There is finally a local CSA in our downtown NYC neighborhood and, despite the fact that our girls will be at sleepaway camp for half the summer, I joined. I got a fruit, vegetable and juice 12-week summer share. The vegetables can throw me for a loop (garlic snapes and Harukei turnips and [unshelled]fava beans, anyone?). The past few weeks, I’ve made collard greens, roasted kale, beets & fava salad….
Finally It is summertime and the outdoor deck (or in our case, our building’s rooftop) is ready! If you have a slowcooker and a grill, I have a beautiful, colorful summertime BBQ meal for you and your family. Believe me, your family will eat everything up and be extremely impressed by the yummy bounty. I also love that you can prep and cook up all the vegetables and side dishes…
When we first moved to Lower Manhattan a decade ago, it was extremely hard to find a family friendly restaurant that wasn’t considered fast food, but wasn’t overly expensive. We definitely had to venture above Chambers Street into TriBeCa or to the West Village and Chelsea for family friendly choices. Fast-forward ten years and we have a shopping and restaurant boom in downtown New York City and it’ll be extremely…
The first time I heard of chia seed pudding, I was at the local Le Pain Quotidien. It was presented in this cute little mason jar with berries and was incredibly delicious and incredibly expensive. I can’t remember how much it was — I think it was either $6 or $9 — but I remember that it was more than I would’ve wanted to pay. I researched recipes online and…
On Sundays, I like to make a home made dinner, something that my full-time working mom was able to do almost every night of the week, but I try for Sundays (well, and maybe a couple other days during the week, too). I have a bunch of pins on my “Main Entrees” Pinterest Board, but this is the pin that I go to all. the. time. It’s Real Simple magazine’s Pan-Roasted…
I was not compensated for this post in any way. All opinions expressed are mine. Now that I am home a bit more (I still work out of home, but I have a bit more flexibility), I want to be able to serve home-cooked meals to the family. Of course, me being at home to actually cook a home-cooked meal is tough since I am shuttling the kids from one…
I was not compensated in any way for this post. All opinions expressed are mine. Or of my guests. We are trying to get back into entertaining and having friends over for an intimate dinner party—with kids. The Hubby and I take turns inviting friends over. He’s in charge of the wine and beer and I’m in charge of the dinner party menu. Last weekend, friends of ours and their…
We’re big fans of keeping at least one day a week meatless in the mom a la mode household. And our go-to dish is often Pasta with Broccoli. What makes this dish a winner? The vitamin-packed, simple ingredients. The one pot, start-to-finish cooking process. It’s versatility. The list goes on… I often liken Pasta with Broccoli to the “little black dress” because it can literally be dressed up, dressed down…
There are several things I can fall back on that I know my girls will eat: my chicken cutlets, pasta with pesto, and pasta with butter and cheese. When something new hits the menu, it’s generally because they ate something at their friend’s house at a playdate or sleepover. O has discovered Pasta with Carbonara Sauce at our local pizzeria because her friend ordered it, then O had a taste…
I’ve been cooking bacon for a long time. And I’ve always cooked bacon in a skillet with a bunch of bacon slices crowded in a circular pan, while standing over the stove making sure that it doesn’t burn. Several years ago, I watched one of my favorite cooking shoes on the Food Network, Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa, and she showed the easiest way to cook bacon —and it was SO…