If you’re today’s typical parent, you may not think you have time to cook a healthy dinner for your family.  You may work outside of the home, or you may spend the day running numerous household errands; either way, you constantly feel like you are barely keeping your head above water.  It seems there is just [...]

I love the holiday season. The snow, the parties, the eggnog, the presents, the Salvation Army ringers, and even the cheesy “made for TV” Christmas movies; can’t get enough of them. But before I know it, the “After Christmas Sales” are being advertised and I’m standing in line at the return counter. No, time doesn’t [...]

One of the first things I learned to cook really well was a calzone. I mean, could make delicious omelets and french toast and cereal, and all of my family’s recipes, but when I started to like cooking, the first thing I was able to create was a calzone. It was junior year of undergraduate [...]

Though I’m aware of how very close Thanksgiving Day is, I’m uncertain whether sharing my family’s traditional feast is relevant to the world at large. Our meal, which bears a precise resemblance to our Christmas dinner, consists of the usual things you’d expect in a ritualistic gorging of a plentiful harvest.

Smoothies are the delicious calorie-contentious alternative to the sweet treats we crave any time of year. The growing popularity of these frothy be verages has earned them a home on drive-thru and coffee shop menus alike, and rightfully so. Who doesn’t love smoothies? Although, as I visited my favorite smoothie stops, I started to grow [...]

For years, my mother has made the same delicious banana bread from the same beloved Betty Crocker cookbook. The result, too, is always the same. With that small slide of butter across the first slice, the steam and aroma rising up in a vaguely romantic swirl and melting the butter into each of the nooks, [...]

While the hot and cold weather battle for a spot in the upcoming months, the Monday nights are starting to be spent cheering from the couch. Ah yes, the football season is now in full swing and you can finally look forward to Monday! In all this excitement you must remember your permission to eat [...]

The next big dinner with the folks is coming up, and I wanted to try something new. I looked in my cupboards and refrigerator for inspiration, but sadly, it was just before grocery shopping day. What I did see was an abundance of apples and a few bottles of Ithaca Pale Ale and Guinness draught.

It seems as though summer had just begun when the “back to school” commercials started to blare from the television, and now that time is upon you yet again. Left with only receipts in your wallet, you will be watching your kids climb onto the bus with their new backpacks full of school supplies and [...]

Whether you are running late, pressed for time, or you just don’t want to spend your entire evening in the kitchen, your stove is the answer to quick and easy meals your whole family can enjoy. From breakfast to dinner, you can have great food on the table in minutes. Just grab your pan and [...]