The Multifry combines a low-oil fryer and a multi cooker so you can create everything from pizza to french fries. It can also be used to make cakes, meat, fish, and fried vegetables. A removable mixing paddle is included, to help stir mixes, and can be taken out for things like cake or pies. With a double heating element, the Multifry is speedy and holds close to 4 pounds of food. The BPA-free transparent lid made it easy to constantly watch our mozzarella sticks cook before our eyes!

One of out favorite perks of the Multifry is its lack of a mess it made. When we want to deep fry something on the stove, an abundance of oil pops out of our pan while our food cooks. More often than not, it makes an oily mess on our stove and kitchen floor that is tough to clean up. With the Multifry, we didn’t have to use much oil to get the job done. To clean it, all we had to wash was the removable top, and paddle and bowl.

Mozzarella Sticks with the De’Longhi Multifry

Despite not much oil and no cooking spray, the pan was simple to clean out; a huge plus for our busy family. Tonight, for an appetizer, we decided to make breaded mozzarella sticks. Since it was hot outside, we were thankful for the ability to enjoy the taste of something deep-fried, without feeling like our food was drenched and oil, and without an oven or hot stove heating up or house.

If you don’t enjoy trying or creating new recipes, the Multifry comes with a recipe book, filled with 20 basic recipes with step-by-step instructions in English, Spanish, and French. We were also excited to find even more recipes on the De’Longhi website, for endless possibilities. The only negative we found was the size; with two heating elements and two fans, it cooked quickly and evenly, however takes up quite a bit of space. However, it is smaller than a deep fryer, and can do much more, on a lot less oil. Overall, we enjoyed our Multifryer and will definitely be using it in the future!

Mozzarella Sticks Ingredients

• 12 mozzarella sticks
• 1.5 cups Italian bread crumbs
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup flour
• Italian dressing

Yield: 24 mozzarella sticks Time: 30 minutes Cut mozzarella sticks in half. Whisk the eggs in a small bowl. Put the Italian bread crumbs in another bowl, and the flour in another bowl. Evenly coat the mozzarella sticks with flour. Dip the mozzarella sticks into the egg mixture, and then into the Italian breadcrumbs. Wait a minute or two and repeat the process, for a thicker coating. Fill oil to the level 3 mark on the De’Longhi Multifry, and stick in the oil in the MultiFry bowl. Turn on the heater for a minute. Turn the Multifry heat level to level 3, medium heat. Stick mozzarella sticks in the Multifry for about 10 minutes. Open the Multifry and flip them. Afterwards, wait another 10 minutes.

Directions

1. Cut mozzarella sticks in half. Whisk the eggs in a small bowl. Put the Italian bread crumbs in another bowl, and the flour in another bowl.

2. Evenly coat the mozzarella sticks with flour.

3. Dip the mozzarella sticks into the egg mixture, and then into the Italian breadcrumbs. Wait a minute or two and repeat the process, for a thicker coating.

4. Fill oil to the level 3 mark on the De’Longhi Multifry, and stick in the oil in the MultiFry bowl, and turn on the heater for a minute. Turn the Multifry heat level to level 3, medium heat.

5. Stick mozzarella sticks in the Multifry for about 10 minutes. Open the Multifry and flip them. Afterwards, wait another 10 minutes.

6. Enjoy!

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of De’Longhi, Kenwood, Braun. The opinions and text are all mine.

The post Easy Mozzarella Sticks with De’Longhi’s Multifry first appeared on True Aim.

Welcome to Mom’s Library

This post is filled with parenting tips, activities for young children, crafts, devotionals, recipes, and more!

Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss the next Library!

