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Apr 25

Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2024: Gifts for Every Mom

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With Mother’s Day approaching on Sunday, May 12, it is time to think about how you want to celebrate the moms in your life. Inspiring Kitchen has curated our 2024 Mother’s Day Gift Guide with a selection of thoughtful gifts for every mom whether she’s your mom, grandma, daughter, wife or a friend wearing the title of new mom for the first time.

Surprise your mom with a sweet treat, luxurious fragrances and lotions, relaxation solutions, gorgeous glassware, a kitchen gadget that makes smoothies on the go, health, wellness and beauty ideas, memorable jewelry, comfy lounge-ware and a safety solution for your most precious love (that made you a Mom!),… Read more

Oct 19

Dutch Baby Pancake with Blueberries, Cranberries and Apples

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Want to impress your family and friends with an easy brunch dish? Try this Dutch Baby Pancake with Blueberries, Cranberries and Apples.

This recipe is not only beautiful when topped with colorful fruit, but is made with ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen. I have made it as the main course or a side dish for breakfast, brunch, holidays and even dinner.

I make it in a Le Creuset Braiser which can go from stove top to oven to buffet or table top. It has so many uses from making sauce to stir fries to browning meats and everything in between.… Read more

Jun 21

16 Amazon Prime Day Deals: Housewares and Smart Home

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Today’s the day for the start of Amazon Prime Day deals. I’m sharing my favorite finds in the housewares, cooking, smart home, electronics and cosmetics areas in this post and adding on over the next two days.

Big lesson, don’t wait too long as two I wanted to share are already gone!

Amazon Prime Day Deals

Peugeot Pepper Mill

Anova Sous Vide

Want to try and easy to make dinner using the sous vide method of cooking? Try this Herbs de Provence Fish recipe.

Over Sink Drying Rack

Don’t have a lot of counter space?

May 07

A Showstopper Colorful Spring Vegetable Tart

Posted by Inspiring Kitchen | Foods, Housewares, Recipes | 10 Comments

When you entertain family and friends, do you have a specific style or dish that you like to include? I am all about creating a beautiful table which includes delicious recipes as well as a tabletop design that reflects the look I want. This colorful Spring Vegetable Tart is served in my new favorite find from Peugeot Saveurs.

Now, you may know Peugeot Saveurs as the iconic, world class French manufacturer of spice mills. Having worked in the housewares industry for so long, I am very familiar with their gorgeous and extremely well-made salt and pepper mills. These are their u’Select Paris Manual Wooden Salt and Pepper Mills in Graphite. … Read more

Apr 26

How to Care for Cast Iron Cookware

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What’s the best way to clean and maintain cast iron cookware? That is a question that anyone who has worked in the housewares, more specifically, cookware industry, has been asked a thousand times.

The good news? I am going to answer that question right here so you can use those amazing pieces sitting in your cabinet every day. Here’s the reason why you want to use them:

Cast iron cookware will last forever. It’s literally passed down from generation to generation.
It’s essentially indestructible. Use on the stove, in the oven, on the grill and on the campfire.
It cooks evenly no matter how well the heat is dispersed.

Jun 19

Mother’s Day Road Trip with Mazda: The Glazed Lemon Cake Edition

Posted by Inspiring Kitchen | Housewares, Recipes, Travel | 10 Comments

When life is stressful, I literally will make lemonade out of lemons. Or in this case, Glazed Lemon Cake in Mini Bundt Pans. The vibrant scent, tartness of the lemons and sweet glaze makes for a perfect dessert.

It’s also one of my Mom’s favorite treats. Since we were celebrating Mother’s Day, it was the best excuse to pull out the mini bundt pan to make them for her.

Knowing how many ways I use lemons in dishes, I often think of my aunt and uncle’s place on the west coast where having a lemon tree outside your kitchen window is common.… Read more

May 08

Crustless Broccoli Cheddar and Shallot Quiche

Posted by Inspiring Kitchen | Entertaining, Housewares, Recipes | 7 Comments

Sunday is Mother’s Day. But we are in quarantine. So, you are either cooking your own celebratory brunch, are lucky enough to have someone cook for you or are enjoying a quiet Sunday morning eating your favorite breakfast. The good news is that this Crustless Broccoli Cheddar and Shallot Quiche is so easy to make that you win no matter what.

Having bought a big bag of fresh broccoli from Costco back in anticipation of this strange time we are living in, I have been incorporating it into a multitude of different recipes. The beauty of this quiche recipe is that you can adapt it to whatever vegetables, milk and cheeses you like.… Read more

May 02

Easy Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls

Posted by Inspiring Kitchen | Baking, Housewares, Recipes | 7 Comments

The longer we stay quarantined, the more creative I am getting with ingredients. Or at least that is what it seems like! Usually, I am at the grocery a couple times a week without really considering what I already have at home to work with. So when a sweet craving kicked in and no grocery run happening, I began looking at what I have available and found a quick recipe to share for Easy Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls.

Making traditional cinnamon rolls is all about the layers of butter and dough. And time. But when you feel like a sweet treat without all the effort of making the pastry from scratch, using prepared ingredients is a total time saver.… Read more

Apr 15

DoubleTree by Hilton chocolate chip cookies

DoubleTree Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Shared for First Time

Posted by Inspiring Kitchen | Dessert, Housewares, Recipes, Travel | 2 Comments

If you are a traveler, you now how it feels to finally get to the hotel after a long car ride or running through the airport to catch a flight. The happy memory of when you walk into a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel to be greeted with a fresh-from-the-oven, warm chocolate chip cookie.

DoubleTree by Hilton Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

As our travels have come to a halt due to the coronavirus, DoubleTree by Hilton wants to help us appreciate the warmth and comfort of our homes by sharing their exclusive chocolate chip cookie recipe. The even better news is you probably have the ingredients in your pantry already like the chocolate chips themselves and rolled oats.… Read more

Apr 11

The Best Broccoli Cheese Soup

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In may be April in the Midwest, but it is still soup weather in my house. In anticipation for the need to stay home for an uncertain amount of time, I bought a huge bag of fresh broccoli from Costco. I hadn’t quite figured out what I was going to make with it but better to be prepared, right?! And then it came to me: Broccoli Cheese Soup.

I am continuing to wade through my pantry and refrigerator which is seeming deeper and more endless than I thought. The ingredients discovered are helping me decide what to make. Like many of the recipes I am sharing, these are just the norm for me to have in the house.… Read more

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