Decadent Sharp Cheddar Strata and Use Up Before the Expiration Date!

Hi everyone! As I looked through my fridge last night, I was horrified to see that the very expensive quart of heavy cream I bought  last month with the expiration date that seemed like it was YEARS off was about to expire! I had had big plans for that quart of heavy cream: homemade ice […]

Hilda’s Kreplach Recipe For the Jewish Holidays

Hi everyone! As the Jewish New Year approaches this weekend, many folks are preparing for a delicious meal. In addition, there will be a break fast for Yom Kippur next week where guests will be hungry after fasting all day. I posted last year about my friend Hilda who had a four generation dumpling or […]

Local Products that Make You Want to Cook!

Hi everyone! Sometimes it is actually a food or cooking product that inspires us to cook. I am so excited about a new product that is in our area.  My 10 year old and my 6 year old who NEVER drink milk want to drink an entire pint as soon as they get home from […]

Creamy Spinach and Pasta and You CAN Work Out!

Hi everyone! What a week!  TWO Parents Who Rock concerts to organize and perform in, the start of school for four kids, a night time special needs meeting, a back to school meeting and I still had to cook dinner! What I should have talked about on the Today Show last month (Oh, didn’t you […]

The Video is HERE!!! Aunt Judy and Uncle Art! Making “Stuffies”

Hi everyone! As we know, some of the greatest recipes are passed down from  previous generations. We all have a memory of something special that a friend or relative made for us and it can be so meaningful to make it and eat it with the older and newer generations in our family. Once again, […]

Quinoa with Pineapple Salsa and Get Fit With Me and Punkrope!

Hi everyone! Fall is approaching which means I can get back to the gym!! I keep forgetting to tell you that I have worked out three times a week, without missing a week, since January 1st. I have also been unable to go to the gym all summer, so how is it possible that I […]

Rainbow Cake! and Cooking Modeling Kid to Kid

Hi everyone! I am so proud of my daughter and her cousin! Her cousin baked her a rainbow cake for her birthday that was gorgeous! My daughter thought it was so cool that she went on line and learned how to make one herself for her brother’s birthday. Everyone loved it! It is a beautiful […]

Prioritizing When You Have Little Time and My Today Show Clip!

Hi everyone! Well, I did not get to expound on the virtues of stocking your fridge , freezer and pantry as much as I would have liked on The Today Show, but I did try to prioritize the info that I wanted to make sure that I got across. Cooking is a learned skill, it […]

Watch me Tonight on TV Land from 9-11PM and Tomorrow on The Today Show!

Hi everyone! I am gearing up for my debut on TV Land tonight, August 20th!! I will have four separate cooking segments between 9-1l PM Eastern Time (Please note the change, as it was 8-10PM before) I will then be on the Today Show in the 4th hour tomorrow, August 21st, with Kathie Lee and […]

Alma (That’s Me!) on the Today Show!!!!

Hi everyone! I am so thrilled to tell you that I will be on the Today show with Kathie Lee and Hoda on: Tuesday, August 21st, the fourth hour between 10-11 Eastern Time!!! I am very excited and very thankful to all the people who have been helping me and supporting Take Back the Kitchen. […]