What do food bloggers do when a hurricane is approaching? Cook and bake, of course. With school and work cancelled and hours to go before the serious part of the storm arrived, I hunkered down in my kitchen cooking down the contents of my refrigerator. All the while following along with those on twitter doing […]
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Pumpkin Gingerbread Cake #FBS4Sandy
November 8th, 2012 · 3 Comments
Tags: baking · cooking for a cause · food benefits · recipes
Jack O’ Lantern Grilled Cheese #KidsCookMonday
October 22nd, 2012 · 4 Comments
This was intended to be a quick post about a healthy and fun pre-Halloween lunch, but of course my six-year-old had other plans. Oh, he was amused enough by the first sandwich, but then he asked for a second. And then he said it wasn’t scary enough. So I told him the jack o’ lantern […]
Tags: cooking with kids · fall · holiday · kids cook monday · meatless monday · recipes · sandwich
Apple Cranberry Kale Salad and Kale Day with October Unprocessed
October 10th, 2012 · Comments Off on Apple Cranberry Kale Salad and Kale Day with October Unprocessed
We love our kale in the foodie tots’ house — yes, even tofu-fearing husband has learned to appreciate it — so of course we had to jump on the Kale Day bandwagon on social media today. You see, the blog Eating Rules has an “October Unprocessed” challenge, now in its third year. The challenge urges […]
Tags: apples · at market · cooking with kids · healthy eating · Know Your Food · recipes · salad · vegetables
Sweet Corn Chowder with Shrimp
September 10th, 2012 · 1 Comment
With fall on the way, I had the idea of a fresh corn chowder teeming with local sweet corn before it disappears from the markets. I kept it as simple as possible to really let the corn shine. To make a meal out of it, I sauteed some wild Key West shrimp in garlic, finished […]
Tags: at market · recipes · soup · summer · weeknight meals
Quick Stewed Summer Squash and Sweet Corn
August 24th, 2012 · 1 Comment
It’s the home stretch of summer, when markets are teeming with fresh sweet corn, peppers, peaches, squash, tomatoes and melons. I’m pretty sure my kids would happily live on corn and watermelon, but the other veggies are too tasty to pass up. On a recent market trip, the foodie boy was particularly smitten with this […]
Tags: at market · recipes · summer · vegetables