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: Rustic Apple Bacon Mini-Pies
Though it seems as if it might be an odd combination, bacon and apples are actually quite delicious together. The saltiness of the bacon combined with the sweetness of the apples makes Martin’s idea a brilliant one. Add in a flaky, orange zest spiked crust and you’ve a pie that would win a blue ribbon at any contest.
Sparkle Kitchen: Pumpkin Maple Bacon Dog Treats
So that our canine friends have a little Halloween goodie of their own, I decided to try my hand at dog treats. And my concoction: a simple flour and oat based biscuit that combines pumpkin and bacon fat!
Sparkle Kitchen: Wilderness Trout
One of the easiest ways to hunt for and cook your own food in real life is to go fishing.
Sparkle Kitchen: Roasted Apple Soup
This week’s recipe comes right out of an upcoming free "Martin & Sylvia" story on the Sparkle iTunes Podcast! It’s called “Old Apple Tree and the Lamb’s Wool Blessing” – and it’s a celebration of Autumn and all the goodness of apples!
Sparkle Kitchen: Rainbow Salad
If you’ve ever grown a vegetable garden or if you’re a member of a local CSA, I know at some point you’ve had this question:
What do I do with all these vegetables?
Sparkle Kitchen: Martin & Sylvia's Nutty Popcorn
“Hmmmm, what’s Nutty Popcorn?” I wondered when I read the first draft of the story. I asked David, and he said, “Well...think healthy Cracker Jacks!” He listed the ingredients: honey, almonds, butter... “Uh, YUM!” I thought. “All of the Sparkle Families must have this too!” So I set straight to work figuring out a recipe to share.
Sparkle Kitchen: Upside Down Lemon Bars! (Gluten-Free!)
They were supposed to be normal lemon bars, with the custard on top and the crust on the bottom. But alas, in the moment of adding the custard portion to bake, things went topsy-turvy. But oh the result! Crust on top and sides, and custard on the bottom. And lusciously good.
Sparkle Kitchen: Pink Hummus (and the Rainbow Table)
In the story "The Rainbow Table," Martin and Sylvia’s family decides to throw a “rainbow potluck”. Each guest is to bring a food from a color of the rainbow. Here's a recipe for some pink hummus that you can make for your own rainbow table!
Sparkle Kitchen: Breakfast Tacos
If you live in Texas or Southern California or Arizona or any state that has a good Mexican border, you’ll know all about having your breakfast wrapped in a warm tortilla. But if you don’t, I have to show you what we do!
Sparkle Kitchen: Gluten-Free, Triple-Chocolate, Black-Bean Brownies
A luscious Valentines recipe to go with the Martin & Sylvia Valentines audio collection.
Sparkle Kitchen: "All-the-Things" Fruitcake Cookies (Gluten-Free)
We're sharing a recipe for All-the-Things Fruitcake Cookies so you can pull things from your pantry too and whip up some unique holiday treats!
Sparkle Kitchen: Sugarplums (and Sugarplum Bunny Bites!)
This post has recipes for both of the treats that Martin and Sylvia enjoy in "Living Room Nutcracker," so that you can try them along with the story!
Sparkle Kitchen: Baked Apples with Cinnamon Oat Nut Stuffing
In the Sparkle Kitchen, we whipped up this delicious recipe, cutting a step from the recipe-that-inspired-us by substituting granola for the special oatmeal mix.
Sparkle Kitchen: Daddycakes
We’ve created an easy, customizable version that’s based on Daddy’s creative pancakes (as well as the pancakes that David has been whipping up in our house for years now).
Sparkle Kitchen: Mrs. Brown's Apple Turnovers
Inspired by the story "Rainy Day Help", we adapted this gluten-free apple turnover recipe by including almond meal and cutting the sugar — two modifications that brought this treat more in line with our typical family eating habits.
Sparkle Kitchen: Autumn Acorn Treats
We took a plateful of these acorn treats to some friends’ for dinner one evening, and all the little squirrels around the table couldn’t get enough of their acorn desserts.
Sparkle Kitchen: Lentil & Pumpkin Stew
I searched my favorite sites for good recipes — and used Pinterest too. But I couldn’t find one that was perfect. So I combined parts of three recipes into one that I think is perfectly yummy! (And relatively simple.)
Sparkle Kitchen: Momma's Spiced Applesauce
Spiced applesauce! Cinnamon, cardamom, allspice. Can’t you already smell and taste it? Yum. We’ve got Momma’s recipe for you — all you need are ripe apples, some honey, some lemon juice, and a few lovely spices.
Sparkle Kitchen: Fall Millet Fritters
Millet is great grain for autumn — and goes beautifully with root vegetables and winter squashes. It makes a lovely morning porridge, served with butter and raw honey in our house. And best of all, it makes wonderful fritters.
