Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, YEAH! I have had the house decorated for a month. Pink, red and white tablecloths, hand towels, paper plates and candles. I love this holiday. It is fun, involves chocolate and gifts from sweethearts. This is one of my favorite quick and easy ways to decorate for the…
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{dark days} Week 10: My Miso Obsession
Editor’s Note: This is the 10th week of a 4 1/2 month challenge, Dark Days, a pledge taken by 88 blogs spanning the country, to eat one meal a week as sustainable, organic, local and ethical possible. This week is yours truly and my miso obsession. – Christina Its miso madness month in my house….
{soup swap} Bean ‘n Pasta Soup
QUICK, EASY, HEARTY and TASTY… you have to give it a try this winter. Did I mention QUICK…isn’t that music to your ears! It is very easy to adapt and add your families favorites into this soup; add extra veggies, use your favorite beans, and meat lovers can add sausage or pepperoni. I have been making…
{photo diary} Sugar Cookies on a Snow Day
We had a snowstorm today. It was supposed to be gigantic. It still left a foot of snow + a half-foot from yesterday but still it wasn’t the 2+ feet of snowing-all-day event that the meteorologists were predicting. We needed a project for today…playdo animals- check! New track set-up on the train table- check! Large…
{FSclub} Soup Swap Day 2011
When we began this club, our monthly meetings were all about sharing a food experience, but once the blog was launched the three hour meetings quickly became more about the blog; topics, theme weeks, recipes, generating readers, giveaways, guest contributors. Not a horrible thing, but something that can be discussed via email and not something…
{snack time} Faux Nuts Two Ways
{drained and rinsed} This recipe obsession started months back when I was visiting my cousin and her family for a birthday party. I believe this was mid/late summer. There were a stack of old {now-defunct} Cookie magazines sitting neatly in a basket, next to the toilet, and I snagged one on my way out to…
{How You Do It} My New Found Love…
Editor’s Note: Erica, one of our two regular Guest Contributors won Mark Bittman’s Food Matters Cookbook back in October. We asked her for an update. Since this drawing, none of the ladies on our “Who Are We” page enter the giveaways, at the time of drawing Erica was not a club regular. -Christina I have…
Feeding a {Picky!} Toddler on White Bean Dip
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in Sarah’s series, “Feeding a {Picky!} Toddler”, where she will discuss the ups and downs of feeding her 2-going-on-14 year old son C-man. Personally, I’m one year behind Sarah in parenting experience, so I will be reading these installments like I’ll be tested on it. I know Miles’…
What’s New In Your Kitchen – Bento Box Edition
I don’t know about the rest of you but I really struggle with packing my 2-going-on-14 year old’s lunch box. He likes to eat lots of little thing. I like this about him actually. It gives me the opportunity to present him with several different food items to try. If he doesn’t like one thing,…
