Sparkle Kitchen
Explore a world of culinary delight with our Sparkle Kitchen category. Discover mouthwatering recipes, cooking tips, and kitchen adventures to satisfy your appetite and spark your creativity in the kitchen.
Sparkle Kitchen: Kids Cook Round Up
These cookies are very quick to mix up. Your kiddos, depending on their age, might only need help putting the cookies in the oven. If they are younger, let them try measuring out the ingredients and mixing them all on their own.
The "Lake Days" Celebration Hardtack Recipe
It's pirate food, to go with the Martin & Sylvia story "Pirates!"
Four Autumn Apple Recipes
With apples of all shapes and sizes in amazing shades of gold, red, green, it's a wonder that they are as delicious as they are beautiful. This week we celebrate apple season with four of our favorite apple recipes.
Sparkle Kitchen: Momma B's Tea Cakes
These gluten-free, dairy-free cookies are yummy (particularly when cold). Included are also the gluten-full, dairy-full alternatives.
Sparkle Kitchen: Car Snacks Round Up!
We've created a list of nine Sparkle recipes that are great for the car and don't need refrigeration other than a cold pack. Stash a few of these in your car for your next trip and you'll be good to go!
Back to School Crafts and Recipes Round Up
We've gathered some of our best crafts and recipes to support families during back to school transitions!
Back to School Lunch Ideas Round Up
Here at Sparkle we've got lots of ideas for healthy meals and snacks as back-to-school time approaches.
sparkle kitchen: cool treats round up
August is one of the hottest months of the year. Days are still long and summer storms might not be as frequent. That's when it great to have a few cool treats on hand to cool your little ones off. We've rounded up four of our favorite Sparkle treats that are super-easy to make and have no artificial ingredients.
Sparkle Kitchen: Gluten Free Star Crackers
Using a leftover Christmas cookie cutter, these homemade crackers take on the shape of the stars. They're gluten-free, and the toppings can easily be customized to suit your tastes. Make up a batch to go along with a New Year's Eve cheese platter for a delicious start to whatever 2018 may hold.
Sparkle Kitchen: Beef Jerky
Beef jerky has long been a staple for people who need protein on the go, or in situations where harder to cook snacks might be impractical for speedy, secret eats. While drying your own jerky has its pitfalls, they’re relatively easy to avoid with just a few common sense precautions.
Sparkle Kitchen: What Fire Fairies Eat
Fire fairies have a special fondness for fruit and its changeable, ripening qualities. These recipes will give you a few ideas for melding fruit and fire together.
Sparkle Kitchen: What Earth Fairies Eat
Earth fairies enjoy hearty meals. We've picked out four that I think any earth fairy would love to share with the kids they meet.
What Water Fairies Eat
Get to know the water fairies around you by exploring a few treats that are especially suitable for water fairies.
What Air Fairies Eat
Let's explore the air fairies in our environments through some carefully-chosen recipes.
Nine Easy Sparkle Game Time Snacks
Make a few of these snacks and put them out on the table so little ones who are busy at play can grab them whenever they pass by. It's an easy way to have something ready before their hunger strikes!
Nine Light Summer Recipes
Summer is a great time to lighten up your meals. Fresh vegetables and fruit are abundant in farmers markets and backyard gardens. I've rounded up a bunch of light recipes you can make over and over again all throughout the summer.
Sparkle Kitchen: Father's Day Recipe Round Up
At Sparkle, we believe fathers are just as important in the daily lives of families as mothers. We want to honor that by giving you a few ideas for special treats your kids can make on their own to show Dad just how much he means to the family.
Nine Favorite Outdoor Recipes Round Up
Here at Sparkle we have hundreds of great recipes, but we know that can be daunting to search through. So instead, we've picked nine great recipes that you can cook outside, take on the trail with you or just enjoy on the porch.
Sparkle Kitchen: Superhero Smoothies
Whether you're an initiate of a secret society of superheroes or just an ordinary human, nothing can pick you up after a tiring summer afternoon like a refreshing, ice-cold smoothie.
sparkle kitchen: chapati bread, two ways
Inspired by the Willowbee's trip to East Africa, this week's recipe — for an East African flatbread called chapati — has two options: one for when you feel like playing it safe and the other for when you're feeling up for an adventure.
