Every week there are new colors! Last week, the yellow and purple cauliflower caught my eye. Though tired of cauliflower, my family devoured a head of roasted yellow florets. Open your eyes and shake things up this week: shop by color! Take your little ones by the hand, head to the market and ...
Say "I Love You" Salad
This salad is a bundle of love. Serve it as a first course for someone you care about and watch him or her swoon with each bite. The heart-shaped beets add a festive touch. Recipe source: Cooking With Friends Kitchen Ingredients 5 ounces Mache lettuce (or other delicate lettuce such as Boston) 1 ...
Instant Pot — Instant Gratification
Happy new year to all of you! I'm thrilled to have received an Instant Pot for Christmas (thanks mom and dad!). Yes, I know what you're thinking. Where has Alison been? Yeah, I know. . . it's been around a while already but sometimes I'm late in trying a new gadget or appliance. I sit back and ...
Food Prepping and Meal Planning
Back to school. Back to craziness. With this sweltering heat, the last thing you might want to do is cook, but as I crave some crisp fall days, I can at least write about how to make that task easier and of course enjoyable. We all have our shortcuts in the kitchen. Maybe it's using some prepared ...
Lemon Chips from Nuts.com
I'm a chip fiend -- cinnamon, chocolate, butterscotch, white chocolate, peanut butter chocolate, jammy bits -- you name it. So when I found out from one of my students who works at Nuts.com that lemon chips existed, I have to say I was beyond excited. I know, it's amazing that a chip can have such a ...
Lemon Chip Muffins
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Zucchini Blossom and Ribbon Summer Salad
I've written much about the sudden and mysterious ways inspiration will strike. Whether it's the taste of something exotic or a new use for the mundane, you never know when or how it might happen but suddenly it will. Working full time, going through the process of a divorce and a big move, I ...
Zucchini Ribbon and Blossom Salad
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Pumpkin and More Pumpkin
You better like pumpkin or you're in big trouble. Pumpkin is everywhere! Cereal, cookies, cakes, breads, muffins, breakfast treats, ice-cream, Oreos -- It's the flavor of the year! Maybe even the flavor of the century! It seems like there's been a pumpkin explosion in the aisles of every ...
Pumpkin Muffins with White Chocolate Chips
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