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Sugar-Free Poached Pears
Fall is one of my favorite seasons- the colors, the light, the crisp air, and the produce. I love fall produce. All of it, that is, except pears. I just don’t enjoy eating pears that much. In salads...
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The Truth About Family Dinners: What it looks like in our house and simple...
We all know the benefits of family dinners— less picky eating, lower risk of obesity and eating disorders, higher academic achievement, lower risk of teen pregnancy and substance abuse, the list goes...
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Chocolatey Goodness Energy Balls: A Healthy Treat for the Holidays
We’re in it folks. That crazy time of year that starts with Halloween and goes all the way through New Year’s Eve. That time when we are bombarded with candies, cookies, cakes, and rich foods of many...
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7 Tips to Help You Actually Enjoy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I love the coming together of family (whether actual or adopted), the sharing of foods, and the practice of expressing gratitude. Since marrying into a...
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Root Vegetable Latkes
Last year around this time I shared my sweet potato latke recipe with you. It is one of my favorites. Very simple, very tasty, and I was excited to make them again for Hanukkah this year. And then my...
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2015 Holiday Gift Guide: Great Cooking Gifts for Everyone on Your List
I don’t know about you, but I’m not even close to done with my holiday gift shopping. For some loved ones the gift purchases are clear, but for others it is tough to figure out the perfect gift. So...
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Wilted Kale Salad: A Cure for the Winter Blues
Is anyone else overtired, stressed, or feeling sluggish? The other day as I was realizing that I was feeling really low energy and unmotivated. In theory, I was doing everything right—exercising,...
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Just Tiles on a Board: My New Year’s Commitment to Myself
Over the winter holidays I was lucky enough to get to spend a week with my whole family in Colorado. This year, as all of us gathered together, a good number of us were preoccupied because of various...
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Smoked Salmon Frittata
Each year for Christmas my aunt sends my parents an Irish smoked salmon. If you have never had Irish smoked salmon, you are really missing out. It is a completely different experience from the smoked...
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Easing the Burden of Cooking in 5 Simple Steps
It’s true. Cooking can feel like a burden sometimes. It can feel like yet another thing that has to get done in the day, another obligation, another chore. And yet we also all know that eating...
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Ways to Keep You Sane and Well Fed During the Blizzard (or any other times...
If the forecasters are right, we here in the Washington, DC area are about to get socked with a blizzard that is expected to leave 2 feet of snow in its wake. This will likely shut things down around...
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Chicken and Kale Noodle Casserole
This winter has been a weird one, hasn’t it? Crazy warm for a while, then a blizzard on the East Coast that has wreaked havoc. It is kind of hard to know which way is up. My response to such wackiness?...
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Surviving a Cold and Homemade Stock: It is easier than you think!
Last week a cold invaded our house. My littlest one brought it home and generously shared it with the rest of us. While he can be quite dramatic about lots of things, the kid is usually very stoic when...
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4 Ways I’m Not as Healthy as You Think I Am and Why I Am OK with That
“Oh! Well then I shouldn’t tell you what I had for dinner last night!” Is a response I often get when people find out what I do for a living and it always makes me a tiny bit sad and just a smidge...
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Spinach and Cheese Toaster Pastries
Growing up my family never really ate convenience foods. There were no freezer dinners, no hamburger helper, no pop tarts, and no hot pockets. I was always intrigued by those forbidden foods since the...
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15 Quick and Easy Ways to Protein-Pack Breakfast
When I was seven my parents got called into a parent-teacher conference because I was having trouble in the late mornings at school. During recess I would fight with the boys (literal kicking matches—I...
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How to Make a Noodle Soup Without a Recipe
My family has been on a BIG noodle soup kick this winter. Chicken noodle, vegetable noodle, and Asian noodle have all been on regular rotation and I am loving it! Why? Four reasons: 1) they are easy to...
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4 Ways to Make Trying Something New a Success (with Kids or Yourself)
Each Monday I teach a cooking class to a group of first through fourth graders at a local school. The focus of the class is on cooking healthy snacks and goodies, but it is also a way for me to start...
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St. Patty’s Day Surprise Muffins: A Fun and Healthy Treat
Green. Green is the color of St. Patrick’s Day. When I was a kid growing up in Boston, if you weren’t wearing green on St. Patrick’s Day you’d get punched in the arm. Then, in college (and beyond) it...
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6 Ways to Kick-Start Your Cooking
Spring is a time of rebirth, rejuvenation, and fresh starts! It is a time of shaking off the old and starting with the new. For me, it has always been a more logical time than new years to start new...
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