I was in the kitchen a bit in January, mostly making savory dishes, but I did get in a few sweets. At end of the month it was Thade’s birthday, so that kept the kitchen hopping.

For our belated Christmas celebrations I made a few batches of cookies.

To kick off the “year of the pie” I tried out a new crust recipe, and made a Cherry Pie.

My hubby needed cookies for work, so I made a batch of Cakerdoodles. I might have kept a dozen home for the kiddos and me too.

Thade wanted Cake Pops for treats at school. I made a batch of Chocolate ones, and they were pretty tasty. I still have a batch frozen in the freezer just in case there is a Cake Pop emergency over here.

For Thade’s Harry Potter themed birthday party I served a lot of different treats, and had a lot of foodie-crafts for the kiddos to make too. We made magical pretzel wands, and they were delicious.

I also served Chex Mix, but I called it Hagrid’s Hasty Mix to keep with the party theme. I’ll be making this for the Super Bowl too, I guess I’ll have to come up with a Green Bay Packers name for the Chex Mix then.

Now this last one isn’t handmade, but it is tasty and fun. I set up a Professor Snape’s Magical Potion station at the party, and all of the kiddos made magical potions to take home. It was a lot of fun, and I had enough cauldrons for the kids to take home extras.

I have already been busy in the kitchen this first week of February. Being snowed in has left me a lot of time to spend cooking in the kitchen. I hope to have lots of tasty pictures up soon.