10 tasty gifts for fans of The Great British Baking Show | Holiday Gifts
On your mark. Get set. Shop! For your favorite The Great British Baking Show fan, that is. Forgive me geeking out a bit, but I've been an avid watcher ever since Paul and Mary showed up on my television, and now I've welcomed Prue with open arms. I miss Sue and Mel,...
The best mail-order cookies supporting small businesses around the country | Holiday Gift Guide
The pandemic has really put a damper on my food tourism this year, so tracking down amazing mail order cookies from small bakeries across the country has been like...virtual travel for me. I'm so happy to recommend them, because so many of these shops rely heavily on...
Start these make-ahead food gifts now to be ready in time for Christmas! | Holiday Gifts
While so many homemade food gifts are best eaten fresh, these make-ahead food gifts will let you get you into the Christmas spirit right away. I've found so many terrific DIY food gift ideas, from your own homemade vanilla extract, to scrumptious rum balls, and even...
We love these 10 festive ways to package Christmas cookie gifts | Holiday Gifts
Even if you've picked out your perfect Christmas cookie recipe already, you might be looking for ways to package those Christmas Cookies as gifts. Though the big crowded cookie swap I usually attend every December is canceled this year due to the pandemic, homemade...
One sugar cookie dough recipe, ten easy Christmas cookies.
During a year that so many of us want to make homemade food gifts for friends and family -- and are home enough to do it, it feels like the right time to re-up a favorite sugar cookie dough recipe that was first shared here a while back. This recipe can only be...
Check out the new Lady Gaga Chromatica Oreos! You’ll be in Stupid Love, too.
Today on Twitter, the one and only Lady Gaga introduced perhaps my favorite food collab ever: Lady Gaga edition Oreo cookies. As if I needed another reason to buy Oreos. I desperately need cases of the metallic pink packages, each one packed with Golden Oreos. (My...
A few food gifts that help fight hunger on #GivingTuesday or, really, any day this holiday season.
'Tis the season to shop, which, in moments, like maybe today after Black Friday can feel overwhelming. You know what helps, though? Getting some of your shopping done through gifts that give back, too. We're big fans of any mission driven company that gives back with...
My favorite NYC food gifts from 10 New York institutions, for those who can’t get here right now. | Holiday Gifts
This native New Yorker is big on sending NYC food gifts this year around the country. That's because I'm firmly on Team Stay At Home this holiday, hard though that may be. Not only does Covid mean that New York won't be receiving our annual share of holiday season...
Easy family dinners for the week because the burnout is real | Weekly Meal Plan 231
Welp, as of this week, we'll have made it to December. Wow. That's 48 weeks of family dinners under your belt, most likely at home, all during an extremely stressful and uh, unusual 2020. If you are human, which I can presume you are, Â the burnout is getting real....
Thanksgiving Margaritas: The Pinterest trend we didn’t know we needed.
When I logged on to Pinterest recently to search for some yummy Thanksgiving recipes for my family, I was a little surprised by an apparent new trend: The Thanksgiving margarita. Is this a thing? Do people really drink margaritas on Thanksgiving? Being the dedicated...
Easy family-friendly dinners for Thanksgiving week | Meal Plan 230
It's Thanksgiving week, parents! I'm thinking ahead to Thursday (smaller though it may be), but also realizing that my family needs to eat on the other days this week too. And since it also happens to be a week where strict quarantines and crowd limits have been...
Get this Nutella pancake kit that helps kids in need? You don’t have to ask us twice.
Get ready to have sticky fingers! Because Nutella is offering the coolest holiday kit for making gingerbread pancakes -- topped with Nutella, of course -- while also benefitting No Kid Hungry. The pandemic has caused food insecurity to rise so sharply, so we love...
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How to hop on the focaccia garden trend with the kids: Perfect for Easter or a spring kitchen craft project.
With our second COVID Easter on the horizon, a colorful and delicious focaccia garden at the centerpiece of our Easter meal sounds like a perfect addition to our table. Even better? I'm going to be passing this project off onto my three teens since it's such a...
How this Instant Pot-phobe finally became an Instant Pot convert
I'm not quite sure why I've always been afraid of the Instant Pot. People I love and respect in my life swear by it. I'm even a member of the Instant Pot Community on Facebook (that also might be why I'm afraid of the Instant Pot, now that I think of it). And...
This year, order your Girl Scout cookies from troops struggling with homelessness
Despite my commitment to be healthier this year, I'm going to cave and buy some Girl Scout cookies, because another resolution I've made is to spread goodness as much as possible. When I was reminded that I can buy Girl Scout cookies online to support troops...
9 helpful tips for making a homemade gingerbread house. Learn from my successes….and uh, failures.
I never thought I'd be the person offering tips for making homemade gingerbread houses, but you know, 2020. Chalk it up to the baking bug so many of us caught in 2020, but my kids and I attempted our own homemade gingerbread houses for the first time this year....
We love these 10 festive ways to package Christmas cookie gifts | Holiday Gifts
Even if you've picked out your perfect Christmas cookie recipe already, you might be looking for ways to package those Christmas Cookies as gifts. Though the big crowded cookie swap I usually attend every December is canceled this year due to the pandemic, homemade...
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11 spring recipes to lighten up pastas, soups, and one-pot meals
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 pasta salads, gazpachos, and grilled meats and veggies to our dinner rotation. So,...
From Pasta Carbonara to Carne Asada Fries, next week is going to be delicious | Weekly Meal Ideas 12
It's time to get that meal plan together for next week and I'm excited to share my meal plan ideas with you. And yes, this is my actual plan for my family of four will be eating. Maybe you make them all, or maybe they just give you a few ideas and inspiration -...
Our favorite last-minute Easter recipes: Brunch, dinner, desserts, and treats of all kinds. Yay treats!
Are you looking for last-minute easter recipes and treats too? Yep, I get it. Easter is here so early this year, it's snuck up on so many of us. (Then again, time kind of has no meaning these days so wheeeee! Last-minute recipes all year coming your way!) If you...
How to hop on the focaccia garden trend with the kids: Perfect for Easter or a spring kitchen craft project.
With our second COVID Easter on the horizon, a colorful and delicious focaccia garden at the centerpiece of our Easter meal sounds like a perfect addition to our table. Even better? I'm going to be passing this project off onto my three teens since it's such a...
5 dinners that feel like spring | Weekly Meal Plan Ideas 11
It's starting to look like spring around here with daffodils popping up and flowering trees, even if it is still a bit chilly. Â Still, I'll take it after the winter we've had! While I'm really eager to start cooking "spring" food and can't wait for farmer's markets...
