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Better Banana Bread
Last weekend I road-tripped to Lake Tahoe with five gal pals. It didn’t take us long to break into the homemade banana bread. (I mean, who doesn’t love good ol’ banana bread?) However, I’d brought two versions and was itching for a taste test. Hands down, they preferred our “new and improved” banana bread, made [...]
Homemade Chicken Nuggets
There’s always a stash of chicken nuggets in our freezer and if you have small children, I bet there’s probably a box or two in your freezer as well. Bell & Evan’s yummy, breaded, boneless, skinless chicken breasts get thumbs up in our households. But, we all know, homemade chicken nuggets really blow frozen away. [...]
Humbolt Fog Goat Cheese, Piquante Peppers and Mary’s Gone Crackers
We’ll never forget our first encounter with goat cheese at the River Café in NYC when we were about 12 years old. The chef, David Burke, delivered a melted goat cheese bruschetta and with one whiff, we pinched our noses shut! Dad, bent on teaching us to try new things, offered us 50 bucks just [...]
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Chicken 1-2-3
Need a simple weeknight dish? People probably assume that we put on a gourmet dinner for our families every night, but we too are often fighting the clock with crazy schedules. Chicken 1.2.3 is for the nights when one kid is at b-ball practice at 6:00 pm and the other has a game at 6:30 [...]
Cha Cha Chai Latte
Most chai tea lattes are chocked full of overly sweet powders and flavorings laden with corn syrup. Not this one! We promise this aromatic blend of black tea and its array of spices will soothe and satisfy you to the core. We’ve been honing this recipe for years – ever since Mary got us hooked [...]
Spicy Butternut Squash Soup with Coconut, Green Curry, and Ginger
January is here at last… whewwwww. Now all we want to do is hunker in and hover over a big bowl of soup. Soups, soups, sumptuous soups! When Mary and I discussed our first post of the new year, we agreed on a butternut squash soup but neither of us had clarity on the direction [...]
Sexy Shooters
Mary has not stopped raving about her good friend Cary Fulton’s holiday soiree. She said these homemade, super-glam shot glasses, made of ice, MADE the party (Cary, thanks for the inspiration!). The very next day, Mary ordered the molds from amazon.com and we began experimenting. We played with orange segments, pomegranate seeds, Christmas trimmings, [...]
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Sushi in Seconds!
Night before last, Jack and I had yet another holiday soiree on the docket, and yet another hors d’oeuvre to bring. I was at the verge of tears! At wits end with the holiday madness…..the shuttling of kids, the decorating on the home front, the shopping, the post office runs, the holiday baking and [...]
Lemon Ricotta Cake with Zesty Lemon Icing