Naptime Everyday: Recipes for Everyday Cooking and Baking

What’s Going on Today: Morning trip to garden center for first pumpkins of the season! Daughter off to school for a few hours. Naptime Goals: Make Cranberry Muffins with Pecan Streusel Topping for afternoon snack and breakfast tomorrow! Tonight’s Dinner: Roast Chicken from last night, stripped off the bird and tossed with pasta. Parenting Lesson […]

What’s Going on Today: Preschool orientation. Pay attention! Naptime Goals: Prepare Eggplant Parmigiana, put significant school dates in my calendar. Tonight’s Menu: Eggplant Parm, Green salad, dessert from cookbook recipe testing (!) Parenting Lesson of the Day: Even if you don’t think they’ll ever learn their manners, trust me, they will. Today I attended parent’s […]

What’s Going on Today: Scheduled teacher visit from school. Library to return books, playtime with friends. Naptime Goals: Prepare ingredients for Apple Snack Muffins, clean house to prepare for visit. Tonight’s Menu: Meatballs for Choir Boys, Green Salad, Garlic Bread, Apple Muffins. Parenting Lesson of the Day: You can’t wait for them to start school, […]

What’s Going on Today: Taking advantage of last week without preschool obligations (!) Naptime Goals: Prepare dough for Cherry & Cream Cookies, test two recipes for the book. Tonight’s Menu: Two book recipes (I can’t tell you which ones!), Caesar Salad, Cherry & Cream Cookies for dessert. Parenting Lesson of the Day: I don’t think […]

What’s Going on Today: Reminiscing about vacation in Cooperstown earlier this month. Organizing daughter’s fall wardrobe! Naptime Goals: Start ironing labels into daughter’s clothes. Bake loaf of Savory Ham & Cheese Bread. Tonight’s Menu: Savory Ham & Cheese Bread, Caprese Salad, White Wine. Parenting Lesson of the Day: The fashion philosophy of a toddler: “More […]

What’s Going on Today: Morning trip to the local market, pick up dry cleaning, romp at playground on the beach. Naptime Goals: Accounting, finish Babble column, bake Plum Torte Tonight’s Menu: Artichoke-Rosemary Pizza, Plum Torte, Glass of Albarino Parenting Lesson of the Day: What’s worse: finger paint or marker? I’ve been making this Plum Torte […]

What Going on Today: Trip to favorite Farmer’s Market in Connecticut, pizza lunch at the market, ask neighbor to babysit our fish next week while we are on vacation. Naptime Goals: Prepare Eggplant & Goat Cheese bake for dinner, finish up some blog posts, packing (again). Tonight’s Menu: Eggplant & Goat Cheese Bake with country […]

What’s Going on Today: Send daughter out for the morning with babysitter. Set up yearly pickling project with Dad. Naptime Goals: Process pickles in the water bath after a whole morning spent pickling. Tonight’s Menu: Mom’s cooking! Parenting Lesson of the Day: Always save an extra pint jar for the kids to play with! Most […]

What’s Going on Today: Trip to The Garbage Museum (no joke, watch the video). Naptime Goals: Prepare Baked Tomatoes with Parmesan & Herbs, Cookie Crumble Parfaits. Tonight’s Menu: Tagliatelle, Baked Tomatoes, Cookie Crumble Parfaits, Wine (for the parents) Parenting Lesson of the Day: Never underestimate the appeal of garbage! It’s hard to believe that we […]

What’s Going on Today: Last day in Cooperstown, bike ride with daughter, blueberry picking with Dad! Naptime Goals: Can 2 quarts of Blueberry Pie filling with my Dad. Tonight’s Menu: Mom’s cooking (again!), I am in charge of the corn. Parenting Lesson of the Day: Never let them wear treasured clothes when blueberry picking. Last […]

What’s Going Today: Hanging out in Cooperstown preparing for my friend’s bridal shower, catching up with friends, trip to the farmer’s market. Naptime Goals: Make Homemade Snickers Bars for the bridal shower (it’s a bit of an experiment, post to come next week), help Mom get out the china, silver, etc. Tonight’s Menu: Mom’s making […]

What’s Going on Today: Big pancake breakfast, morning trip to the beach (hence the wet hair in the video), sunday chores. Naptime Goals: Make Zucchini Bites with the zucchini I recently picked up at the farmer’s market this week, finish up some Babble columns. Tonight’s Menu: Grilled Soyaki Chicken Thighs, Zucchini bites, cous-cous, Chocolate Chip […]