Cookbook reviews make me anxious. More specifically, reviewing someone else’s work… someone you know. After reading Ally’s new cookbook- flipping through the pages, tasting, wondering, imagining- my angst dissipated into enthusiasm. Her enthusiasm. And it’s infectious.
orzo picnic salad
Over the weekend, we went to 3 birthday parties. Not cool adult parties with vintage wine and civilized cheese platters… kid parties. When I was a kid, birthday parties consisted of a small group of children, usually at our house, with parent supervised games and a Carvel cake. Nowadays, you have to…
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chocolate chip granola bars + a trip for two!
There’s one 3 letter word that gets me all riled up: GMO (I’m sweating already). It stands for Genetically Modified Organisim, but you probably already know that. In college, I wrote a 30 page thesis on the subject detailing the detriments of messing around with our food DNA, not to mention the…
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wholegrain strawberry breakfast cake
Cake for breakfast? It’s a thing! Try this simple and healthy wholegrain strawberry breakfast cake. It’s perfectly sweet and quick to put together. We planted grass seeds in the backyard. And every morning, I turn on the sprinkler to water the soil. Then I turn it off. And then on…
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I’m writing a cookbook!
A couple of months ago, I received an email. It was around 4 PM, during that lull in the afternoon when one contemplates devouring a carb-laden chocolate chip muffin or a handful of almonds. I chose neither, as I became instantly distracted by an unexpected message.