Click here to see all Mom’s Library Posts
 

Fall Snacks

Wild Alaska Berry Muffins – Erica Barker Get a head start on breakfast with these berry muffins!   Easy Grain-Free Egg Bake – Intoxicated on Life Eggs have many nutritional values. Check out this recipe with 18 eggs! Cinnamon Rolls – Do It All Working Mom Start your morning the right way – with these delicious cinnamon rolls!   Snickers Sundae {in a Mason Jar} – My Joy Filled Life  Curl up near a campfire with this simple Snickers Sundae recipe – in a mason jar!   Apple Butter Scones – Study at Home Mama Here is the perfect excuse to have some apple butter!   Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies – One Little Project

Add a fall splash of pumpkin to classic chocolate chip cookies!

Would you like to participate?

  Please follow me and support your fellow bloggers by visiting some links! Grab a button if you were featured!     * by linking up you give Mom’s Library Bloggers permission to use photos from your post with a link back.

The post Fall Snacks and Mom’s Library #157 first appeared on True Aim.

This post contains a giveaway, for more information read my full disclosure.

When you are young and broke, homemade are the only gifts you can afford. I started making gifts back when I was a teen. Usually my mom did it with me, but one year I was determined to make my uncle some peppermint patties. Yorks were his favorite, Junior Mints second.

I grabbed a recipe from an old book from my grandmothers shelf and wasn’t sure what would happen. They turned into minty animal droppings, aka Janine’s Junior Mints, but my uncle didn’t mind; they tasted great! The only problem; I just didn’t make enough.

Edible Gifts in Jars

Anything can be put in a jar, decorated with a little fabric and ribbon or with a label.

1. Cookies in a Jar

2. Cake in a Jar 

3. Hot Cocoa in a Jar

4. Waffles in a Jar

5. Bread in a Jar

6. Syrup in a Jar

7. Pie in a Jar

8. Muffins in a Jar

9. Nuts in a Jar

10. Brownies in a Jar

11. Cranberry Butter

12. Granola in a Jar

13. Caramel Sauce in a Jar

14. Hot Fudge in a Jar

15. Strawberry Jam

16. Lemon Curd in a Jar

17. Soup in a Jar

18. Spicy Jelly in a Jar

19. Rootbeer BBQ Sauce in a Jar

20. Dry Rub in a Jar

21. Ranch Mix in a Jar

22. Bread and Butter Pickles

23. Hamburger Helper in a Jar

24. Chili in a Jar

Homemade Chocolate Bark Recipes

I love Chocolate bark because it is easy to make and you can create lots of amazing flavors.

25. White Chocolate Holiday Bark with Cranberries and Pumpkin Seeds

26. Peppermint Bark Cups

27. Yogurt Bark with Strawberries and Pistachios 

28. Bite Sized Party Bark with Mini Chocolate Chips and Peanuts

29. White Chocolate Oreo Bark

30. Easy Toffee Pretzel Bark

31. Homemade Butterfinger Bark

32. Rocky Road Bark

33. Coconut Bark

34. Lemon Bark

35. S’mores Bark

36. Pumpkin Spice Latte Bark

37. Buckeye Bark

Homemade Truffle Recipes

Yummy chocolate treats packed full of flavor make the perfect edible gifts because they are so rich and look pretty too. 38. No Fuss Chocolate Truffles

39. Red Velvet Oreo Truffles

40. Samoa Truffles

41. Truffles Kids Can Make

42. S’mores Truffles

43. Blueberry Lemon Truffles 44. Lemon Cookie Truffles

45. Nutter Butter Truffles

46. Chocolate Candy Cane Truffles

47. Gluten Free Cookie Dough Truffles

  48. Thin Mint Truffles

49. Pumpkin Pie Truffles

50. Eggnog Truffles

Homemade Candy and Snacks

Delectable little goodies and snacks make great gifts for friends and hosts.

