I’m headed out the door in ten minutes to bring Stella to school (she goes every morning this year!), I’m applauding myself for getting Alice to the bus stop in time and I’m typing one-handed because I have a cranky, teething 13 month old on my lap. But Menu Mondays are back, after a summer …
Meat on Special? It just means that a local supermarket, a very fine one, was having a sale on ground chuck (yes, I’m aware of the recall! We were not affected by the recall, no worries) and Bell and Evans chicken. So, I bought more than I usually would and threw it in the freezer. …
The kids chose this week’s meals, with the exception of Friday. Pretend Soup, by Mollie Katzen is a great little cookbook for kids, even if some of the recipes are weird. Not the pizza, though. The pizza is totally normal and Alice even wanted to use zucchini, as directed in the recipe, so we’ll see …
{Don’t forget to enter the giveaway for a free copy of The Good Mother Myth! See that post here: http://realnani.blogspot.com/2014/01/GoodMotherMyth.html} I was inspired by my friend Sovina to put flank steak on my menu this week. She makes skirt steak but the flank was cheaper and looked better than the skirt that was available at my …
Chicken pot pie might be the ultimate comfort food– filling without being too heavy, creamy, and carb-a-licious. It’s also a great way to use up languishing veggies, though I made a classic version here. And the skillet? Well, I used to have a Corningware round casserole but I probably gave it away when we moved …
I’m a latecomer to borscht. Growing up, I would see the stuff in jars in the supermarket and think, “Gross!” But the summer I turned 16, I was in Israel, and spent a weekend hosted by a family in Haifa. I was served cold borscht, with a generous dollop of sour cream and a few …