Naptime Simple Tips: Fun & Essential Tips for Your Kitchen

Saying I am a fan of rhubarb is putting it mildly. I simply love the stuff and bake or cook with it as often as possible. With rhubarb season on the horizon I thought I would offer up a few great rhubarb tips today and a terrific new rhubarb recipe tomorrow. Here are some helpful […]

Today I am kicking off a new series called Naptime Simple Tips. It will cover a whole range of simple cooking and food tips for all of your naptime cooking needs. This week I am all about birthdays since my husband is celebrating one shortly. In light of our impending festivities I thought it would […]

Chalk it up to too many glasses of champagne, but today I thought I’d take a break from recipes and give you a peak under the tent. I try to do this with every post – give you an idea of my daily routine – but this time I am going into much more detail. […]

In the spirit of the season, today I thought I’d give you a few ideas for some great foodie holiday gifts. These are all things I adore in my own kitchen. Each item greatly enhances the food I make in one way or another, and adds a great deal of fun to my daily cooking […]

What’s Going on Today: Actually preparing for the holiday season, ordering gifts, making shopping lists. Tonight’s Menu: Leftover Beef Tenderloin, Green Beans, Peppermint Patty Brownies. Naptime Goals: Relax with some delicious hot chocolate and tell you all about my favorite winter beverages. Parenting Lesson of the Day: You’ll always be amazed at what they ask […]

What’s Going on Today: Full fall mode! Making Apple Chips by the dozen, first fall walk where we actually collect leaves. Naptime Goals: Make Eggplant & Prosciutto Lasagna (a fall favorite), bake Peppermint Patty Brownies. Tonight’s Menu: Lasagana, Green Salad, Brownies. Parenting Lesson of the Day: You can lead them to the salad bowl, but […]

What’s Going on Today: Spending a week in Cooperstown, trip to the farmer’s market, morning at the lake. Naptime Goals: Shuck corn for boiling, spend time in the garden reading. Tonight’s Menu: Grilled corn, grilled sausage, tomatoes with cucumbers. Parenting Lesson of the Day: Ironically, children seem to sleep better when they’re on vacation. Growing […]

What’s Going on Today: Fourth of July weekend fun! Friends over for cocktails, evening dinner al fresco. Naptime Goals: Relax with a good book, whip up onion dip and help Mom with the tomatoes. Tonight’s Cocktail Hour: Tomatoes stuffed with blue cheese or pesto, onion dip with vegetables, cheese plate, assorted nuts. Parenting Lesson of […]

What’s Going on Today: Returned from high school reunion yesterday, tired but happy. Re-group with fresh groceries, playgroup, pick-up new library books. Naptime Goals: Monday Catch-Up: Mail, laundry, general house-cleaning, put away groceries. Tonight’s Menu: Paninis, salad, seltzer (no more wine!) Parenting Lesson of the Day: Kids don’t have much sympathy for Mom when she’s […]

What’s Going on Today: Packing for Memorial Day, pick up dry cleaning and fresh bottles of sunscreen. Plan for walk to the beach after naps. Naptime Goals: Prepare Cous-Cous Salad with Blue Cheese and Craisins, wrap up blog posts, zip up suitcases! Tonight’s Menu: Hebrew National Hot Dogs with Toasted Buns, Cous-Cous salad, Green Salad, […]

A few weeks ago Jennifer at Savor The Thyme and I started talking about teaming up for a fun Valentine’s Day event based on the idea that ‘Food is Love.’ We thought it would be great to see how everyone shows their love to families through food on this particular holiday. What do you make […]

My Day So Far: Morning at the Children’s Museum, mailed baby gifts to friends in DC for their new baby boy (congrats Kristina and Noah!) Naptime Goals: Catch up emails, blog posts and write business plan for 2010! Tonight’s Meal: Rigatoni tossed with homemade ragu thawed from the freezer. I am baking Pain D’Epice after […]