February 14, 2015

Saturday movie review: Chef

February 14, 2015/ Lisa Carpenter

My advice to you regarding the subject of this week's movie review: Eat before watching!

Heck, it won't really matter, I suppose, for even if you watch this film on a full stomach, the culinary delights in CHEF will have your tummy growling in no time.

chef movie

Food is the star of the comedy CHEF, written and directed by Jon Favreau, but there's a...

February 03, 2015

Valentine's Day Marshmallow Pops

February 03, 2015/ Lisa Carpenter

A fun and tasty activity and treat in one!

marshmallow pops

What you need:

20 large marshmallows

4 ounces or so vanilla candy...

January 26, 2015

Cookies, a budding photog, and GRAND Social No. 141 link party for grandparents

January 26, 2015/ Lisa Carpenter

Cookies and a budding photog

Though I swore I'd use my special apron as art not as a functional coverall for cookie making and more, I couldn't not wear it when making cookies with my boys over the weekend. Here I am with Mac, ready to get baking (the photo courtesy budding photog Bubby, who was delighted to use Gramma's DSLR for the shot):

You can bet it was the cleanest cookie-making session...

January 13, 2015

Wherein a Pinterest fail gets Grandma giggling

January 13, 2015/ Lisa Carpenter

I mentioned briefly yesterday that I often feel younger than I am. An incident one night last week confirmed I still have some maturing to do.

See, I searched Pinterest — the sure bet when it comes to brilliant ideas — for ways to create snacks from yogurt. I found a super simple one wherein you drop yogurt on wax paper, freeze it, and you have snacks similar to Dippin' Dots.

My first attempt — using a cookie press fitted with a disc I thought...

November 11, 2014

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and 9 more goodies I could eat every single day

November 11, 2014/ Lisa Carpenter

I recently ate at least one Reese's Peanut Butter Cup every single day for eleven days straight. Most of those eleven days it was more than one.

I blame it on Halloween. And the lack of trick-or-treaters just as much as my lack of motivation to keep my grubby hands out the bag of leftover candy.

food obsessions

See, Jim bought the BIG bag of Halloween candy this year, and when...

October 06, 2014

Jak's taste test

October 06, 2014/ Lisa Carpenter

Jak — who will soon be four months old — had his first taste of cereal last week. He wasn't too sure of it at first, but... well...

August 01, 2014

On friendship, good fortune and new recipes

August 01, 2014/ Lisa Carpenter

As it's the end of the week and everyone's brains are fried — it's not just me, right? — I'm offering up very little in the way of food for thought in today's post. Instead, I'm offering up real food. By way of three new recipes I just added to the Grandma's Briefs Recipe Box yesterday.