Cooking with Kids: Make Your Own Couscous
Posted on March 1, 2010 - Filed Under Recipes, cooking with kids, lunch | 3 Comments
One of the most brilliant gifts of motherhood is watching your kids develop their own personalities, likes and dislikes. I am blessed to mother two strong, brilliant, adventurous kids who don’t think anything is beyond their reach. It’s amazing.
If you are a regular reader, you know that both of my kids adore cooking with me. [...]
Cooking with Kids: Black Bean, Avocado and Red Pepper Quesadillas
Posted on February 15, 2010 - Filed Under Beans, Recipes, cooking with kids, lunch | 1 Comment
Things don’t always go the way we want them to. Sure, wouldn’t we all just love everything to go exactly as we plan right down to the nitty gritty details? But then, that would make life predictable … and that’s not good either. So, maybe having things go unpredictably is a good thing after all.
I [...]
Warm Brussels Sprouts Salad with Gorgonzola and Sunflower Seeds Recipe
Posted on February 9, 2010 - Filed Under Recipes, lunch, salad | 3 Comments
A few months ago, I read somewhere that basically Brussels sprouts are the new black. While I agree that they are absolutely, positively delectable … I think this highly underrated vegetable has been getting its long-awaited dues for awhile now. People are recognizing how delicious a well-prepared sprout can be, and eaten them up. Literally.
Me? [...]
Lightening Up My Favorite Sandwich: Spicy Pastrami, Bacon, Swiss Wrap
Posted on January 14, 2010 - Filed Under Healthy Eating, Recipes, lunch, sandwich | 3 Comments
A local deli makes this massive, delightful sandwich called Amanda’s Big Mouth. It’s pastrami, cheddar, bacon, onions, lettuce, tomato, hot sauce and thousand island dressing (I skip the dressing)—and it’s amazing. It’s the kind of sandwich you eat when you are starving … or when you just want something amazing when you are enjoying a [...]
Read More..>>Easy Green Salad with Roasted Salmon Recipe
Posted on January 6, 2010 - Filed Under Easy Recipes, Recipes, fish/shellfish, lunch, salad, seafood | 2 Comments
What do you eat for lunch? People always talk about how important it is to have a good breakfast, but it’s also really important to have a good lunch — one that is filling, satisfying and healthy. For me, lunch is sometimes a sandwich or pasta, but more often it’s a salad. Salads served topped [...]
Read More..>>French Toasted Apple Grilled Cheese
Posted on March 27, 2009 - Filed Under Feeding Kids, Mama's baby, lunch, sandwich | 9 Comments
When I flipped this sandwich out of the frying pan and onto Will’s plate, I instantly smiled. Do you see it? The simple, unmistakable shape was clear as day. Instead of shooting a photo of the most perfect sandwich in the batch, I went with the one with the perfect little unexpected heart.
Here, you can [...]
Kid-Approved: Garlic Soy Stir Fry
Posted on February 22, 2009 - Filed Under Feeding Kids, dinner, lunch, quick and easy, rice | 6 Comments
In my single days, a mainstay of my cooking was stir fry. It is just so easy. Chop up a few veggies, toss it in a pan with a little oil and stir, stir, stir until the vegetables are done, then add sauce and serve over rice. If you are feeling particularly ambitious, you might [...]
Read More..>>Seared Tuna with Sesame Soy Drizzle
Posted on February 28, 2007 - Filed Under 40 Days, dinner, fish/shellfish, lunch | 3 Comments
After discovering a few recipes for seared tuna recently, which are strikingly similar in cooking method but different in serving, I decided to try my hand at my own variation. There is nothing like a good slab of ahi tuna, seared just right – as in rare. It’s a delicious and firm fish.
I used some [...]
Seared Tuna with Sesame Soy Drizzle
Posted on February 28, 2007 - Filed Under 40 Days, dinner, fish/shellfish, lunch | 3 Comments
After discovering a few recipes for seared tuna recently, which are strikingly similar in cooking method but different in serving, I decided to try my hand at my own variation. There is nothing like a good slab of ahi tuna, seared just right – as in rare. It’s a delicious and firm fish.
I used some [...]
Cheesy Goodness
Posted on January 6, 2007 - Filed Under dinner, lunch, pasta, vegetarian | Leave a Comment
[Image courtesy of Kraft Foods.]
See the image above? That’s the macaroni and cheese that I grew up on. It was artificially flavored, dyed and full of preservatives – and yummy as can be. I cannot tell you how many times that was my quick dinner before swim practice or an easy lunch when I [...]
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