Six Sisters’ Stuff: Family Recipes, Fun Crafts, and So Much More! is a flexible paperback cookbook that not only includes gorgeous photos of entrees, appetizers, and desserts, but also a variety of crafts to keep your kids occupied and to dress up the table. Camille, Kristen, Elyse, Stephanie, Lauren, and Kendra are biological sisters and know what it means to have a busy life, but they still make time for family dinners and this book includes 100 easy-to-follow recipes using ingredients commonly found in your pantry.
The full-color photos in this cookbook will make your mouth water even if you’ve just eaten dinner. From the main meals to the slow cooker meals, these women have made cooking for a family incredibly easy and simple with these recipes. There are salads, sides, and breads, plus dessert — oh, the dessert. (I made one for book club, see photos and reaction below) But this book is not only about the food and having family meals together, but it also is about spending time with family whether it’s on a road trip or inside on a rainy day (I’ll be testing these out in the coming weeks).
There are projects ranging from creating simple decorations like a snowman out of blocks and felt bows to more complex projects like bookshelves made out of pallets. These projects are sure to occupy family members and make the house look more beautiful. The sisters also offer advice on spring cleaning, which may seem like common sense but for a first time homeowner with a new kid the task can be overwhelming. There also are healthy snack ideas, fun date ideas to keep the romance alive, and a weekly breakdown on how to build a 72-hour emergency kit for the entire family.
Six Sisters’ Stuff: Family Recipes, Fun Crafts, and So Much More! is appealing to look at, create from, and learn. It’s not only about cooking a healthy meal in a short amount of time with the ingredients on hand, but it’s also focused on ensuring that family time becomes a priority. Readers will have no choice but to dig in and start creating. Delicious family recipes ready to fill watering mouths and simple crafts to spruce up any busy home.
My baking experience with Mom’s Chocolate Marshmallow Brownies:
As is usual with me, I was pulled in a hundred different directions and had to improvise the recipe, though I do plan to make this recipe the way it is written at some point. I wanted to make these for book club in February, but with little time, I turned to my favorite box brownie mix, Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Brownie mix, which never fails me. And I quickly found the brownie pan I chose would require me to use 2 boxes, which met the hubby had to run out and get a second box.
But then I made the Chocolate frosting from the recipe for on top of the marshmallows. The recipe called for 2-3 cups of powdered sugar, but I found out quickly that 2 cups was too little because the frosting was soupy, so I had to make it 3 cups for the right consistency. Once I got the frosting made, i spread it on top of the marshmallows (which I really didn’t need the whole bag of).
The pan must have still been a bit warm because the frosting melted a little too much over the marshmallows, making it an even gooier mess than I expected, but it didn’t seem to matter to the book club members who were eager to try it. I just had to have the first piece, and one of the corners, since those are my favorite! I took a close up of one piece to share with everyone. YUM!
About the Six Sisters:
In February 2011, we started our blog SixSistersStuff.com. After years of living close to one another, we were being pulled in many different directions- one sister moved to the West coast, another sister followed her husband to medical school, one moved away to college, and another sister had just lost a baby. We needed each other now more than ever and we used our blog as a way to stay in touch.
Before we started blogging, we were constantly calling each other for recipe ideas, craft projects, and ways to keep our children entertained during those long winter days. The blog was the perfect way for us to share those ideas with each other and we were having so much fun doing it. We are all busy, whether it’s with our kids, jobs, school, husbands, community involvement, or something else eating up our time, so all the recipes and projects you will find on this blog are quick and easy! Our recipes are family favorites that use ingredients that can commonly be found in your pantry and our crafts and home decor projects can be made with little or no money. We don’t claim to be amazing chefs- we just know the importance of feeding your family a home-cooked meal and sitting down to eat it together.
This is my 12th book for the 2013 New Authors Challenge.
About the 4×4 Dinner Challenge:
- Pledging to accept the 4×4 Dinner Challenge means the family will eat together at least four times per week for four weeks.
- Families are encouraged to register online, and they will receive meal tips, ideas for family activities, and helpful recipes to make meeting the challenge easy.
To win a copy of this colorful cook book, do the following:
- Like the Six Sister’s STUFF Facebook page and join the 4×4 Dinner Challenge
- Click the 4×4 Family dinner banner on the Website (on the right sidebar) and leave a comment joining the challenge.
- Come back here and leave a comment on this post about what you’d like to check out in Six Sisters’ Stuff.
Deadline to enter is March 10, 2013, at 11:59 PM EST.
I have pinned so many recipes from the Six Sisters, but haven’t tried too many of them yet. I must get moving.
This book looks right up my alley!!!
Those brownies were so, so good! You better make them again some time. 😉
I love how you just improvised and went with it!!!!! I almost accepted a copy of this one…should have!
It is soo good Staci! You can win a copy if you sign up for the pledge and come back and comment.
Too bad the brownies didn’t turn out quite as planned. They still look good though. Sort of like hot fudge cake!
It does look like a fudge cake. Yummy and gooey!
That book looks good to me and so do those brownies – when it comes to brownies, the gooier the better in my opinion!