by Kara on March 26, 2013
Have you ever tried Coconut M&M’s before? This was my first time, and I was VERY pleasantly surprised! I bought them on a whim in the Easter aisle at Target. They’ll never replace my #1 M&M love, Peanut Butter, but they are a great addition to the M&M family. I thought I’d experiment with them [...]
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by Kara on February 20, 2013
Number one: I am sorry for being absent from Kara in the Kitchen for so long. I have been in the kitchen a ton, but also in the car, traveling, at the park, at church, and in my family’s lives. I am back now and I have a recipe I made up just for you! [...]
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by Kara on January 21, 2013
For Ada’s Princess Birthday Party, she wanted a PINK PRINCESS CAKE! I made the same Homemade Yellow Cake from Smitten Kitchen that I made for Matt’s Birthday, then topped it with Joy the Baker’s Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting. The result was this perfectly pink concoction that hit the spot! I put a plastic tiara on top [...]
by Kara on December 30, 2012
Here are the top 5 recipes on Kara in the Kitchen this year! Thank you WordPress for compiling the data for me so I didn’t have to do the leg work :) I’d also like to thank all of YOU, my readers! I love sharing recipes with you and connecting with old and new friends [...]
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by Kara on December 13, 2012
Oh my goodness. I am so glad that I made these for a cookie swap! Otherwise I would’ve eaten all 4 dozen by myself. I participated in the 2nd Annual Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap benefiting Cookies for Kids Cancer. It was put on by Julie from The Little Kitchen and Lindsay from Love and [...]
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by Kara on December 1, 2012
Hi again everyone…I have so much to tell you, so this is a mega-post! First of all, I have to say that I met Deb of Smitten Kitchen! She came to Santa Cruz (miracle, I know) on her book signing tour! I was so starstruck that I forgot to get a picture with her. This [...]
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by Kara on November 13, 2012
I’m finally getting around to posting about day 2 of the Foodbuzz Festival in San Francisco. The recap of Day 1 is here. I was SO proud of myself for navigating the mess of bus lines that got me lost last year! Would you look at this map? Oh dear. I was stressed out that I [...]
by Kara on October 29, 2012
Meet our little decorative crow, Richard Nixon. Ada named him that…I guess she has picked something up from those Presidential flash cards! He’s a proud bird. Proud to be sharing a photo shoot with such decadent cookies! I saw this recipe on Bakerella’s beautiful site, and she made it from the cookbook Flour. Which has now [...]
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by Kara on October 27, 2012
Ready for some spooky snacks? These come with a warning: HIGHLY ADDICTIVE! My Nana makes this at Christmastime without the candy corn and calls it Reindeer Fodder. I thought why not add in some Halloween candy and call it Mummy Snacks?! She approved ;) This is so easy & crowd-pleasing. I brought it to a [...]
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by Kara on September 17, 2012
So I’m beginning to think that I need a peanut butter & chocolate category on the sidebar. I might have a problem! This cake jumped off the page of Joy the Baker’s cookbook when I saw it, so I made it for my mom’s birthday. Joy frosts her cake with peanut butter frosting in the [...]
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