Earlier this week was my daughter’s 12th birthday. Wow! 12 – it’s so crazy to me! I can’t handle how fast she’s growing up. Each year I let the girls choose what they want for their family birthday dinner. There have been some weird combinations in the past but this year was pretty straightforward – […]
Baking: Banana Nut Bread
So what do you do when you have really really ripe bananas? You’re initial instinct is probably to just toss them but let’s consider something different. Why not make Banana Nut Bread? That’s what I did! The riper the bananas, the sweeter the banana bread! My mom got this recipe years ago when I was a […]
Easy Recipe: Mayo-less Purple Potato Salad
I’m a big fan of potatoes – I love them in any shape or form. I do notice however that I rarely eat potato salad. Not because of the potatoes though, but I’m just not a fan of mayo. Eeeeek! I’ve made a mayo-less potato salad a few times here and there inspired by a […]
Easy Recipe: Mixed Berry Crumble
Last weekend we took a day trip up to Warwick with the cousins and headed to a “pick your own” farm called Ochs Orchard . My older daughter was in the mood to pick eggplant! We had a fun day and picked a variety of fruit and vegetables including tomatoes, kale, broccoli, eggplant, corn, blackberries, strawberries […]
Easy Recipe: Tomato Toast
Many moons ago my friends and I took a trip to Spain. We had so much fun exploring Madrid and Barcelona! Back then I was a much less adventurous eater than I am now. I can still be picky but I definitely get excited about food. One night for dinner we went to a restaurant for […]