Sauteed Kale with Cashews and Raisins and It’s FAST!
Hi everyone! For a lot of folks, healthy eating is perceived as expensive and time consuming. Here is a dish that is neither. I suggest buying a big bunch of kale, taking the fibrous stem out, chopping...
View ArticleOrganizing Bake sales and Your Life
Hi everyone! Today I want to connect you with my friend Ulrike’s new blog about organizing. She has organized the Haiti bake sale with me for the last 4 years and we have learned a LOT together. Truth...
View ArticleFREE KITCHEN TOOLS! And Purge Your Own Extras…
Hi everyone! Inspired by a local free swap in my town, my own personal need to purge my extra cooking tools and to justify more yard-saleing in my future, I am proud to tell you that Keller Williams NJ...
View ArticleArugula Salad with Pistachios, Beets and Roasted Butternut Squash
Hi everyone! What a weekend I had! I had such a fun reunion with some Junior High friends and got to taste the delicacies of my friend Jacquie: an assortment of quiches and my favorite French Toast...
View ArticleChipotle Lentil Stew with Turkey Kielbasa and Kitchen Tool Swap Tomorrow!!!
Hi everyone! I am sooooo excited for the Kitchen Swap tomorrow!!! Please join us if you are a local and pick up some great free kitchen tools: Kitchen SWAP Details You may just find a big pot to make...
View ArticleBasil, Goat Cheese and Buttermilk Quiche with Chili Crust, Cycle for Survival...
Hi everyone! What a week! Tons of cooking and non-stop action. I rode in Cycle For Survival for my friends the Colens and everyone affected by rare cancers, myself included, to...
View ArticleQuinoa with Cilantro Pesto Stuffed Peppers and Learning the Southern Cooking...
Hi everyone! I am coming off of a great weekend in Charlotte, NC where I attended a Bar Mitzvah and learned about some Southern traditions like putting iced tea on the table along with water, serving...
View ArticleHam and Cheese Sandwich Casserole Recipe from the Least Likely Place
Hi everyone. I’ve been stuck in the house for the last few days because of a sick child but it’s a great opportunity to regroup, prep vegetables for easy, healthy cooking and eating, do laundry, waste...
View ArticleWhite Chocolate Bread Pudding For a HUGE Party
Hi everyone! O.K., as promised, I am sending the incredible bread pudding recipe to you all. I cannot describe this dessert to you except to say that it is truly sublime. As mentioned in a previous...
View ArticleHoney Sriracha Chicken
Honey Sriracha Chicken:Hi everyone! God, I love Pinterest! I saw this recipe and made it immediately. EVERYONE liked it!!! Yield: 4-6 serving. Ingredients 2-3 pounds chicken legs, thighs and/or wings....
View ArticleRoasted and Vinegar Glazed Carrots
Who knew carrots could be so beautiful, so healthy, so easy and so delicious? Here’s a recipe that even children might like! Roasted and Glazed Carrots: 5 medium sized carrots, washed and peeled if not...
View ArticleJalapeno, Cheddar and Corn Tortilla Casserole
Jalapeno, Cheddar and Corn Tortilla Casserole: Ingredients: 1/4 cup prepared healthy pancake batter, preferably multigrain 7 eggs, beaten 2 oz. grated cheddar cheese, sauteed in a bit of olive oil 1/2...
View ArticleColin’s Chicken Satay with Peanut Coconut Sauce
Hi everyone! How many of us eat Thai food in restaurants but would never dream of being able to make it ourselves? Well, we had the pleasure of dining at our friends’ house last weekend and how happy...
View ArticleHilda’s Hardly Any Work Passover Meringues
Hi everyone! Think you can only buy Meringues? Wrong, my friend! I am re-posting this easy , festive and delicious recipe that is fun for the kids because they wake up and the cookies are done in the...
View ArticleThe New Take Back the Kitchen Junior Cooking Show!
Hi everyone! Please watch the first episode in my new series Take Back the Kitchen Junior on NJ’s Channel 34! Take Back the Kitchen, Junior! Instead of your kids watching horrible shows where they...
View ArticleDeviled Egg Dip and Jon Hamm is BACK!!! What About Betty’s Cooking???
Hi everyone! So the questions on everyone’s mind???? Why didn’t Betty Draper on last night’s Mad Men season premiere stay with the hippies in the Village and teach them how to make goulash? Where can...
View ArticleSaffron Rice with Garlic and Almonds and Remembering Through Food….
Hi everyone! One of the best incentives to learn how to cook is to be able to remember places you have been or where you have eaten through your own culinary creations. I was eyeing my gift of Saffron...
View ArticlePlease Participate In our Kid’s Bake-Off May 5th and Win BIG!
Hi everyone! I just returned from an incredible trip to Amish country and I will be telling you all about it soon. For now, I want to tell you about a healthier kids cookie bake off that Take Back the...
View ArticleTraveling Through Amish Country and the Friends We Made (and recipes we got!)
Hi everyone! As many of you know from my take Back the Kitchen facebook photos, I just returned from a wonderful trip to the Amish Country. We stayed at the Country Log Farm House (see brochure up...
View ArticleHomemade Corn Dogs in a Muffin Shape! and Michael Pollan’s Cooked!
Hi everyone! I know what you’re thinking: Corn dogs are terrible for you! Hey, well guess what? Not these! Sure, it’s not the most nutritious dinner but if your kids are jonesing for corn dogs filled...
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