I made these light and airy macaroons in 2003 and noted “big crowd-pleaser” on my recipe card, so I thought I’d pull them out again this year. Most macaroons are dense balls of coconut cake but my memory tells me that this recipe produced ones with a weight more like marengue cookies. In other words: […]
Recipes
Quick and Easy Weeknight Dinner: Semi-homemade Pizza
Here is one of my favorite go-to meals that I can pull together without a lot of effort: semi-homemade pizza! This is a great dinner that kids love to help make, too. I use a packaged pizza dough, like Boboli or any other brand, though my girlfriend swears that she whips up pizza dough in […]
Curried Squash and Mushroom Soup
I had this enormous butternut squash left over from a photo shoot, so I decided to look for something different to do with it. I came across this recipe in Mollie Katzen’s The New Moosewood Cookbook, one of my all-time favorite cookbooks. I thought it was delicious, a bit sweet but with a surprising meld […]
Lunchtime Wraps
People ask me all the time what I eat, which of course is why I started this blog. If you’re reading this you already know that I’m into healthy eating, am a Certified Nuritional Consultant, and wrote a cookbook filled with healthy recipes. Since my cookbook only has dinners, people often want to know what […]
Pad Thai
Yes, yes, I’ll admit it: even I occasionally reach for some packaged convenience foods to feed my family. One of my longtime favorites is Thai Kitchen Pad Thai Noodles. This is a meal kit with an amount of rice noodles that you soak in hot water for 3 minutes and then a scrumptious sauce in […]
