Cook Off Winner

We do have a cook off winner, we do indeed. It's Louisiana Red Beans and Rice with Cheddar Puff Pasteis and Green Beans from the blog nu-trio. Go give them a congratulations will you?!

The gals over at nu-trio gets a phone consultation with Tracee Yablon Breener as well as a copy of her two books. Thanks Tracee for being such a great sponsor.

May Cook Off

Happy day after Mother's Day. Are you all ready to link up your recipes for the cook off? I'm very excited for this cook off. I'm curious to see what your go-to recipe is and what your kids like. If your go-to recipe involves a lot of fresh vegetables I might die of jealousy. Enzo ate broccoli yesterday only because it was Mother's Day. He's such a stinker. A cute one though. He gave me an envelope during dinner, it was all decked out with stickers. I opened the envelope and there was nothing inside, or so I thought. He immediately ran over to me and attacked me with kisses and tight Enzo hugs and said "I filled the envelope with hugs and kisses mom just for you."

O.K, mamas show me what you've got. You have until Sunday of this week to write a post on your blog sharing your go-to recipe. Then link your post using the linky tool below. Please make sure to include in your post that you are submitting the recipe for the Kitchen Corners' May Cook Off. If you have any questions read last week's post where I introduced the theme and the sponsor or feel free to ask a question in the comments. Next week we'll vote on our favorite recipe and the winner will win a 10 minute phone consultation with Tracee Yablon Breener along with Tacee's two books.

Remember, this cook off is open to everyone. You don't have to be a mom to participate. You don't have to be in the U.S to participate. Let's do this thing.

May Cook Off

This month I want to celebrate the time and effort it takes to feed our kids. As a new mother I operated on little sleep and felt tremendously overwhelmed at how much effort it took to feed baby Enzo. And I was breastfeeding! I mean, I wasn't even washing out bottles or mixing formula powder with water. Still, the energy it took my body to produce milk and feed him was huge. I often asked "do you really need to eat again?!"

With time things got easier. Not easy. Just easier. But still the answer to the question "do you really need to eat again?" is still "yes."

Feeding Enzo and Baby Maria is a daily task that kicks my butt. I love cooking for them (most of the time), but at the end of the day I am exhausted. I'm sure you can relate.

There are things that help, like having beans in the freezer to whip up a rice and bean dish when I'm low on time. A plate of rice and beans with fried eggs is my go-to meal. My kids love when I make it. And I make it often.

This month I want you to share your go-to meal that your kids love. What dish are your famous for? If your kids could write a blog post what would they say about your cooking? Do they love your baked mac'n'cheese? Do they love the way you cut out shapes from their sandwiches?

This month we're lending each other a hand with recipes we can all benefit from, recipes that moms can whip up for their kids that's a little more elaborate than a bowl of cereal. Recipes that make you proud to know you're feeding your family something both nutritious and delicious.

For those of you who don't have kids please help us out too. We moms need good ideas from everyone, besides you can always think back on a favorite dish that your own mom used to make and share that with us. Vintage mom recipes are my favorite.

Oh, and the cook off prize is awesome. The sponsor will ship internationally so anyone can participate.

This month's sponsor is Tracee Yablon -  a rock star child nutritionist. She opened up her own nutritional counseling office and works as a professional dietitian, counseling families on how to eat better foods. Her website Real Food Moms is a personal favorite of mine. I also have both of her books Great Expectations: Best Food for Your Baby & Toddler: From First Foods to Meals Your Child Will Love and Simple Food for Busy Families: The Whole Life Nutrition Approach and use it regularly as a resource for my meal planning. Tracee is exceptional, I'm so glad she wanted to partner up with Kitchen Corners to offer up a 10 minute phone consultation along with her two books to the winner of this month's cook off. Thank you Tracee.

If you are not a mom and you win the cook off you can regift the books and the consultation to a mom that you know. Can I just say perfect baby shower gift?!

So start thinking about what you'd like to make. If you post your recipe on your blog this week please link to this post. On Monday the linky tool will go up and you can add your post to the Cook Off.

Mother's Day is this Sunday.
From now until Sunday I'm going to wish you a Happy Mother's day at least 101 times.
For all you rock star moms out there, keep up the good work!

April Cook Off Winner

{photo from Experiments of a Housewife}

Mini Chocolate Burgers from Experiments of a Housewife wins this month's cook off with 54% of the votes. Success. Please take the time to look at Experiments of a Housewife, she's becoming a pro at Indian cuisine.

Thanks everyone who participated in this month's cook off by either submitting recipes of voting or both. I also want to thank this month's Sponsor, Nestle Kitchens for making this event possible.

Have a lovely Monday, eating the rest of your Easter chocolates.
See you back here tomorrow.

April Cook Off- The Voting Has begun

I want to give a shout out and a pat on the back to the lovely ladies who submitted their chocolate creations to the April Cook Off. Nice work.

Please take the time to look at the submissions.

then come back and caste your vote.
----post edit: the voting widget has been removed. The Winner has been announced.

Winner will be announced next Monday and will walk away with a basket full of goodies from this month's sponsor -- Nestle Kitchens. Lucky!

Have a lovely week everyone.