Posts filed under: Culinary
I LOVE all things pumpkin this time of year. It’s super simple to get canned pumpkin and add a fall flair to any recipe from quick breads to chili to oatmeal...
My tween age children, Grant and Samantha, can be great helpers in the kitchen. I have to admit that sometimes there is some bribing that goes into it, but in the...
Yasss! Peaches are in season now. I just want to gobble them up. My family loves them, too. I have childhood memories of eating whole peaches and just letting the...
Cherry season is here. Yaasssss! I love cherry-flavored anything. As much as I love fresh cherries, I use frozen cherries a lot for smoothies, sauces and in these ice pops....
I am always trying to get my kids to eat more veggies. I adore spring peas (and I want them to, also!). Yes, peas are starchy and comforting, but they are...
I LOVE making drinks with kombucha, a sparkling, fermented yeast tea beverage that is jam-packed with probiotics (it’s like fizzy apple cider vinegar). It can be a good thing for your...
I love mini tacos a.k.a. ‘street’ tacos. They are not only small enough to eat with one hand, but you can eat more and feel perfectly fine doing it (with...
The warm weather is here and I have such an urge to invite friends over and dine on my outdoor patio or anywhere al fresco. A simple and nourishing dish to bring...
Spring is in full force here, and in typical Chicago fashion – it’s rainy and cold one day and blissfully sunny and warm the next. You truly never know what...
Some of my fondest food memories are of my grandmother’s cooking. “Gram” as my two sisters and I called her was a natural cook. Although, her kitchen wasn’t a large...
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