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5 Uses For A Bite Size Brownie Pan

Last week over at The Kitchn, Emma Christensen gave us a great review of this bite sized brownie pan. Although we're unsure it would keep us from eating as many pieces, it does have a few great uses...

How To: Mini Pops

The calendar may say it's September, but the thermometer is telling a different story. We say keep indulging in summer treats as long as you can. To that end, Ericka at the blog Inspiring Mama has a n...

Good Idea: Pre-Measured Mixes

We're squeezing out the last bits of summer but a rain storm every now and then has kept us inside. On those occasions we always thought it would be nice to do some baking but, despite crossed finger...

Homemade Panda Bread

Is it possible for bread to be adorable? If anything could make us think so, it's this loaf of bread we spied at Perfect Pandas. Actually more like a cross between cake and bread, it involves cocoa, g...

How To: Make (Somewhat) Healthier Squiddlies

Did you catch these bizarre spaghetti dogs when they were making the rounds of the internet a few weeks back? We saw them on our sister site, The Kitchn, and were definitely intrigued. We're not so ho...

Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It by Karen Solomon

Buoyed by the success of making freezer jam we started looking around to see what other common fridge staples we might be able to make ourselves. We didn't have to look any further than the engagin...

What To Do This Weekend: Make Freezer Jam

In most of the country it's prime strawberry season and one way to enjoy the taste of fresh strawberries all year round is to make freezer jam. If you haven't made this before and your head is swim...

Alternative Easter Basket

Rachel sent us a great tip for these alternative (candy-free) Easter baskets she made for own little ones. We love the idea of something different for Easter; how many plastic eggs filled with chocol...

Cooking with Kids: Chocolate Brownies

We don't usually post recipes here at Ohdeedoh (we leave that to the good folks at our sister site, The Kitchn), but when Katie sent us these photos of her son whipping up a batch of brownies, we deci...

ABC (Already Been Chewed) Cookie Cutters

If, like us, you harbor an odd fondness for Gingy from Shrek, you may also find yourself curiously drawn to these rather unconventional cookie cutters......

Bambu Kids Kitchen Tool Set

Our biggest beef with most play utensils is that they're either made of plastic (bad for the environment) or metal (bad for our headaches). But then along came this adorable set made of organically gr...

Thursday Giveaway: Dinosaur Soup by Bob's Your Uncle

Back in March Bob's Your Uncle invited kids to submit recipes of their own invention and imagination (edible or not) and now they've been compiled in the newly published Dinosaur Soup and Other Dubi...

Cooking with Kids: How to Make Butter

We were recently treated to homemade butter at a friend's house and it was the best thing we'd tasted in ages (the raspberry muffin it rode in on may have helped, too). It never occurred to us to m...

Animal Cracker Cutters and Mix
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Animal crackers in my soup Monkeys and rabbits loop the loop Gosh oh gee but I have fun Swallowing animals one by one Erin of Erin Cooks finds out if these are worth the trouble......

The Toddler Café by Jennifer and Matthew Carden

San Francisco parents Jennifer and Matthew Carden believe that, in a sense, children have to be taught to eat. You could try just plunking food down in front of them which they may pick at and fuss...

Good Questions: Making Baby Food

Maya writes: Our son, Charlie, is almost 6 months old and, we think, ready to try out solid foods. My husband and I love to cook for ourselves and are excited to try making some simple, good babyfo...

Call for Submissions! Dinosaur Soup and Other Dubious Recipes Written by Children

If your kid were making dinner tonight would you be eating raisin stuffed grapes? Bob's Your Uncle is putting together an illustrated book of recipes written by children and is seeking submissions f...

Beansoup Aprons

We spent a lot of time in the kitchen growing up - both observing and, later, as sous chef to mom or dad. When we got to college and shared an apartment with a kitchen with three others we were sho...

Blogging NYT: Never Drink Hot Water From the Tap

Do you sometimes take a shortcut when making pasta or tea and start with hot water from the tap as a headstart? The Environmental Protection Agency says to knock it off! And especially don't use h...

Ikea Duktig Series

Tea parties, real or imaginary, don't have to be fancy. In fact, this 17-piece service set ($8), could just as easily be used to play Mel's Diner. It's part of Ikea's Duktig series of children's k...