Superfudgy Low-Fat Brownies: Zen and the Art of Baking with a Toddler
There’s an art to baking with a toddler. Usually, it involves plenty of preparedness. Pulling out the ingredients beforehand, consulting the recipe to be sure you’ve got everything you need, laying out your bowls & tools. Y’know, the stuff I mentioned when we hosted a Toddler Cookie Party on New Year’s Eve. But sometimes, all ...Keep Reading
Most Valuable Ingredient: Lentils
A piece I wrote for WeightWatchers.com, the first of a series called Most Valuable Ingredient, just went live. Its subject: Lentils! Here’s how Weight Watchers describes a Most Valuable Ingredient: A limited budget doesn’t have to mean limited flavor. Our Most Valuable Ingredient series highlights those powerhouse products that are versatile, healthy, tasty and cheap, ...Keep Reading
I’ve Been Babbled!
If you’re coming here from Kate Tuttle’s Strollerderby post on Babble, I’m thrilled to see you. I’ve been writing my Parents Need to Eat, TooSM posts for a month now, but if I stop to think about it I’ve really been writing them all along. Sure, I’ve written a complicated recipe or two in my ...Keep Reading
I’ve Been Babbled!
If you’re coming here from Kate Tuttle’s Strollerderby post on Babble, I’m thrilled to see you. I’ve been writing my Parents Need to Eat, TooSM posts for a month now, but if I stop to think about it I’ve really been writing them all along. Sure, I’ve written a complicated recipe or two in my ...Keep Reading
Parents Need to Eat, TooSM: Super-Simple Polynesian Flank Steak
(Before we even get started I feel I must apologize for that picture. Personally, I hate rare meat—I think I must be a latent vegetarian, because anything that reminds me too much of what my meat used to be makes me queasy. This photo, with all that fleshy looking flesh, is too close for comfort. ...Keep Reading






