Valentines Day Cookie Ideas
Say I love you with cookies this valentine’s Day! Below are some cookie recipes and cookie ideas for you to use on Valentines Day by author & blogger Christine Steendahl. You may even have many of these ingredients in your kitchen already which makes for a frugal gift!
This Valentine’s Day say “I Love You” with Cookies by Christine Steendahl
What better way to tell your sweetie “I Love You” than with some fresh baked cookies? Give some of these sweet treats a try this Valentine’s Day. Cupid himself would be impressed by these yummy creations. They are sure to be a hit with your Sweetheart, Children, Neighbors or anyone else special to you as well. Don’t forget to get the kids involved! I still have memories of making Valentine’s Day Cookies as a child. Read more
Fun Kids Thanksgiving Turkey Craft: Fruit & Candy Turkey
Wondering what to do with all that left over Halloween candy?
I’ve got a fun crafty idea for you. How about a Thanksgiving Turkey made from oranges and that left over candy! Read more
Frugal Halloween Snack Recipe: Chocolate-Coated Pumpkin Seeds
Halloween means pumpkins and pumpkins mean roasted pumpkin seeds! Yummy! I have a recipe for all your pumpkin seeds after you have carved your pumpkins. Plus it’s a frugal snack because you are getting 2 uses out of your pumpkin - part of it for decorating and part of it for eating!
How about chocolate coated pumpkin seeds?
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Corn & Dairy Free Chocolate Oatmeal No Bake Cookie Recipe
First off let me say these are probably the BEST allergy-friendly no bake cookies out there. My entire family loves them and they definitely quench an allergic child’s thirst for sweets!
These allergic-child friendly AND frugal cookies are corn-free, dairy-free, soy-free and egg-free. * They are NOT peanut/nut-free.
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What Can Be Used As A Substitute in Recipe That Asks For Eggs?
Your child may be allergic to eggs, maybe you want to cut out the cholesterol, or you may just be out of eggs…Anyway, I’ve been in all 3 of these situations at some point or another so I thought I would share with all of you some things you can use instead of eggs when your recipe calls for eggs and you don’t have any or can’t use any in your recipe due to kid food allergies.
Good egg substitutions for baked goods such as cakes, brownies, and breads:
half of a chopped/pureed banana
3 tablespoons of applesauce any kind… I like the unsweetened kind the best for brownies
jarred baby food such as bananas, apples, or pears
For other types of cooking that requires eggs you can also try out this:
2 tablespoons of flour, 1/2 tablespoon of butter, 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder and 2 teaspoons of water
soda products
vinegar
flaxseed



