Goodbye, summer! Now that it’s October, fall has really kicked in. We’ve put our shorts away, gotten the kids in school, started raking leaves and we now see Halloween decorations everywhere. It’s a time of transitions, and fall has a way of teaching us with some beautiful symbols. Bringing it in The harvest time is a reminder that we reap […]
Pollo Parmigiana
No need to be picky about this Italian chicken My poor, sweet mom. When I was growing up, she tried so hard to please everyone in the kitchen. After my brother had a serious illness as a small child, he got kind of picky with food. But my mom was so glad that he was eating at all that she […]
Vegan mango bean salad is bursting with flavor
Every once in a while you find a recipe that’s perfect for you. You love every ingredient and would be happy if even half of them were used! Well, I found one. I love mangos, avocados, limes and black beans. Interestingly enough, they are all ingredients that were never at my childhood dinner table, but that’s the great thing about […]
Spaghetti Sundays
Tomorrow is my mom’s birthday. She is one of the bravest women I know and I admire her more and more the older I get. I’d like to take this post to share with you one of her recipes and explain why such a simple (but versatile) meal means so much to me. I am my mother’s oldest child. When […]
Anything but predictable
I may have mentioned on several occasions that I seldom embrace planning dinner ahead of time. I have a poor attitude about it. Between having to juggle the schedules of several kids and having a career that requires me to anticipate and manage a multitude of habitually evolving variables, I feel entitled to not exerting my brain too much over […]
Whole-food Raspberry Muffins
I was having a better-than-average day at the gym recently when things took a turn towards the dark side. Certainly, I am not in the minority when it comes to avoiding the occasional reminder that my body might be a little exasperated with me. Legions of sensibly sane, assiduous adults seldom rush off to their physician with each ache or […]
