Mains, One-Handed Meals, Quick Suppers, Recipes
Parents Need to Eat, TooSM: Whaddya Got Fried Rice
I’m a big believer in authenticity. Stephen and I (and now Harry) will trek far and wide for a real taste of a particular kind of ...
Baking, Nutritious Nibbles, Parenting, Snack
Bert’s (and Ernie’s, too, I’ll bet) Best Blueberry Oatmeal Bars
When Harry was born, one of the more appropriate gifts we received was C Is for Cooking ...
Baking, Books, Bread, Breakfast, Pantry Cooking
Whole Wheat Fig & Pecan Bread
It’s been a really long time since I baked bread.
Years ago, when ICE was still Peter Kump, I took a three-week bread course there. We ...
Apparently, There Is Such a Thing as TOO Healthy
This morning I made apple-walnut scones. The recipe was low-fat, which was good, and called for wheat germ, which was also good, but it also used 2 ...
More Complicated Than It Looks: Tabbouleh
For the last month or so, our neighborhood’s been watching with giddy anticipation as a new natural foods market was built next to the subway exit. ...
Baked Oatmeal
I woke up shivering this morning, and smiled. Overnight, fall had arrived. I snuggled up against my husband, pulled the covers up to my shoulders, and ...
Food Is Love: Oatmeal Cookies
It’s excruciating, waiting. S and I have some practice at it, after so many months of waiting for a positive pregnancy test, but nothing compares to ...
Baking, Breakfast, Nutritious Nibbles, Snack, Weight Watchers
Strawberry-Banana Muffins
There are still so many gorgeous strawberries at the farmer’s market, I find it nearly impossible to avoid buying them by the armload. On Friday I ...
Pantry Cooking, Recipes, Sides, Starters, Vegetarian
Dangerous, but Versatile: Herbed Polenta Triangles
It was to be a memorable, yet still blissfully simple, dinner, one I planned even before I left for work that morning: Herb-flecked triangles of polenta, ...
Mains, One-Handed Meals, Pantry Cooking, Recipes, Vegetarian, Weight Watchers
In Which We Atone for Caramel-Coated Sins with Tuna, Farro, and White Bean Salad
After a sugar-induced delirium lasting nearly a week (and a resultant gain at Weight Watchers on Saturday), all I could think about was having something ...