Cranberry Salsa

Posted on November 7, 2009 - Filed Under Appetizers, Healthy Cooking, holiday, sauce | 1 Comment

Got chips?
It was mid-summer when I started dreaming up this cranberry concoction. While my family and I were contemplating whether the elevated temperatures really warranted turning on the air conditioner, I was also starting to fantasize about how I could take some traditional Thanksgiving tastes – like cranberry sauce – and give them a new [...]

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Holiday Project Idea: Drop In & Decorate

Posted on November 3, 2009 - Filed Under Great Gifts, News Break, On the web, holiday, organization | 3 Comments

Sometimes, it feels like I blink and a whole month has spun by. That’s what October felt like. It was a whirlwind of trips to New Hampshire and the Cape, along with birthdays, work projects and Halloween. I fear that I might blink again soon and have November speed past me too.
Before it does though, [...]

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Spooky Cheese Ghosts

Posted on October 30, 2009 - Filed Under Feeding Kids, holiday | 1 Comment

“Mommy, what’s this?” Will asked me when he sat down to dinner and saw two spooky ghosts on his plate. I could see him thinking hard as he studied the white apparitions.  “Are they ghosts?”
Yes, indeed, they were ghosts.
I fashioned these ghosts from mozzerella cheese sliced from a block and slices kalamata olives. When I [...]

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Drink Like an Irishman

Posted on March 17, 2009 - Filed Under holiday | 5 Comments

I love St. Patrick’s Day. Little leprechauns, corned beef and cabbage and yummy Irish beers. This year, I got to get into the spirit a little earlier than usual thanks to a St. Patrick’s Day crafts for kids story I wrote for SheKnows. Although I am really not crafty, I had a ton of fun [...]

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