I'm a big advocate of maintaining a good stash of healthy soup recipes when you've got kids to cook for. Whenever I’m stirring a big pot of soup, my girls start to weave around my legs like purring kittens. They know the inviting smell o…
Though I hate to admit it, every January I get a burst of motivation to eat more healthfully. I think of myself as being resolution-averse, but in reality, I make resolutions—even of the new year's variety—all the time. It's just the for…
If you’ve been indulging a little more than usual, who could blame you? Holiday feasts, cookies, and cocktails are all part of what makes the season so fun. But it can also take a toll on your body, and healthy detox diets are a great wa…
There's still plenty of time to get ahead of your holiday cooking (our Thanksgiving cooking schedule can help!) but, let's be honest, no matter how well you prep, cooking a Thanksgiving meal can be stressful the day of. The more you can …
Whether this is your first time hosting Thanksgiving or you’re a seasoned pro, your focus will probably be on the turkey. Too often, vegetables are last minute or uninspired. Unintentional, maybe. Big mistake, definitely. With a little b…
When my kids go to the grocery with me, I usually let them pick one thing each that they want for their lunches during the week. And their choice almost always has a character on it. So I was excited to see the news that, with the new St…
Cooking a Thanksgiving meal is intimidating, but unless you're set on showing off, cooking Thanksgiving meal staples can be pretty straightforward business. The thing most likely to trip you up is bad planning. With a solid prep schedule…
Our Thanksgiving meal tends to be dominated by white foods, from the turkey and mashed potatoes to the rolls. Though I wouldn't have it any other way, I've decided to brighten things up just a little with one of these colorful fall salad…
For some, macaroni and cheese and casseroles are the ultimate comfort food, but for me, having grown up in New Jersey, nothing is less fussy and more cozy than Italian American restaurant dishes like Meatballs, Baked Ziti and Eggplant Pa…
Whether you're working off of a meal plan or are flying by the seat of your pants, if you're anything like me, you're so focused on throwing together a main dish for dinner that you forget about a side dish until the last minute. Enter f…
I can hardly believe it, but we're getting bored of Taco Tuesdays at my house. While we don't eat tacos every Tuesday, we do eat them a lot. Everyone in my family is a big fan of Mexican food and, well, aside from tacos, I think they'd e…
While scouring the web for the best skinny slow cooker recipes I could find, I came across a genius trick that I have to share: how to cook spaghetti squash in a slow cooker . Did you know that you could do this? I had no clue and, in fa…
I've been seeing the #MeatlessMonday hashtag in my Facebook feed for a while now, but have been slow to jump on the bandwagon. Other than the trusty black beans and rice that I cook when I forget to thaw meat for dinner, I don't have man…
We're barely a month into the school year and already my girls are groaning about boring sandwiches. When PB&J or turkey and cheese loose their appeal, even if just temporarily, I change up the game. My trump card: packing healthy dips f…
I have this growing obsession with Instagram food art accounts. It kind of blows my mind to see plates as canvases, only instead of watercolors or pastels, the media of choice include fruits and veggies, candies and cookies. Not that I'd…
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, begins tomorrow evening and, as with so many holidays across so many cultures, it brings with it delicious food traditions. If you’re celebrating this year, we hope you’ll whip up these Rosh Hashanah r…
This past week, I I joined Stacie and her husband at a wonderful ramen restaurant, where everyone at the table was flipping over a fantastic shishito pepper appetizer. (And fortunately, our children didn't look at the word on the menu lo…
When it comes to packing school lunch, the trickiest part is packing vegetables that the kids will eat, and not just cucumber wheels day after day. We found 7 creative ways to pack vegetables for school lunch so that they have high lunch…
Now that I'm a grown-up, i.e., responsible for making holidays awesome for my kids, I've found that the ( ahem ) b-level holidays like Labor Day are quickly becoming my favorites. There's no pressure to shop and decorate. Instead, we jus…
There are those summer fruits and veggies that are fleeting—we wait for them all year and then, just like that, their season passes—and then there’s zucchini. It’s easy to grow and seems to be everywhere this time of year. If you have so…
It’s happened. Finally. I grew tomatoes, and they are perfect. My family and I are eating them up, but I also want to save some so that I can relish summer’s goodness long into winter. If you've ever wondered about how to preserve tomato…
If your family is anything like mine, you’re eating fresh, sweet corn on the cob several times a week. It’s such a treat and, really, the highlight of summer eating. First I cook it up: Mostly I follow these directions for how to boil co…
I wait all summer for the moment when I can toss long strands of spaghetti, fettuccini, or earthy soba noodles with a no-cook pasta sauce. Not just because they cut down on time spent cooking over heat, though that’s nice, but because a …
If you're headed to visit a friend or family member who's just home with a new baby, consider skipping the registry and getting them the gift that will mean the most—food! If you are a parent, you know how manic and exhausting those earl…