My kids love fruit. Every morning for breakfast they're either eating strawberries, bananas, blueberries or sliced apples. However, I realized one fruit conspicuous by its absence from their diet: pears. We don't eat oranges regularly but we drink orange juice daily. We never eat apricots but we love apricot jam on a toasted bagel and applesauce with apricots. When watermelon is in season we eat it cubed or in an awesome watermelon, mint, feta salad. When did pears become so elusive? I think the last time my kids had pears was when … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2012
Slow Cooked Steel Cut Oats
January 27, 2012 By 7 Comments
I have been a Quaker Oats Instant Oatmeal consumer for most of my life - starting in grade school, throughout college, in my modest post college years, and most recently, as a crazed parent looking for a quick breakfast fix for my kids. But, when I purchased my slow cooker two months ago, my whole outlook on breakfast oatmeal changed. I was determined to finally slow cook steel cut oats. And so began another very steep learning curve, this time, surrounding the world of oats. My go-to instant breakfast since my youth Did you know that … [Read more...]
The New Atkins Cookbook: 200 Easy New Recipes
January 25, 2012 By 2 Comments
Last week I attended the lunch event for the book launch The New Atkins For a New You Cookbook hosted by famed Chef Donatella Arpaia and Colette Heimowitz, VP of Nutrition and Education for Atkins. I must admit, I was definitely a bit skeptical supporting the Atkins brand, as my current impressions are still steeped in the controversy that swirled around in the early 1980's when the diet was deemed the bacon, eggs, and cheese fad diet. I was all ears as I entered the room, as I cynically thought to myself, no carb-loving mom would ever … [Read more...]
Banana Honey Bran Bread
January 23, 2012 By 11 Comments
The other day I received an amazing care package from the Mohawk Valley Trading Company. I was thrilled to have received a box full of their Raw Adirondack Autumn Honey and Summer Wildflower Honey since these products have been used and endorsed by two of the world's most popular chefs: Bobby Flay and Tom Colicchio. While it looks like contraband, it's really a package full of honey! Tom has said the honey is one of his "personal pantry essentials" and "favorite gifts." He also admits he keeps a "jar of the stuff at my desk at all times." … [Read more...]
