6 freakishly easy Halloween dinner ideas that will please all of your ghosts and goblins.
Halloween is on a Saturday this year, which means that the evening should be less stressful—at least the getting ready part of the evening. Instead of rushing home from work and school, scrambling to get everyone’s costumes together, frantically ordering pizza, and...
The Choco Rush craft chocolate bar subscription service makes it grown-up Halloween every month.
With Halloween coming up, I've got chocolate on my mind. But I'm craving good chocolate. Really good chocolate. While my kids enjoy their annual pass to gorge on the junkiest candy they can get their hands on, I'll happily indulge in my private stash of awesomely...
Web Coolness: Pairing Halloween candy with wine, a seminal food manifesto, taco emoji, and more
Here are some of our favorite food links from around the web this week. We hope that you like them, too. Artist Nady Nadhira uses snack foods to complete her illustrations and the results are adorable. A national food policy for the 21st century: A memo to the...
Weekend Toast: A maple cocktail and mocktail for a fun-filled fall weekend.
Fall isn't all about pumpkin, you know. There are lots of other fall flavors that make delicious drinks, including apples and apple cider perfect for these tasty apple cider drinks; pears, which we used to make these skinny pear cocktail and mocktail recipes; and, my...
The 8×8 Cookbook: A whole book of mouthwatering, one-pan family meals. Yes, please!
The last 5 years has seen an unprecedented explosion of food blogs. Like millions of them. I love that there is always a new one to discover, but it becomes hard to keep track of my favorites. Even great food blogs will fall off of my radar for months—years—at a time....
Oat Mama Granola Bars: Okay, so they’re called Lactation Granola Bars, but here’s why even non-nursing mamas will love them.
If the new moms you know are anything like I was ten years back—exhausted, a little scattered, and possibly nursing—I think they will definitely appreciate a big gift of Oat Mama's Lactation Granola Bars, a new, small brand of outstanding granola bars I've just...
Six delicious 30 minute dinner recipes that really cook in 30 minutes. Some even faster.
Honestly, the whole what to make for dinner dilemma has gotten old. Trying to figure out new, fresh, and tasty options that won't be a drag on my time and energy after a day of juggling work and home will never be fun for me. And who wants to do all that prepping and...
Web Coolness: Eliminating restaurant tipping , 12 great everyday wines, killer Halloween brownies & more
Here are some of our favorite food links from around the web this week. We hope that you like them, too. Pumpkin Spice Oreo Cheesecake Brownies. Yes, please! Renowned restauranteur Danny Meyer eliminates tipping at his restaurants and raises prices to make up...
Spice things up with these 8 flavor-packed Mexican dinner recipes that aren’t tacos.
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 eat Mexican for every meal if...
Weekend Toast: Halloween cocktail recipes that are scary, grown up style.
Last week was all about non-alcoholic Halloween drinks, so this week we’re boozing it up Halloween style. If you’re having a party with grown ups, we think a selection of both cocktails and mocktails is the way to go—and there’s no reason for the kids and non-boozy...
An easy guide to an allergy free Halloween: Tips, treats, recipes, and more.
Celebrating an allergy free Halloween used to be a chore, but with growing awareness of food allergies and cool initiatives like The Teal Pumpkin Project, it’s getting easier to host an allergy-friendly holiday. Most of these tips and recipes are for families with...
The Teal Pumpkin Project: Help make Halloween allergy-friendly.
A very cool thing is happening this Halloween: Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) has launched their 2nd annual Teal Pumpkin Project to help families with special diets easily identify homes where it is safe for them to trick-or-treat. If yours is not an...
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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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Change your margaritas with 10 delicious margarita variations
While we all love a classic margarita, these delicious margarita variations let you celebrate Cinco De Mayo, National Margarita Day, or just a well-earned weekend night in style. Pair them with one of the recipes from our favorite authentic Mexican food blogs and...
The best authentic Mexican food blogs: 6 favorites for Cinco de Mayo and every other day of the year.
I've had the best time seeking out the best Mexican food blogs serving up authentic Mexican cuisine in honor of Cinco de Mayo. I've always loved this holiday; in my hometown of New York City, May 5th marks a point in early spring when we're absolutely sure there's...
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...