Powernap: Quick Recipes For When Time is Limited!

What’s Going on Today: Preparing for weekend trip to Cooperstown, cleaning up from morning brunch with friends. Naptime Goals: Clean house, pack bags, work on book, prepare Bucatini sauce Tonight’s Menu: Bucatini all’Amatriciana, Garlic Bread, Salad Parenting Lesson of the Day: They don’t understand the idea of biting off more than they can chew. We […]

What’s Going on Today: Having friends over for dinner, taking advantage of the great fall weather with a walk at the Audubon Park. Tonight’s Menu: BBQ Chicken, Baked Pasta with Vegetables and Smoked Mozzarella, Salad, Roasted Asparagus, Heart-Stopping Bread, Pumpkin Bars Naptime Goals: Bake Pasta Casserole, Pumpkin Bars, prepare the bread for the oven. Parenting […]

What’s Going on Today: Catching up with old friend’s on vacation, morning at the beach, long overdue laundry loads. Naptime Goals: Make two Apricot-Blueberry Cakes for friends I haven’t seen in way too long, finish (or, at least, attempt to) laundry and last chapter of awesome book. Tonight’s Menu: Going out to dinner with my […]

What’s Going on Today: Errands! Library, dry cleaner, playground break (wearing a purple tutu of course.) Naptime Goals: Laundry, Carrot Souffle, Peppermint Patty Brownies. Tonight’s Dinner: Uncle Will’s Ribs, Souffle, Bread, Brownies for dessert. Parenting Lesson of the Day: Sometimes it’s a good idea to let them pick out their own outfits, sometimes it’s not. […]

What’s Going on Today: Daughter’s first day of camp! July Fourth decoration preparation underway… Naptime Goals: Prepare Burgers for tonight’s grilling lesson. Tonight’s Menu: Burgers with Chive Parsley Butter, Caesar Salad, Roasted Red Potatoes with Herbed Salt. Parenting Lesson of the Day: Rain helps us start over with a clean slate. I love burgers in […]

What’s Going on Today: Morning at the Beach! Naptime Goals: De-sand beach bag, wash beach towels, prep Chinese Chicken Salad for dinner. Tonight’s Menu: Char’s Chinese Chicken Salad, leftover Brownies from the beach. Parenting Lesson of the Day: Sometimes kids panic when crabs pinch their toes! We love living in a beach town. When the […]

What’s Going on Today: Picking up knives from new knife sharpener (!), library trip, fun in the sun, Mom’s night out! Naptime Goals: Make Strawberry Mint Ice-Cream, organize schedule for babysitter, clean up email inbox. Tonight’s Menu: Mom’s night out! (Dad and daughter eating leftovers) Parenting Lesson of the Day: Introduce kids to their local […]

What’s Going on Today: Returning from Martha’s Vineyard with a pile of laundry and an overtired kid. Naptime Goals: Sort through mail, laundry and fridge. Make grocery list. Tonight’s Menu: Meatballs for Choir Boys from the freezer, Salad, Wine. Parenting Lesson of the Day: There is nothing like a visit to the grandparents to tire […]

What’s Going on Today: Enjoying Memorial Day weekend on Martha’s Vineyard. Naptime Goals: Whip up some Homemade Ricotta Gnocchi during naptime, pop it in the fridge until dinner. Read magazines in the sun. Tonight’s Menu: Ricotta Gnocchi with butter and cheese, green salad, fish on the grill. Parenting Lesson of the Day: Fresh air + […]

What’s Going on Today: Hangin’ with Uncle Will in Cooperstown, trip to see new baby lambs at The Farmer’s Museum. Naptime Goals: Work with Uncle Will as we recreate his famous Chimichurri Amarillo marinade. Bake scones for breakfast tomorrow. Tonight’s Menu: Uncle Will’s Chimichurri Amarillo Steak, Grilled Vegetables, Rice Pilaf. Parenting Lesson of the Day: […]

What’s Going on Today: Settling into the new routine, embracing suburban life. Watering the new plants on our porch (!) Naptime Goals: Prepare Green Beans in Marinade, catch up on bundle of forwarded mail we just received, attempt to figure out cable box. Tonight’s Menu: Lemon Chicken, Marinated Greens Beans, Cous-Cous, Homemade Malted Milk Ice-Cream. […]

What’s Going on Today: Packing, errands, general chaos. Pick up birthday present for 3 year old’s birthday party this afternoon! Naptime Goals: No time for Naptime Chef-ing today – instead I’ll use up some yummy leftovers in a salad tonight. Tonight’s Menu: Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese, Almonds and Polenta Croutons Parenting Lesson of the […]