Sugar High Friday: Roasted Pears with Sugar & Spiced Pecans and Poire William Caramel Sauce
Sugar High Friday was a bit of a challenge for me this month. I returned to Weight Watchers two weeks ago, and after last week’s disappointment I really wanted to stick to the program perfectly this week. So this month’s theme—nuts—selected and hosted by Seattle Bon Vivant, gave me pause. But wait a minute, you’re ...Keep Reading
Weight Watchers Week One, and The Barefoot Contessa’s BBQ Sauce
Tonight I went to Weight Watchers after my first week back on the program. And (drum roll, please): I gained .6 of a pound. It’s probably my fifteenth time joining WW in my life, and I’m pretty sure it’s the first time I ever managed to gain the very first week. A disappointing result, yes, ...Keep Reading
Smothered Chicken, Jewish Style
When you’re one of four kids growing up in a three-bedroom apartment without much money, you find yourself taking turns a lot. My brothers and I took turns sitting in the “get-up” seat at supper (which meant popping up and down to help bring out food, clear plates, etc.), doing the dishes, squishing into the ...Keep Reading
Ringing in the New Year with Fancy Meatballs
When I was a kid, my parents never went out on New Year’s Eve. Not once. They never had people over, either—it always was just the six of us. They’d let us kids stay up until midnight (if we could). We’d blow on noisemakers and feast on cocktail weenies in sweet-and-sour sauce, frozen hors d’oeuvres ...Keep Reading
Artichoke Tortellini Primavera
The night before I went back to Weight Watchers, S and I cooked together. Although I do the majority of the cooking around here (and he does all the dishes), when both our schedules permit, nothing makes me happier, or feel more married, than working in the kitchen with my husband. We’re in the midst ...Keep Reading
