Goodness, am I excited to share this new site with you! I started Sprouts Cooking School 10 months ago, and if you had told me then that we would grow so fast that we would need a website and then quickly outgrow that one, I never would have believed you! But that is most certainly what has happened. My first site was fantastic in that it streamlined the payment and registration process by providing me with e-commerce and it also gave me a direct way to communicate with everyone. However, I did not anticipate the reach Sprouts would have and I was quickly getting more emails per day than I could handle. My customers are extremely important to me so I try my very best to answer each and every email that comes in but there were days I was…

Can you believe that Christmas is 9, yes 9 days away?! Crazy, right? I feel like the holiday season has just flown by! I don’t know if it is the warmer weather or what, but I am trying my hardest to soak in every last moment of holiday cheer before it sneaks right on past…

  I love writing recipes and being creative in the kitchen, but every so often I have my own version of writers block and I just get stuck. When that does happen, I am lucky enough to have a friend who is creative it the kitchen as well and she always has great ideas. The…

Ingredients 1 cup vanilla yogurt 1 cup apple cider 1 ½ cup chopped apples (I prefer honeycrisp apples and leave the skin on for fiber and color) 1 banana 2 2 cups ice 1 teaspoon cinnamon A few dashes of freshly grated nutmeg Directions Into a blender, add all of the ingredients and blend on…

Ingredients 1 package cream cheese (8-oz) 8-9 oz crumbled feta cheese ¼ cup chopped chives 1 package dried cranberries (5-oz) Freshly grated pepper 5-7 soft taco-sized whole wheat flour tortillas 1 lb. honey smoked turkey breast Baby spinach Directions In a food processor, combine the cream cheese and feta and blend until smooth. Transfer the…

Ingredients For the Icing: 1 Tablespoon shortening 1 Tablespoon butter, softened ½ cup powdered sugar ⅛ teaspoon vanilla ¾ teaspoon milk For the “Hot Cocoa”: 1 Rolo Icing 3 mini marshmallows (from instant hot cocoa packet) 1 candy cane, crushed 1 mini pretzel (like Rold Gold Tiny Twists) Directions Using an electric mixer, combine the…

Ingredients 4 tablespoons butter 1 16-oz bag mini marshmallows ¼ teaspoon salt 6 cups Cocoa Pebbles Candy eyes Colored Pull ‘n Peel Twizzlers Black gel icing Directions Place butter and the marshmallows in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for about 60 seconds, or until melted and smooth. Stir mixture. Add the salt to the…

Ingredients ½ package Oreo cookies, broken into large pieces 1 ½ cups pretzel sticks ½ cup cup candy corn 2 packages white chocolate candy melts Halloween sprinkles Halloween candy eyes Directions Line a cookie sheet with wax paper and place Oreos, pretzels, and candy corn on top. Heat candy melts in microwave according to package…

Ingredients 9 cups vanilla Chex cereal 1 cup white chocolate chips ¼ cup butter 1 ½ cup powdered sugar Blue, white, and silver sprinkles Directions Place cereal into a large bowl. In a small, microwave-safe bowl, melt white chocolate chips and butter for 30 seconds or until the mixture is smooth. Pour mixture on top…

Ingredients ½ stick butter ¾ cup brown sugar ½ cup heavy cream Directions In a microwave safe bowl, melt the butter. Then add the brown sugar and heavy cream and whisk together until sugar is dissolved. Microwave for 2 minutes. Remove from microwave and whisk more. Microwave once more for 2-3 minutes. The mixture will…

Ingredients *For the Rice Krispie Treats 4 tablespoons butter 1 10-oz bag mini marshmallows ½ 10-oz bag mini marshmallows ¼ teaspoon salt 6 cups Rice Krispies *For Sushi Roll Fruit Rollup Twizzlers Gummy worms *For Nigiri Air Heads Swedish Fish Fruit by the Foot Directions For the Rice Krispie Treats, place butter and one whole…

Ingredients 1 loaf of white bread 1 8-oz block of cream cheese, softened ¾ cup powdered sugar Splash of vanilla extract 1 stick butter, melted 1 cup granulated sugar 1 Tablespoon cinnamon Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut the crusts off the slices of bread. Using a rolling pin, flatten the bread. Combine the…