Dessert, Pantry Cooking, Quick Tips
Caramel So Easy, Even a Parent Can Make It
Caramel and I have a history, and it ain’t a good one. Catastrophic is more like it. I’m not a candy-maker, in fact even ...
Ohdeedoh
Just in case you missed it, Ohdeedoh, the parenting website from the folks at Apartment Therapy, ran an interview with me the other day. It’s worth ...
Baby Food, Nutritious Nibbles, One-Handed Meals, Parenting, Picky, Picky, Snack, Weight Watchers
Taking Green to a Whole New Level
Harry loves the color green. Actually, “love” might be too gentle a word; “obsessed” is probably a better choice. From the very first time he was asked ...
Baby Food, Mains, Picky, Picky, Quick Suppers, Weight Watchers
Mediterranean Fish en Papillote
Don’t be fooled by the fancy-shmancy French up there: This is about as easy—and parent-friendly—as cooking gets. It’s so simple, I’ll toss a packet together for ...
Baby Food, Baking, Breakfast, My Story, Snack, Weight Watchers
Eight Years Ago This Very Minute…
…the man I would someday marry sat next to me at Tavern on Jane. I was expecting him—we’d met online, and I’d learned from years ...
Baking, Dessert, Nap-Friendly Recipes, Parenting, Snack
I Gave Him My Heart (now give me a pen)*
I’m not gonna lie: These Chocolate Whole Wheat Sandwich Cookies with Raspberry Filling are a production. It took me the better part of an afternoon to ...
A Mom’s Take on the New Dietary Guidelines
After the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans were released last week, Parents.com asked me what I thought of our government’s advice. Here’s what I told them.
What was your ...
Books, Misc, Pantry Cooking, Quick Tips
Guest Post: Decluttering Your Refrigerator and Freezer
Leah Ingram is one of my writer idols. She’s written more than a dozen books, and if you’ve read a magazine in the last decade ...
Baby Food, Nap-Friendly Recipes, Soup, Starters, Vegetarian, Weight Watchers
Vegetable Barley Soup
Yup, more soup. The other day I mentioned that I’d used the leftover White Beans with Sage to make a vegetable-pasta-bean soup (the last of ...
Baby Food, Mains, Pantry Cooking, Recipes, Starters, Vegetarian, Weight Watchers
White Beans with Sage
What did we eat with our insanely good Herbed Flatbread? Why, White Beans with Sage, of course! So satisfying in this stupid (as Harry would ...