51. Seafoam Candy aka Honycomb Sponge Candy

52. Candy Citrus Peel

53. Gingerbread Christmas Tree

54. The Best English Toffee

55. Chocolate Peanut Butter Popcorn

56. Slice and Bake Shortbread

57. Chocolate Covered Raspberries

58. Pumpkin Seed Brittle

59. Strawberry Meringues

60. Homemade Tootsie Rolls

61. Homemade Kool-Aid Taffy

62. Homemade Butterfingers

63. Peanut Butter Confetti Marshmallow Squares

64. Eggnog Fudge

65. Maple Pumpkin Fudge

66. Rocky Road Fudge

67. Red Velvet Fudge

68. Pretzel S’mores

69. Cream Cheese Mints

70. Homemade Butter Mints

71. Honey Mustard Pretzels

72. Christmas Chex Mix

73. Slow Cooker Pumpkin Harvest Chex Mix

74. Pumpkin Spice Muddy Buddies aka Puppy Chow

75. Chocolate Churro Muddy Buddies

Those are just some ideas to get you started! For more homemade edible gift ideas, follow my Cookie Board on Pinterest! What do you like to make for an edible gift?

Follow True Aim Education’s board Cookie Cookie on Pinterest.

The post 75 Homemade Edible Gift Ideas first appeared on True Aim.

I know so many people who had no idea how to cook when they got out of school.  What happened?  They ate out, a LOT.  Then what happened?  Eventually their health caught up with them and they realized something had to change.  Then they learned to cook.

I don’t want that for my children.  I want them to know about food and how to cook from the beginning.

I’m not too worried about perfecting any skills because cooking with your children is more about confidence.  When they have experience in the kitchen it brings a confidence that gives them more freedom and more variety.  They catch the I-Can attitude that transfers to other areas of life and enables them to refine their skills on their own.

To get your children started, I’m sharing my favorite recipes for my kids to cook.

Top 10 Recipes for Kids to Cook

I like these recipes the most because they are easy, healthy, and require little adult supervision.  The key to cooking with your children is to repeat.  Repeat the recipe many times with them so they know how to do it by themselves.  Then, introduce variations of the same recipe to show them how they can make it their own.  Give them choices and start turning them into little chefs.

Allow them to take the reigns.  My daughter makes breakfast on Saturday and I let her come up with whatever she wants.  Sometimes it’s just cereal.  Other times it is scrabbled eggs and toast.  Often it’s messy but the knowledge and confidence she gains is worth it.

Incredible Edible Egg

Speaking of eggs, this is one of the easiest healthy things kids can learn to cook and their are lots of different ways to cook an egg.

Boiled Eggs

This is the easiest and safest way for kids to cook boiled eggs.

Boiled Egg Faces

Then turn those boiled eggs into a fun and creative snack.

Deviled Eggs

Classic and easy, but fancy I love this mess-free version!

Eggs in a Basket

After they can scramble an egg, they can have some fun making designs with them.

Pizza! Pizza!

What kid doesn’t like pizza?  And there are so many ways to make it!

5 Minute Pizza Crust

My kids love to make this pizza because it takes less than 15 minutes to make.

Heart Pizza

Almost anything can be used for crust, like these heart pizzas!

Homemade Pizza Dough

Challenge their skills with traditional yeast pizza dough.

Easy Peasy Snacks

Don’t just let your kids raid the pantry.  They key to snacks is to have healthy food available for them to prepare for themselves.

Dips

These are easy to make and your children can prepare them at the beginning of the week to snack on throughout the week.  Plus, they can help kids eat more vegetables!

Easy Healthy Granola

If my little Emma can mix this up all by herself, so can your child.  Plus this master recipe allows them to choose what goes into their healthy granola!

Sandwiches

These are easy, but they also can be an artistic outlet!

Peanut Butter and Jelly

You can’t go wrong with this combo.  Mix it up by offering bananas, raisins, or thinly sliced apples to put in their sandwich.

Sandwich Art

Give your children the tools and ingredients and see what they can come up with!

What do your children like to cook?

For more ideas, like us on Facebook or follow on Pinterest!

This post is part of the Top 10 Summer Learning Blog Hop!  Please click below for more summer learning activity ideas!

The post Top 10 Recipes for Kids to Cook first appeared on True Aim.

