Pasta with Fresh Herbs and Ricotta and Do You REALLY Want to Fix Your Problems?
Hi everyone. My daughter’s 6th grade teacher has us keep tabs on the students by sending us an email everyday. If my teachers had done this in middle school, I wouldn’t have gotten into so much trouble! I love the quote he sent yesterday: “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking […]
One Bowl Baked Ziti and Comment to Win BIG!!!
Hi everyone. Once in a while, healthy opportunities in life are so easy to take advantage of like free magazines donated to a school and distributed, commenting on my Dishin’ in Montclair (please go to the site and comment answering a Madonna question to win a big care package-it’s so easy!!!!) http://patch.com/A-m96y and to make […]
Vegetable Frittata for Dinner and Don’t Get Sucked In!
Hi everyone! Yes, that is me in the photo above with Tad Martin of All My Children. All good things must come to an end, however; All my Children, the soap opera that has been on since 1970, ended this week. My six siblings and I were all turned on to the riveting day time […]
Beautiful Beet Dip and Pour on the Positive Feedback!
Hi everyone! I was so pleased to receive an email from one of my workshop participants with the photo of him and his son. He was so inspired by our session at the Lil’ Tykes Day Care Center in East Orange that he went home and “took back his kitchen” with his young son. Dang, […]
Pineapple Ginger Scones and You all Inspire Me!
Hi everyone! What a week! The theme for today is inspiration. As many of you know, I have a child with special needs and I host a support group for parents of kids with special needs every Friday morning. We are such a support to one another and learn not only how to better care […]
Chicken Pot Pie Comfort Food and a GREAT Workout Class!
Hi everyone! I made a REALLY decadent Chicken Pot Pie the other night and I want to share the recipe with you. As you know, my motto is “everything in moderation (with the basic diet being really healthy)” . I am able to eat such decadent items as the recipe below because I eat healthy […]
Kale Fruit Shake and are You a Virgin?
Hi everyone! I am feeling so inspired to spread the healthy cooking message. I just got back from a great workshop at the Sarah Ward Daycare Center in Newark where we learned about healthy foods, meal planning, modeling cooking for our kids and identifying our own individual obstacles to cooking to provide more healthful meals […]
How We New Yorkers Dealt With 9/11
Hi everyone. What a sad day, the 10th year anniversary of the World Trade Center tragedy. My husband and I are watching CBS with all the names of the victims being read. My 5 year old just said, “I don’t want to watch this show where everyone is talking about everybody dying.” My husband and […]
Plum and Butter Lettuce Salad and My Dad Loved Food
Hi everyone. I hope the start of school for those of you with youngsters has been seamless. I have been so nuts with coordinating pick ups, drop offs and buying school supplies, that I was ecstatic when my local food coop box came this week. It allowed me to have fruit and vegetables so that […]
Chocolate Chip Scones and My Irresponsible Confession
Hi everyone. Today’s post is about taking responsibility. I am feeling very sad about the fact that I thought I was taking responsibility, but realized I was not as responsible as I thought I was. You see, I promised my family I would take care of my family’s photos, some of which dated back to […]