photo courtesy of P&G Everyday If you've been following this blog, you know that avocados have taken center stage in our house this year. Now that I've learned how to select ripe avocados in the supermarket and how to safely cut them open, I’ve become obsessed with making homemade guacamole (watch my step-by-step video). In fact, my family accepts nothing less. And now it seems we’re all determined to integrate avocados into as many dishes as possible. A new family favorite I developed from scratch, Stuffed Baked Avocados: 3 Ways, … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2013
Beef, Barley & Mushroom Soup
April 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It’s Seriously Soup day today, featuring one of my favorite bloggers, Serena, who authors a blog called Seriously Soupy. Serena started Seriously Soupy as a creative outlet for herself after her first daughter was born, which combined her passion for cooking with an interest in learning more about soups and soup making. Since it started, she has given soup tours and taught soup classes and has a catalog of over 100 soups on the site! You can join Serena on her Soupy journey at SeriouslySoupy.com and twice a month you can find her here, at My … [Read more...]
Quick and Easy Coffee Cake
April 12, 2013 By 4 Comments
For 10 summers at camp, I’d wake up every Sunday morning and head to the dining hall where I’d indulge in a vast buffet boasting the most amazing coffee cake. It was served warm, super moist, with a sinfully sweet crumbly cake topping. It was so good, you simply could not eat just one piece. At that point, I’d break the rules. I’d pack more coffee cake pieces in dozens of napkins, slip them under my bathrobe, and shuffle back to my cabin – where there was a strict no food allowed rule. Ever since then, I have been on a quest for a … [Read more...]
Celebrating Homemade with Love
April 9, 2013 By 2 Comments
To celebrate the launch of Jennifer Perillo's amazing new cookbook, Homemade with Love, my daughter and I were invited an exclusive cooking party hosted by Kidzvuz and Chef Tony's Cooking Adventures on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Well before meeting Jennie in real life, I had been a dedicated virtual fan of Jennie’s blog, In Jennie’s Kitchen, for a long long time. When you follow a blog like Jennie's online, it feels as if you've been granted permission into someone's personal diary. Combing through Jennie's recipes, reading her … [Read more...]
