Before School Oatmeal and Jon Hamm or Hip Hop Class? Help!!!!
Hi everyone. First off, if you would like to bake for a bakesale this Sunday, Sept. 19th,to raise money for birthday gift cards for kids in Essex County group homes, email me at alma@takebackthekitchen.com Well, what a morning. My sister Peggy called at the throws of early morning chaos to tell me that Jon Hamm […]
Breakfast Pizza and Shaun Cassidy
Hi everyone. This is a teeny photo (sorry, my husband is not here to help me make it bigger), but if you look closely, it is of Stephanie Dolgoff and Alma Schneider heading off on the train to the Shaun Cassidy concert at the Nassau Colliseum in, I believe, 1978. I was reminded of this […]
Shrimp Omelet and Farewell to My Chinese Boys :-(
Hi everyone. Now I know why I am reluctant to get a pet-you get attached and then they die…or leave as in the case of my Chinese students (not to compare them to pets). We bid farewell to our 16 year old Chinese boys this morning and we are all saddened by their departure. Sure, […]
Cornmeal Pancakes and Guest Blogger Mini-me
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a55qYBfz4c] Please enjoy this post from my guest blogger daughter and happy Father’s Day to everyone!: I love to cook a lot. On fathers day-BINGO! Fathers day, a day when dads are free, when they can go out and do what kids and moms don’t know about(and probably never will). But when my dad is […]
Quiche Cupcakes and Hold Your Snack Ground!
Hi everyone. Please allow me to tell you a sad but inspiring story of snackage. After many emails were circulated by the parents of my 7 year old’s soccer game to only provide healthy snacks for the players, everyone agreed that that would be a good idea. Hooray! Fast forward to the game. My husband […]
Crustless Parmesan Broccoli Buttermilk Quiche and Using Up Ingredients
http://www.youtube.com/get_player Hi everyone! I am enjoying the cooking after glow of my divine lunch with friends. You see, I found a purpose for the frozen organic brocolli that my children refuse to eat. Unfortunately, I have spoiled them with the million dollar a pound organic, fresh broccoli so they refuse to eat the reasonably priced […]
Delicious Deviled Eggs and Involving the Kids in Un-Stressful Ways
http://www.youtube.com/get_player Hi everyone and happy holidays! In my house growing up in the seventies, it would not be a holiday if if we did not have deviled eggs. Deviled eggs remind me of times gone by, where we did not think about the genetics of our high cholesterol, only the creamy goodness of a retro […]
Easy Onion Quiche and STILL eating well on Vacation-It is possible!
Hi everyone. As we are smack dab in the middle of our vacation and I really should not be on-line (you know, quality family time and all), I just wanted to share a quick and delicious recipe with you that you can make inexpensively when you are on vacation and have a borrowed kitchen. Even […]
Garlic Scape Vegetable Omelet and Saving My Face from Age…
Hi everyone and please click on the title of this post to read more. I have something very informative for you today, but also a bit alarming. I finally used the gift certificates my friends gave me last year to get a facial, something I do every few years, maybe every five years. It was […]
Spinach and Feta Fritata, Fertile Chickens and Block Parties
Hi everyone and please click on the title of this post to read more. First, a few announcements:There will be the groundbreaking ceremony and “milk and cookies” themed party at the Universal Access Playground this Saturday from 1-3 in Montclair to celebrate the park that Parents Who Rock helped build. We are so proud! Also, […]