Summer is finally here! During the summer months, we spend as much time outdoors as possible. For us New York City apartment dwellers, that means our building’s outdoor barbecue area. Grilling and eating al fresco is something we try to do as much as we can! Sometimes it’s just the three of us, but often […]
Beef Barley Soup for Stove top or Slow Cooker
Yum And, just like that, it’s soup season. The beauty of soup? You can really make a soup out of anything you have on hand. It’s a great way to clean out your refrigerator or pantry and to get more veggies into your kids. And it can be made ahead of time or in your […]
Tofu Chickpea and Spinach Curry
Yum I wasn’t always a cook. Single and living in NYC, I used my oven for storage until I was 30 years old, so when my 7-year-old has recently taken a huge interest in wanting to learn to cook on her own, I was thrilled! She actually has decided she wants to go on […]
More School Lunch Ideas
I love sending Isabella off to school to with fun, nutritious lunches. It’s important to fuel our kids with healthy foods and snacks so they can do their best throughout the school day. But, as busy moms they need to be easy and quick to put together too. Here are some more of our favorites! […]
Chicken Sausage, Potato, and Kale Soup
Yum Another winter day, another soup! I really love soups for their versatility and one pot cooking! There are endless combinations of soups that you can make and they are a great way to use up what you have in your refrigerator and pantry. This recipe for Chicken Sausage, Potato, and Kale Soup is a […]
It’s that time of year again! Healthy, Fun, and Easy School lunches
Last year moms in my daughter’s class were always talking about needing ideas for lunches. When I would chaperone class trips where the kids would eat lunch, the other chaperoning moms would always walk around the lunch table checking out all of the kids’ lunches to see what their moms’ had packed and if the […]
Buying Organic and Other Food Choices
As moms, we all want to make sure our families are eating healthy. But “healthy “means different things to different people. Vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, sugar free. Grass fed beef, pasture raised chicken, or commercially raised meat? Some people would never give their kids a cookie, while others are ok with sweet treats. I […]
