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…

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…