Dinner is done!
Keep it easy, peeps. Easter is here, and before it arrives I have my son’s birthday to celebrate and my kids home from school on Good Friday. Which is why I shopped for Easter dinner yesterday, and also why I did not complain when my son requested pizza and cookie cake for his birthday (the key here being he doesn’t want my…
Delicious Deviled Eggs After working on new spring recipes last week, I was left with a glut of hardboiled eggs. When life gives you lemons, right? So these deviled eggs were born, and boy am I happy they were. With Easter right around the corner, this recipe will come in handy to use up all…
MONDAY Since we are spending Sunday afternoon at a Little League carnival, I’m thinking we’ll all need some nutritional redemption. Like a soup full of beans, lentils and vegetables. Enter this beans and greens soup from Bon Appetit. I’ll be using organic canned beans and garbanzos (from BPA-free cans), instead of dried, to make things faster and easier….
Spring has sprung, evident in my corner of Texas by the fine layer of yellow-green pollen covering just about everything. But we can’t complain, this is the one brief respite of good weather we get. We’re ready for al fresco dinners, evenings in the Little League stands and weekends at the farm (not that I…
Our weeknight dinners are super simple this week, and most of our meals can be put together in about 15 minutes. During the day, I’ll be in the kitchen developing new recipes for spring menus (think peas, leeks, asparagus) and photographing recipes to post on the site. I have a couple fun collaborations with other food writers…
Can someone please tell me where March went? We seem to have missed it. Between spring break, teaching cooking classes and driving carpool, I’m not sure where an entire month went. I’m having the tiniest bit of anxiety about getting summer plans lined up (I already missed the boat on one sports camp for my…
Just in time! Right before kale and Brussels sprout season is over, I need you to get your hands on this recipe for my favorite kale salad. (And just to clarify, yes kale is available all year, but it’s really a winter crop.) It all started at the end of last summer when we made a quick trip to…
There’s a simple way to amp up your dinner game: Make your own salad dressing. You heard me, right? Just checking. It takes five minutes to make a super simple salad dressing, which uses only four ingredients that you should have stocked in your pantry or fridge. The return on flavor, not to mention the…
Our menus have been very “clean” lately, because we aren’t cooking with wheat, soy, corn, dairy or beef (and a long list of other items). I don’t want my family to really notice a huge change in our dinner routine, so I’ve been scouring the internet for flavorful, allergy-free family meals. I’ve also been tweaking some of our family…
