Tropical Any-Grain Salad
I’m getting back into teaching. It’s been a while year since I last offered Parents Need to Eat Too, the class. Heck, my cookbook hadn’t even come out yet! This time around, I’m taking a slightly different approach: Rather than teaching a handful of women who don’t know each other in my own kitchen or ...Keep Reading
Slow Cooker Spinach, Peas & Pear Risotto: Recipe & Giveaway!
I’m all about homemade baby food—it’s easy (especially when you use what you’re already cooking for yourself) and inexpensive, since you’re not buying jars. That’s why every recipe in my cookbook ends with a section called “Make Baby Food.” And why I’m speaking on the topic at a MommyBites luncheon on May 16. But surprise: ...Keep Reading
Greek Stewed Vegetables
Given the sickness and the unbelievably addictive brown butter noodles and the curried chicken pot pie and the rainbow cookies, it’s been a carb-heavy month. Fruits and vegetables wallowed near the bottom of my priority list (hangs head in shame). No surprise, now I’m craving them—specifically, the silky, long-simmered vegetables found in the Greek restaurants ...Keep Reading
Picky Eater Special: Make-Your-Own Taco Salad
When I moderated a panel on dealing with picky eaters at the BlogHer Food conference in May, I snagged a handful of good ideas for experimentation. The biggest one: Taco Night. All three of my co-panelists proclaimed it a can’t-miss way to make everyone happy, even if—as Caroline of Devil and Egg said—your kid’s idea ...Keep Reading
Soup Week 2010: A Duo with Greens and Grains
To wind up Soup Week 2010, I thought I’d give you a little something extra: Two Italian recipes in one post. Both pair greens, so abundant this time of year, with grains, but with quite different results. The first is, well, minimalist—which makes sense, since it’s my adaptation of a recipe from Mark Bittman’s “Minimalist” ...Keep Reading