This post contains an awesome giveaway!  For more information please see my full disclosure.

Welcome to Mom’s Library!

Filled with parenting tips, activities for young children, crafts, devotionals, recipes, and more!

Be sure to subscribe so don’t miss the next Library!
Follow the Mom’s Library Pinterest Board to see all of our featured posts.
Make sure you check out last week’s Mom’s Library for My 6 Favorites!

This Week’s Giveaway!

$49.99 Custom Handwriting Worksheet Software!

Improve your child’s handwriting by creating your own handwriting printables the quick and easy way!  Just type, print, and practice.

a Rafflecopter giveaway
 

This Week’s Featured Posts…

Homemade Truffles

Make Your Own Rock Candy

  Here’s a free printable to go with it!    

Valentine’s Bento

Easy Strawberry Cheesecake!

 Kids can help make this quick and easy treat.      

Gingerbread Heart Pancakes

 Show your love in the morning!      

Heart Waffle Treat

 A hidden sweet surprise is in the middle!      

20 Sweet Valentine’s Day Recipes

 I love this collection of treats, especially these macaroons!   

Would you like to participate?

If you were featured please grab a button.

  

The post 20+ Valentine’s Day Snack Ideas and Mom’s Library #81 first appeared on True Aim.

Homemade Granola Ingredients

This master recipe helps you customize your own homemade granola so you can put your favorite ingredients and flavors in.

Base:

4 Cups Old Fashioned Oats

1 Cup Unsweetened Coconut Chips (add more nuts and oats if you don’t want the coconut)

Spices:

1 Pinch of Salt

1 Tablespoon of your favorite spice like cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, or a mixture of cardamom, ginger, cinnamon and cloves for a gingerbread taste.

Nuts or Seeds:

1 Cup of raw sliced almonds, chopped pecans, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds or a fun combination.

Dried Fruit:

1/2 Cup of dried cranberries, raisins, chopped apricots, chopped cherries, ect.

Oil or Fat:

1/4 Cup Melted Butter, Canola Oil, or Coconut Oil

Sweetener:

1/4 Cup + 2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar, Maple Syrup, Honey, Agave, or Sweetener of your choice.  I usually use a Brown Sugar and Honey combination.  You could also try 2 tablespoons of peanut butter.

Flavoring:

1 1/2 Teaspoons of vanilla, almond, or your favorite extract.

Optional: Lemon or Orange Zest

How to Make Healthy Homemade Granola

This is a perfect recipe to cook with your kids because it’s not messy and it’s really easy.  My little Emma has shown an interest in helping me cook lately so I recruited her to mix it up.

First, we preheated the oven to 300° and lined an edged pan with tin foil.  Then we mixed together our base, spices, nuts, and dried fruit in a large bowl.

Emma put sliced almonds, cranberries, cinnamon, and nutmeg in ours.  Sometimes we add a handful of mini chocolate chips after it has cooled completely.

In a separate bowl or measuring cup I combined the oil and sweetener until it resembled a liquid caramel.  Our mixture includes melted butter, brown sugar, honey and vanilla.

Emma stirred in half of the sweetener mix with a wooden spoon until it was combined and then stirred in the remaining liquid.  She mixed it really well until it was evenly distributed.

Gosh she’s cute

I spread out the granola evenly on the foil-lined pan and baked for about 30 minutes until it was lightly golden.  If you want your granola to stick together in chunks, don’t stir it!  Set it on a wire rack and let it cool completely before breaking the granola up.  If you don’t like your granola to stick together, stir every 8-10 minutes during the cooking time and right after you take it out of the oven.

We eat our granola on Greek yogurt, with milk like cereal, and just plain for a quick snack.  You could also try topping muffins with it before they go in the oven for a delicious crunch.

What do you like to put in your granola?

For more healthy family recipes like me on Facebook, or follow me on Pinterest.

The post Easy Healthy Homemade Granola Recipe first appeared on True Aim.