When I was a little girl, my mom and I used to scoop out the insides of pumpkins for Halloween, carve our pumpkins and roast the seeds to snack on. It was a yearly tradition that I loved. Messy, but delicious! I would roast them with sweet seasonings for a sweet snack but this year, […]
Do you have stale bagels hanging around in your kitchen that you forgot about? I never seem to be able to eat them fast enough and I don’t like them once they’ve been frozen. So, what do you do? Well, I’ll tell you – don’t throw them out! You can make crunchy, flavorful bagel chips […]
Before we had Amelia, we went on a baby moon to Aruba (pre-Zika days) and I had the most amazing fish tacos. They had just the right amount of crunch, creaminess and fresh fish taste. Oh, and the pineapple salsa was to die for! I’ve been thinking about that trip a lot recently which inspired […]
Where I grew up, there was an amazing pizza place a few minutes down the road from us. I passed it on the way to to school everyday and I seriously loved it. We went to pickup pizza from there every Wednesday night. Most of the time, it was just plain cheese pizza. But as […]
I stay home with both girls, so I eagerly await Friday every week. By the time it comes around, I’m so tired. So, I tend to make something easy for dinner. Tonight’s dinner is bite-sized chicken served with ketchup and veggies. It’s perfect to make on a hot night because I can use the air […]
There’s always one day during the week when I’ve run out of time, energy or both to cook a healthy dinner. But I really do try to cook something healthy for all of us and when I have just a little bit of motivation, this is one of my super-easy, super-fast, super-healthy dinners I like […]
The other night, we went to a friend’s house and we all enjoyed some much needed smiles and laughter together…. also, a nice bottle of wine. 🙂 We ended up eating dinner with them and they had fish sticks for the kids. My girls never had the pleasure of eating fish sticks, and unsurprisingly, they […]
Some people are french fry people. Some are onion ring people. Personally, I prefer onion rings. That is, until I got an air fryer and started making fries in it! You get that perfectly crunchy on the outside, pillowy-soft on the inside taste with none of the bad-for-you stuff. French fries are usually an indulgence, […]
A couple of years ago, I had a neighbor who lent me her air fryer when she was traveling. I made a few things in it and thought, well, ok, that was nice. I didn’t understand the hype. Well, recently, I jumped back into the hype because I’ve been making a lot of chicken wings […]
Fun fact: I lived in Buffalo, NY for 6 years while getting my undergrad and graduate degrees. I learned a LOT while I was there, but one major life lesson was learning what a good chicken wing is. Seriously! They take it so seriously there and everyone even has a favorite place to eat them. […]