Category: Celebrate
Back to School: Breakfast for your Brain
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. That’s because it fires up and fuels your noggin. Repeat: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! The question is … are your kids (and you!) eating it? If not, you all should be. “Breakfast is key for adults and children alike, since it [...]
Mini Bacon, Egg and Cheese Bites
For the last few years, Will’s school bus came so early that wake up and breakfast was filled with grunts and half-closed eyes. It was brutal. This year is different though, with a later bus and a lot more time to wake, eat and get ready. Still, making quick, easy and fun breakfasts still matters [...]
Back to School: Packing School Lunches with Flair
Psst! Be sure to read to the bottom for a great giveaway. In the beginning of the school year, I am always filled with inspired lunch ideas for kids. But somewhere along the way, I start repeating things a little too often and everything goes haywire. Frankly, my kids start to rebel a little if [...]
Mediterranean Tuna Salad
Summer might have another month to go, but for us it’s sort of over. School starts this week, and that means a return to early mornings, structured days, packing school lunch and snacks and all that comes along with it. I’m going to miss the more relaxed days of summer … but I am also [...]
Tomatoes of a Different Shade
For weeks, I waited impatiently as the early summer gave way to the heat of late July, ushering in tomato season here in Connecticut. And when the first tomatoes appeared in farm stores and at the farmer’s market, I was ecstatic, buying up even the early ones, which aren’t as sweet or juicy August tomatoes. [...]
5 Things to Enjoy Before Summer is Over
Summertime is winding down for us. And as much as I hate to admit it, I am kind of looking forward to the structure that school brings. It will be sad to leave behind the lazy days of summer, relaxed dinnertime preparations and especially the beach. And I will miss having the kids home and [...]
Game Day Food: More than 50 Super Bowl Recipe Ideas
With the Super Bowl approaching, I am kind of like a kid anticipating a favorite holiday — Easter or a birthday or something. I’ve loved watching the Super Bowl since childhood and still look forward to gathering around the television to watch the game with my family. It’s one of those fun traditions that I [...]
Thanksgiving 2011 in Pictures
Ok. I failed at photos this Thanksgiving. I didn’t get any shots of Will and Paige together (sad, because they looked so cute). Nor did I take many shots of anything else. I was just too busy cooking and enjoying myself — and as a result, I just don’t feel too bad about it. It [...]
Last Minute Thanksgiving Menu
Are you ready for tomorrow? I’ve been cooking since about 7 a.m. today (not including the pre-7 a.m. breakfasts I made for the kids) and am all set for our Thanksgiving feast tomorrow. I hope you’re ready too but if not, here’s a quick, easy last- minute menu for what to make and serve for [...]
Thanksgiving Planning Tips and Thanksgiving Menu 2011
Seven years ago, I hosted my first Thanksgiving dinner. Shawn and I were newly weds, and I couldn’t wait to play hostess. It was practically an obsession for me, and I wasn’t happy until I could do it. I devised an aggressive menu and tried my hardest to make it awe-worthy. In the end, the [...]
