I’ve been a little MIA over the last few days because we were busy celebrating my little one’s first birthday! I chose a circus theme for the party because her room is decorated with a circus theme.
Tip: Use Painters Tape to Label Leftovers and Pantry Items
I was a little hesitant to post this tip, because I thought I was the only crazy person who did this—until I attended a cooking class at a fancy local restaurant recently and saw that they do the EXACT SAME THING: Use blue painter’s tape to label your leftovers, freezer containers, and jars of...
Recipe: Tandoori-Style Chicken Sandwich
I just adore Indian food, but I’ve never had the courage to try to cook it at home—UNTIL NOW! I was inspired by a recipe for tandoori-style chicken in my Everyday Food magazine recently because it looked awfully easy, not to mention cheap. The recipe calls for a whole chicken, which (since I try...
Fat is a Four-Letter Word
Last week I was rushing around, trying to get the baby and myself out the door to run some errands. I had hauled the laptop and the baby upstairs so that I could print out a couple of coupons I had for a store I wanted to visit, and as I was trying to...
Local Recipe: North Denver Sausage Company and Seafood Sausage Paella
I don’t think the word “salumi” entered my vocabulary until a couple of years ago, but when it did—hoooo, boy! Suddenly, cured meats are everywhere, on restaurant menus, on pizzas and sandwiches, as the backbone of my favorite gourmet market in Boulder. Heck, I even know a nice young couple in Lyons who cure...
$1,000 Egg Baskets: Today’s Kitchen Recipe
Today’s Kitchen is a series of posts documenting my adventures cooking through the recipes from my grandmother’s 1950’s era cooking show of the same name. These are genuine retro recipes, updated (as needed) for a modern table. Have you noticed how many meals are being made in muffin tins these days? You need...
3 Tips to Make Cooking With the Best Ingredients Easier on the Wallet
To kick my first month off right, I’ve asked some of my favorite bloggers to share their secrets for being a foodie on a budget. Here, Jessica O’Toole of la Domestique offers insight into curating a well-stocked pantry as the key to eating splendidly on a budget. A well-stocked pantry guided by the seasons...
What is a Foodie?
I talk a lot about being a foodie, about living a foodie lifestyle and being the family foodie. But what exactly is a foodie? The answer isn’t always clear. Some people even think it’s a derogatory term! We’re not using it in any derogatory sense here. For me, a foodie is someone who celebrates food...
How to be a Mommy and a Foodie: The Laughing Lemon Pie Manifesto
A few months ago, I wrote my column at the magazine about introducing my daughter to her first solid foods. As sometimes happens with writing, I couldn’t quite squeeze out exactly what I wanted to say—and I absolutely couldn’t squeeze it into 500 words. I would wax poetic for several hundred words, then...
Pasta with Spinach, Lemon Cream, and Capers
My husband just LOVES the creamy lemon and caper pasta at our local Sweet Tomatoes restaurant, so I decided to try to make it for him at home. I found a recipe from Souplantation (owned by the same company as Sweet Tomatoes), but I couldn’t bring myself to make it as heavy as the...