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Do you need easy appetizer recipes? Are you ready to have a few people over for a physically distanced social gathering? Do you want easy appetizer recipes to serve – ideally in individual portions? Here are some easy appetizer recipes to share with friends and family – no matter the distance. Flavored Popcorn Start with easy, DIY microwave popcorn, by… Read More
What are your Trader Joe’s fall favorites? Do you stalk the “new” section like I do, using it as a starting point around which to build the rest of your cart? The new item section at Trader Joe’s tends to explode with options in the fall and winter – making it one of the most interesting times to shop there. … Read More
Do you need hot weather dinner ideas? Here are some ways to get dinner on the table – without heating up your kitchen. Late summer heatwaves can zap your energy, and make it hard to think about eating, let alone cooking. But unless you live alone – in which case, you can embrace the heatwave weight loss plan – you… Read More
Easy Vacation Meals: Enjoy At Home or Away When you travel as a family, it can be expensive to eat out for every meal. If you choose to stay in a vacation home, you typically have access to a full kitchen which allows for meal preparation. But while you want to save money, you certainly don’t want to forget where… Read More
Do you need pantry recipe ideas? As you try to limit your trips to the grocery store, you are probably digging deeper into your pantry as you plan and prepare your meals. You may have discovered some forgotten items in the back of your pantry, or the bottom drawer of your fridge. Or the timing of your grocery trips may… Read More
Are you ready for the best smores? Smores are a quintessential summer food. And also rife with nostalgia. Maybe they take you back to your first overnight camp? Or a Girl Scout jamboree? Or a bonfire on the beach? Or perhaps a family barbecue? The truth is, you can make smores almost anywhere. You can toast marshmallows over almost any… Read More
It’s time for some pantry hacks… After five or six weeks at home – (aren’t the days and weeks just blurring together?) – you are probably digging deep into the back of your pantry – and your other kitchen cabinets. Here are some ways to use a likely underused appliance – your high-powered blender – to stretch your pantry a… Read More
Easter is a spring holiday that is often intertwined with candy. But celebrating Easter without candy may be a necessity for your family. Maybe you have food allergies or intolerances in your family? Maybe you are practicing healthier eating and want to share this with your friends and neighbor? Or maybe you just want a break from the sugar… Read More
Do you have food memories? I have foods that are inextricably tied to certain places, events, and, more than perhaps anything else, people. Food memories can be a unique, visceral way of virtually transporting yourself to different times, places, and to connect – or reconnect – with distant friends or family. I reconnect with my long-deceased grandparents with every Saint… Read More
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