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Cooking in the kitchen is a very fun and frugal way to have a great time with your kids. Three of my kids LOVE to help me in the kitchen. One of my teenage boys can often be found in the kitchen on his own making muffins, cookies, chicken yakisoba and more! Today, and tomorrow, I will be sharing some fun things we make in the kitchen, and I will have a giveaway to go along with each one.
My daughter loves cookbooks, she has received several as gifts, and her most recent (and current fave) is Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey Treats for Kids by Jill O’Conner.
This inside of the book is absolutely adorable, with scalloped edges, gingham and floral prints, and lots of fun photos. Plus, it is filled with so many fun recipes, you can’t help but have a great time in the kitchen. Â A few of our favorites are:
- Fizzy Lemonade Sparklers (So refreshing – Both Allie and I love strawberries)
- Hunka Chunka Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (Super fun cookies)
- Quickbery! Quackberry! Blackberry-Apple Crumb (Perfect right now, since blackberries are in season)
We chose to make the chocolate balloon bowls, and filled them with fresh strawberries, whip cream and chocolate sprinkles! Â These were so much fun to make!!
You make the chocolate bowls using balloons. Â How cute and clever is that? Â The whole book is full of super fun ideas for you and your kids in the kitchen.
Now for the great news, I have a copy of  Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey Treats for Kids to giveaway to one of my readers.
Here’s how to enter the giveaway:
Just leave a comment letting me know what your favorite kind of cookies are.
Additional entries: (leave a separate comment for each extra entry)
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This giveaway will close on Monday, September 6th at midnight. Â Good Luck!
Thanks to Chronicle Books for providing me with a copy of the book to giveaway.
Shantel S says
I like you on facebook
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I also subscribe via email
Rachael says
I’ve signed up for emails. My favorite cookies are the cowboy cookies my mother-in-law makes. Yum!
Linda says
My favorite are chocolate chip!
Linda says
I follow you on Facebook
Linda says
I subscribe to your emails.
Chrystal says
My favorite cookies are tried and true chocolate chip:)
Chrystal says
I follow you on Facebook!
Kathie M says
My favorite cookies are Monster Cookies!
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Margaret says
My favorite cookies are monster cookies.
Margaret says
I follow Thrifty and Thriving on Facebook.
Margaret says
I get Thrifty and Thriving emails.
Nicole C. says
Oh my gosh this book look so fun! My favorite cookie is one that my best friend’s mom made us when we were in high school. They are called Monster Cookies. They have EVERY thing in them! Peanut butter, walnuts, oatmeal, m&m’s, chocolate chips… YUMMY!
Krystal says
I follow Thrifty and Thriving on FB.
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I get Thrifty and Thriving emails 😉
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follow Thrifty and Thriving on Twitter.
Krystal says
I’m a cookie monster…not sure if I could pick just one 😛
My top 3 are: cowboy cookies, frosted sugar cookies and a chocolate/coconut/oatmeal/peanut butter no bake cookie.
Lisa says
My favorite cookies are my mom’s homemade chocolate chip cookies. I love them warm from the oven!
Lisa says
I follow your RSS
mykidsmom says
How do I sign up for the drawing?
Debbie J says
Similar to others, nothing can beat my mom’s homemade chocolate chip cookies. I wish I could make them as good!
Maureen Blackstone says
I love chocolate chip- really curious about the Hunka Chunka variety in the book.
Betty H. says
Oreos!! But my favorite homemade cookie is Whoopie Pies. Heavenly and a recipe passed on from my momma… 🙂
Stacy Schweighardt says
sugar cookies with frosting!
Stacy Schweighardt says
I like you on facebook
Stacy Schweighardt says
I subscribe to your email too!
Michelle says
OATMEAL RAISIN!!!
Kris Freitag says
To eat: monster cookies (when someone else makes them)
To make: peanut butter!
I already like you on facebook and I can’t figure out twitter. 🙂 I’m not that super cool!
Cathy says
love warm chocolate chip with milk
Stephanie says
My son loves to bake goodies with me!
Diane says
Favorite cookie? Snickerdoodles – yum!
kara says
chocolate chip oatmeal ~ yum!
kara says
i’m an email subscriber too!
Angela R says
My favorite cookies are traditional chocolate chip cookies.
Angela R says
I am an e-mail subscriber.
Angela R says
I follow Thrifty and Thriving on FB.
Angela R says
I follow on Twitter (MrsMowItAll).
heather cleveland says
i am a subscriber
heather cleveland says
i love oatmeal raisin…yummy
Paige says
I love date-filled cookies!
Alissa says
We love sugar cookies and gingerbread cookies – mostly because it is so fun to decorate them.
Alissa says
I follow on FB 🙂
Alissa says
I follow on email too. 🙂
Issure Chen says
Love your blog!!
My children love sugar cookies and I love raisin oatmeal cookies!!
Tamara says
I subscribe on e-mail and my son who is 6 loves to cook.
Debbie Lindsay says
I love choc. chip cookies!