by Stacie Billis | Jan 21, 2016 | Party!, Recipes
Up to this point, I’ve only thought about kid’s birthday parties in terms of little kid themes, from construction vehicles to dinosaurs—or whatever my kids are obsessed with at the moment. As my older son grows up, though, the themes are becoming looser...
by Stacie Billis | Jan 20, 2016 | Party!, Recipes
I love Valentine’s Day projects, and when my boys were young, would try (hard) to make Valentine’s Day crafts with them to hand out to their classmates. But the year I found myself speaking, uh, heatedly, to my 5-year-old about how he wasn’t showing...
by Stacie Billis | Jan 19, 2016 | Recipes
Frozen shrimp is among the most underused sources of protein in the family kitchen. Not only are shrimp nutritionally dense—according to the World’s Healthiest Foods, shrimp are a great source of vitamins D and B12, iron, omega-3 fatty acids and, of course,...
by Jane Sweeney | Jan 16, 2016 | Party!, Recipes
For a lot of people, the best part about the Super Bowl is eating. I actually love football and even I still get more excited about what’s on the menu than what’s on the field. Unfortunately, though, it’s usually a feast full of grease and belly bloating carbs,...
by Stacie Billis | Jan 15, 2016 | Columns, Recipes
The beautiful thing about citrus is that it tastes like summer, but hits peak season in winter, just when we need a pick-me-up. I can think of no better pick-me-up than to mix freshly squeezed citrus juices into a sweet mocktail or—even better—to spike them with booze...
by Stacie Billis | Jan 14, 2016 | Recipes, Tips + Tricks
My younger son’s birthday is in mid-October and the older one’s is on January 5th. That means that I go from birthday to Halloween to Thanksgiving to Hanukkah and Christmas to New Year’s Eve. And when it’s finally over for everyone else,...