://jenniskitchen.com/2008/09/09/how-to-make-croissants-video-with-julia-child/ On Saturday night, Chris and I had the pleasure of going on a dinner date with two other couples, to one of our favorite restaurants in the Valley, Il Granaio. They have amazing Italian food, it's the real deal, and a beautiful atmosphere. I wish that I would have taken ... http://jenniskitchen.com/2008/09/09/saturday-night-date-il-granaio/