The Ratatouille Wins
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Food on Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Congratulations to Laura from Sea Glass Hearts, who won a $25 gift certificate to the King Arthur Flour catalog for sharing a recipe using home grown tomatoes.
Thanks to everyone who entered, and Laura: enjoy!
Back to School Breakfasts
Posted by Danielle Bean in Food on Wednesday, September 01, 2010
It’s that time of year—a time for breaking into new routines and getting a move on in the morning.
For me, when it comes to back-to-school breakfasts, the key is finding something ...
1. my kids will actually eat.
2. quick.
3. painless to prepare.
4. nutritious enough to quiet my inner mother-guilt.
Here are some recipes I have been researching lately that I think fit the bill:
Cornbread (even kids... READ MORE
Easy Peachy
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Food on Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Last summer I posted a recipe for skillet peach cobbler, which is my favorite peach dessert.
(It’s really wonderful. You should try it!)
But that cobbler requires cooking the topping on the stove for half an hour, which is not fun when it’s extra hot as it’s been this summer. Also, as much as I love that recipe, it’s time-consuming. Who wants to spend extra minutes in a kitchen when it’s 90 degrees... READ MORE
Garden Giveaway
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Food on Friday, August 27, 2010
Update: Anyone with a tomato recipe can enter; no one will know your tomatoes aren’t homegrown 
As promised, here’s your chance to show off your home-grown tomatoes and the wonderful things that can be done with them.
Share your pictures and recipes, and be automatically entered to win a $25 gift certificate to the King Arthur Flour catalog, courtesy of an anonymous giver.
To participate, just... READ MORE
Using the Peas
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Food on Wednesday, August 11, 2010
We had a snow pea plant in our garden, and it was producing enthusiastically. I needed a way to use all those sweet crunchy little pods.
Enter a recipe that my sister originally found on the Kraft website. She adapted the dish to her family’s tastes and I further adapted it to my family’s, and all the people involved (even the children) think it’s pretty tasty.
And I love it because we’re eating those... READ MORE
Around the House
Posted by Danielle Bean in Homemaking on Saturday, August 07, 2010
(Join each day’s Coffee Talk discussion: Mon: Parenting; Tues: Open Forum; Wed: NFP; Thu: Marriage; Fri: Education; Sat/Sun: Homemaking)
Our weekend forum is for discussing Homemaking.
Have a great craft idea? Want to share your favorite cleaning products? Have a super recipe to share? Want to ask a question or share a strategy for meal planning, family schedules, laundry techniques, or any other household dilemma? This is the place to do it.
Come on in and join the conversation!
Coffee Granita From Your Freezer
Posted by Danielle Bean in Food on Monday, July 26, 2010
I like to experiment with refreshing treats in the summer. Imagine my delight, for example, a few years ago when I discovered that making a healthy, delicious, frozen treat was as simple as putting a bag of grapes in my freezer.
Voila! Frozen candy!
But sometimes I like to try things a little more complicated than that. This past week, my love of frozen confections and my passion for all things coffee... READ MORE
Clear the Clutter
Posted by Danielle Bean in Homemaking on Saturday, July 24, 2010
(Join each day’s Coffee Talk discussion: Mon: Parenting; Tues: Open Forum; Wed: NFP; Thu: Marriage; Fri: Education; Sat/Sun: Homemaking)
Our weekend forum is for discussing Homemaking.
Have a great craft idea? Want to share your favorite cleaning products? Have a super recipe to share? Want to ask a question or share a strategy for meal planning, family schedules, laundry techniques, or any other household dilemma? This is the place to do it.
Come on in and join the conversation!
A Very Berry Pie
Posted by Danielle Bean in Food on Friday, July 23, 2010
For his 14th birthday on Tuesday, Eamon declined a traditional birthday cake and requested “pie with lots of different berries in it.”
The only problem was that I don’t happen to have a recipe for “pie with lots of different berries in it.”
The first place I decided to look was one of my favorite recipe sites: AllRecipes.com. I love how the recipes at this site are all rated by “real cooks” and there... READ MORE
Grate Butter
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Food on Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Last month I made the Cook’s Illustrated recipe for blueberry scones (which I highly recommend - you can find it here) and I was surprised. Instead of having you cut the butter into the dry ingredients like most scone recipes, this one has you freeze the butter, grate it, then stick in back in the freezer before stirring it in with the flour and stuff.
It worked! Beautifully!
So last night I made... READ MORE
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