Recipes – Page 2 – Wineberry Wood Press

28Oct 2024 by catbird 11 Comments

2024 Winter Solstice Countdown Calendar

Countdown to the Winter Solstice with activities, recipes and crafts. Come back each day for a new surprise! The doors won’t open until the correct day (So 1 opens on December 1st, on December 5th you’ll be able to open 1-5, etc.) The calendar includes a new exclusive excerpt from my Winter Solstice book that will only be available through this calendar and only in December 2024. It also includes four guest blogs from other talented makers! Click on the image below to go to the calendar!! (This will take you to a new window) Click once to open the door and click a second time to open the tutorial. Click Here for the materials list– there are some spoilers here, but I tried my best to give you the info you needed without giving…

17Oct 2024 by catbird No Comments

“Chomp! The Truth About Sharks”

Craft Project, Free Printable, Learning, Picture Book Buds, Play, Recipes, STEAM

Picture Book Buds are a fun and easy way to incorporate literacy into nature study. Read a book (you can even read it outside!) and then enjoy the related activity and snack suggestions! Chomp! The Truth About Sharks Written by: Annette Whipple Chomp! The Truth About Sharks is a fun new nonfiction book about sharks. Having just spent some time hunting for fossil shark teeth this summer, my boys were all over it! It does a great job of breaking down all the info about sharks in a nice concise way: where they live, how they work, the parts of the body, different adaptations, and of course some blood and teeth. It's also peppered with fun unusual facts (called shark bites!) I definitely learned some cool shark factoids to impress…

12Sep 2024 by catbird No Comments

“The Weeping Tide”

Craft Project, Folklore, Learning, Middle Grade Book Buds, Recipes, STEAM

Continuing with the middle grade book buds, I present the next book in the Wilderlore series, The Weeping Tide! I have been reading a ton of middle grade books lately, but would love to hear your suggestions for more book buds! Middle grade books are substantially longer, so I have broken the middle grade book buds into a lesson (called lore in honor of Wilderlore here), a craft or two, and a snack. All are driven by the themes and ideas in the respective book. These could be the jumping off point for a more in depth academic book study, or just a fun project to further immerse yourself in the worlds of your favorite books! The Weeping Tide (Wilderlore Series) Written by: Amanda Foody The Weeping Tide is a middle…

06Sep 2024 by catbird No Comments

The Best Summer Solstice Party Ideas

Craft Project, Garden, Play, Recipes, Summer, Summer Solstice

We love to celebrate the changing of the seasons and the longest day! Looking for some fun and easy ways to celebrate with friends and family? Check out some of our favorite parties and celebrations! Fun for all ages! t A Solar Luncheon Let the sun be your inspiration and your oven! Building a simple solar oven is easier than you think! You can find instructions in my summer solstice book, or a simpler pizza box version all over the internet, or you can buy a fancier version online. It is truly amazing to be able to cook with the sun (and not heat up the house) on a hot summer day. The Summer Solstice, being the longest day of all, is the perfect time to make a solar luncheon!…

06Sep 2024 by catbird 1 Comment

Summer Stream Craftbrunch

Craft Project, craftbrunch, Hike Ideas, Nature Art, Nature Art Materials, Nature Collection, Play, Recipes, Summer, Summer Solstice

Summer is miserably hot and swampy where I live and sometimes we struggle to get outside as much as we do the rest of the year. It’s theoretically a slower time of year, but it never feels that way to me. One minute the whole summer stretches in front of you and then suddenly it’s September. I started hosting “craftbrunches” years ago to slow down and connect with friends and family. The premise is simple, everyone brings a simple dish and works on a seasonal craft together while laughing and gossiping. It’s an afternoon event which feels easier to schedule between clubs, camps, and soccer games. Including a simple kids craft keeps the littles occupied while the grownups catch up. A Summer Solstice craftbrunch is a perfect respite from…

06Sep 2024 by catbird 2 Comments

Garden Fairy Toasts

Garden, Play, Recipes, Summer, Summer Solstice

Garden fairy toast is so simple yet so satisfying to make! It takes inspiration from the classic fairy toast- bread covered in sprinkles, and reinvents it as a healthier and more versatile snack. The premise is simple, you just collect a little bit of whatever looks good in the garden and then artfully arrange it on your toast. It's fun and easy for kids, and can be quite elegant for adults. It celebrates the garden harvest (even when that harvest is small!) and makes vegetables fun! Ok I always think vegetables are fun... but not everyone agrees with me. You can use cream cheese as your "glue", or get fancier by using goat cheese or ricotta, or by tinting your cream cheese like a do in my love bird toasts.…

06Sep 2024 by catbird 1 Comment

Garden Party Tea & Cakes

Garden, Recipes, Summer, Summer Solstice

I recently learned that garden centers in the UK often have cafes and serve cake and tea and it kind of blew my mind. There seems to be a general association between cake and gardens there that just doesn't exist in the US– but I fully support it. Ever since I have been super inspired and developing cake recipes that use garden fruits and vegetables. I have included a few here, but feel free to make your favorites, zucchini bread, carrot cake, parsnip cake, beet red velvet, spinach, just about any fruit! Garden cakes for days! I even want to try a tomato cake! There are also a ton of common garden plants that are perfect for making herbal tea, so you can harvest the whole meal from your garden! …

14Aug 2024 by catbird No Comments

Magical Edible Tiny Woodland Terrariums

craftbrunch, Recipes, Summer

My kids have been obsessed with terrariums lately (more on that later...) so for our magical forest themed craftbrunch I decided to splash out and make little edible woodland terrariums. These are definitely a little fussy to make, but they aren't especially hard and look way more impressive than they are. (These are a slightly fancier version of the puddings I made for the worm moon here) They are honestly a much fancier version of those dirt puddings that were all the rage for a minute in the 80's. I realize I'm dating myself, but I guess I never got over those- ha! I have in the past used disposable clear plastic cups, but since we were being fancy, I made these in mismatched crystal. I made the terrariums in…

10Jul 2024 by catbird 2 Comments

Summer Sun Cookies

Recipes, Summer, Summer Solstice

If you have read any of my recipes before than you may have picked up that I love to use natural ingredients to add color to my baking and the proliferation of freeze dried fruit powders available on the internet has only fueled my obsession. I used to buy freeze dried fruit and grind it in a spice grinder, but now you can find nearly anything already neatly ground up into powder and ready to use. It is a bit more expensive to buy a bunch of fruit powders, especially if you don't plan to use them for multiple recipes, so as always, if that isn't your thing, then by all means just use food coloring and get a very similar result. That said, the mango and goji powders in…

10Jul 2024 by catbird 1 Comment

Sunny Orange Mint Popsicles

Recipes, Summer, Summer Solstice

It's not really summer without a good popsicle! I recently have come to realize that orange and mint together are delicious and refreshing, maybe everyone else knew this already, but I was surprised! I think in head I was tripped up by toothpaste and orange juice, but that isn't at all what fresh mint tastes like in orange juice. It just adds another herby layer and makes them taste extra cool and refreshing. They also make for a super quick and easy popsicle without any added sugar which is my favorite kind. The clementine suns are completely optional, I shaped them into little suns and froze them in the popsicle, but they were only sort of visible and I'm not sure I'd bother next time. They did look adorable held…

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