How to pack the perfect picnic, plus picnic recipes for easy al fresco meals.
Today is National Picnic Day and, with the weather most of us have been having, it's the perfect excuse to pack up lunch or dinner to eat al fresco in the park or by the beach. When done right, packing a picnic is easy business, but it's not just a simple matter of...
Weekend Toast: Surprisingly delicious cocktails made with vegetable juice to toast Earth Day, of course.
Cocktail recipes made with vegetable juice. Yup. I know it may seem like a long shot but, believe me, you’ll understand why I went there as soon as you look at these recipes. More and more, mixologists are playing with the bright, fresh, crisp, and earthy flavors that...
6 of the best iced coffee recipes to fuel the warm weather months.
My husband is one of those people who drinks iced coffee all year around and, honesty, I don't get it. Nothing beats a piping hot cup of coffee first thing on a cold morning. But it's cold no more and I'm ready to join him—because nothing beats an ice cold coffee...
7 kid-friendly vegan dinner recipes for Earth Day — and beyond.
Unlike when I was in high school, Earth Day is no longer that anomalous day when you recycle and teach your parents about how important it for them to pay attention to their carbon footprint (our what?!). But while there’s much more awareness about our impact on...
Go ahead, surprise them: 6 family-friendly asparagus recipes even the kids will like.
My kids are from the bizarre species of tiny humans that actually love green vegetables. They get excited about most of them–except asparagus. But I get it; asparagus can taste bitter. I was recently geeking out to America’s Test Kitchen Radio and learned that babies...
9 tasty spring pasta recipes that will have your kids asking for seconds. (Ours did.)
When spring weather starts to move in, I crave pasta, but not the heavy spaghetti and meatballs that I want during winter. Rather, I go for lighter sauces, lots of crisp, spring veggies, and proteins like chicken or fish mixed in to fill me up without weighing me...
Web Coolness: An artist who paints with wine, Shiraz vs Syrah, and an out-of-this-world cake.
Here are our favorite food links from around the web this week. We hope that you enjoy them, too! You won't believe what this artist paints with. What coffee + lemonade taste like. (We think it sounds pretty good.) Have you seen Aziz Ansari spoof Kanye's...
8 super quick curry recipes that will make you make you forget all about takeout.
I love Indian and Thai food, but when I think of cooking it myself, I imagine a long list of exotic spices, special trips to the International Farmer's Market, and dishes that need to simmer for hours on end. And I think I speak for all of us when I say, ain't nobody...
Weekend Toast: Rosé wine cocktail recipes, because it’s time.
I hear that spring weather is in full swing in many places around the country, but it's been pretty iffy here in NYC. I've resolved to not let that bother me and have officially decided to shift into spring mode, weather be damned. One of my favorite seasonal shifts...
8 delicious, unexpected grilled cheese recipes beyond the ordinary, in time for National Grilled Cheese Month
National Grilled Cheese Day may have passed but, let's be honest, one day isn't enough. So, once again, we're celebrating National Grilled Cheese Month. Grilled cheese is such a simple, humble dish and yet humanity, in all of our wisdom, keeps coming up with more and...
5 of our favorite Passover desserts to enjoy any day of the year
It used to be that Passover desserts were only good for, well, Passover. No leavening and no flour meant no fun. And it’s even trickier if you keep kosher. Times have changed, though, and while I’m not sure why seder sweets look so much better these days (maybe they...
The 2016 EWG list of pesticides in produce: The #1 culprit surprised us.
We've always been fascinated reading EWG's "Dirty Dozen" list of Pesticides in Produce, and their 2016 list is not as I would have expected. Mainly because, for the first time in my memory, apples have been replaced by strawberries as the #1 source of pesticides. In...
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Non-toxic spring cleaning with salt: 8 unexpected uses in the kitchen beyond cooking.
Springtime means spring cleaning in my house and that means cleaning with salt. Yes, really. While there are some great natural cleaning products out there that are worth every dime (we love Better Life around here, and even housecleaning services use it), the...
Create a more sustainable kitchen with these 10 easy, eco-friendly ideas
With Earth Day coming up in April and spring cleaning season here, it's a great time to reflect on ways we can create a more eco-friendly home and a more sustainable kitchen. If your family spends as much time as my family of five does thinking about, preparing,...
Kitchen spring cleaning checklist: 7 kitchen tasks everyone forgets
With spring having sprung (and the words of Marie Kondo echoing in my head all these years later), I've been doing my best to kick-start kitchen spring cleaning before summer arrives. But one thing I've learned after all these years is it's so easy to miss certain...
Healthy comfort food recipes to get us through the winter without the extra pounds
Healthy comfort food recipes can be hard to come by. I mean I totally get the desire to start new diets in the new year, what with fresh beginnings and all. But when it's winter, I just want to cuddle up on the couch with a blanket and a big bowl of cheesy soup or...
How to tell if food is fresh: Tips for 7 of your top pantry staples
It's good to have some tricks for how tell if food is fresh and still good to eat -- as you know if you've ever opened a jar of half-used tomato sauce that seemed fairly new...only to find furry white spots of mold floating on top. While some spoiled food is quite...
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5 easy, delicious dinner ideas for those weeks that get unexpectedly busy | Weekly Meal Plan
This time of year always gets busier than we anticipate, and I always want to have easy weeknight dinner ideas on hand for those kinds of weeks. As the end-of-school commitments start ramping up, with hectic evenings driving everyone around -- let alone a quick...
7 spectacular macaroon variations for a big finish at Passover
We've explained many times that macarons are not to be confused with macaroons, the latter being a flour-free, gluten-free, generally chewy coconut cookie that's a favorite treat to finish off your Seder. This being Passover season, it's a perfect opportunity to...
5 easy spring recipes for the week ahead, from 35-minute lemony chicken cutlets to a fresh take on quesadillas | Weekly Meal Plan
It’s time to start thinking about your meal plan for next week. From 35-minute lemony chicken cutlets to sheet pan quesadillas, we’ve got five dinners that make good use of spring produce and lighter nights (yay!) to help get you through the busy week ahead. So...
A week’s worth of family-friendly spring recipes | Weekly Meal Plan
It's finally spring around here with daffodils popping up and flowering trees, which means it's time to start planning some spring dinners and easing out of all those heavy winter dishes. These are the spring dinner recipes that feel a bit lighter and brighter to...
These 11 light spring recipes help you shake off winter at the dinner table
When warm, spring weather hits I immediately lose all appetite for the heavy dinners like chili or pot roast that I craved during winter, and instead, I'm finding myself adding light spring recipes to our dinner roatation, like light pasta salads, cold, fresh...