Naptime Everyday: Recipes for Everyday Cooking and Baking

  What’s Going on Today: Summer camp heaven, walks to the beach, lazy summer days. Tonight’s Menu: Beer Marinated Pork Tenderloin, Composed Salad with Lambrucha-Chervil Vinaigrette, Blueberry Pavlova One of the best parts about Belgian beer is that is can be sipped, stirred and baked. In the virtual picnic Wendy and I dreamt up while […]

Phoebe and Cara’s website, Big Girls, Small Kitchen, was one of the first blogs I ever read. We started blogging around the same time and I remember being immediately taken in by their cool concept of quarter-life cooking. To be honest, I felt a little bit like I was reading a flashback to my own […]

What’s Going on Today: Celebrating the end of preschool, year one, enjoying the first real days of summer. Naptime Goals: Prep chicken and potatoes for dinner, laundry, organize last round of winter clothes drop-off for Goodwill. Tonight’s Menu: Skillet Chicken with Potatoes & Haricot Vert. I got into making skillet meals this spring. I was […]

What’s Going on Today: Last week of school! Naptime Goals: Rhubarb-Lavender Jam Tonight’s Menu: Homemade Mini-Pizzas, salad, wine For More Great Rhubarb Recipes Don’t Forget to Read All About Rhubarb (Naptime Simple Tips) Product of the Week: These canning tongs are most excellent for canning small batches at home. They are much easier to use […]

What’s Going on Today: Preparing for a pre-Memorial Day picnic using leftovers from last nights dinner. Naptime Goals: Prepare Chicken Salad, pack bag with appropriate tableware. Picnic Menu: Walnut Chicken Salad, sliced baguette, farmer’s market vegetables, iced tea I am not a huge fan of mayonnaise but have been known to enjoy a good chicken […]

What’s Going on Today: Leafing through the Bon Appetit from last month, loving it, running around signing my daughter up for summer camps! Naptime Goals: Make spicy tomato sauce, sift through camp paperwork. Tonight’s Menu: Spaghetti with Spicy Sauce, Green Salad, Wine. Sometimes the signs are loud and clear when it comes to determining dinner. […]

What’s Going on Today: Parent-Teacher Conference Day! Naptime Goals: Prep chicken, work on a few fun writing assignments! Tonight’s Menu: Ginger-Lime Tube Pan chicken, long grain wild rice, arugula salad. When a craving for roast chicken grabs hold there is nothing I can do to stop it. A moist bird with crispy skin is all […]

What’s Going on Today: Planning family brunch for the weekend, cleaning up the house after the little one goes to bed (!) Naptime Goals: Prepare french toast for tomorrow, work on a few articles and stain stick the grass stains out of my daughter’s clothes. Brunch Menu Tomorrow: French toast, bacon, mimosas. Product of the […]

What’s Going on Today: Easter wrap-up, waiting for the rain to subside. Naptime Goals: Make Asparagus Soup, write thank you note to the Easter bunny for doing such good work. Tonight’s Menu: Asparagus Soup, soft fresh bread, white wine. Kitchen Tool of the Week: Cuisinart Hand Blender, the ideal tool for blending soups, smoothies and […]

What’s Going on Today: Registration for summer camp mayhem, spring cleaning! Naptime Goals: Make and mold crab cakes for dinner dinner. Finish laundry and start to put away winter clothes (!) Tonight’s Menu: Spicy Whole Wheat Crab Cakes with Tartar Sauce and Creamy Polenta, green salad, crisp white wine. Crab cakes during naptime?! Yes, it […]

What’s Going Today: Doing a jig as I pack our bags for vacation, setting aside winter sweaters to be dry cleaned for storage. Naptime Goals: Pack away winter in the attic, pack spring clothes in the suitcase, wrap up all obligations and head out of town! Tonight’s Menu: Meyer Lemon Ricotta Spaghetti with Arugula More […]

What’s Going on Today: St. Patrick’s Day! Naptime Goals: Make pistachio pound cake for Kerry, wrap up tax filing for 2010 (!) Tonight’s Menu: Pizza picnic with friends at the beach. We are not Irish but I got in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day yesterday and made a pistachio pound cake. Pistachios are not […]