Food, Family, and Lifestyle
I am writing this as I sit on the plane on the flight home from the Dole Food & Wellness Blogger Summit. This leg of my trip home includes of a five hour flight complete with a fun family to my left and a gorgeous little 5 month old behind me. I am about to consume another cup of…
Yesterday, Oprah Winfrey shared Part 1 of Oprah’s Favorite Things 2010 and there were some great kitchen products included. I can not wait to see what Part 2 has in store for great Christmas Gift Ideas and for the lucky audience. Oprah’s Ultimate Favorite Things List for kitchen items included: *The Baker’s Edge brownie and…
I know that this time of year, many of us want to enjoy the traditional Thanksgiving favorites of Cornbread Stuffing and Sweet Potato Casserole, and I would never deny you that but consider a few alterations to the recipes just a bit to make them a bit healthier. I found that EatingWell has a recipe for…
In mid-September 2009, I was kicking up my heels in South Carolina at the Type-A-Mom Conference. At one point, I needed to head back to my room and stepped into an elevator and it happened: I was offered a bag of PopChips. I said, no thank you but was told ‘Oh, you should try these because…
Happy Monday! In part 1 of my trip to New York City, I gave a summary of events and promised more on Eataly and the Aria Restaurant but first up I wanted share more about the hotel. We stayed at the Wingate Hotel on 35th street and were quite impressed by the hotel. Since we…
I woke early this morning to tackle a very long list of tasks and up first was grocery shopping. Arriving home at 7 am, I decided instead of putting all of the groceries away, that I would start cooking food for the week and so I went to work on the pork tenderloin and roasting…
Earlier this year I met a wonderful and energetic woman named Dawn Sandomeno. She and I had tweeted each other for quite a while but once I met her, I truly saw her passion for party planning and entertainment. Dawn Sandomeno and Elizabeth Mascali are the co-founders of the successful blog, PartyBluPrints and have just published a book…
Are you like 99% of us wishing that days would be 30 hours long so you can complete all of your tasks, responsibilities and fit in time to play and relax? Well, there are only 24 hours but there are some ways you save time in your quest to fit everything in. Recently, HealthyWomen conducted a survey…
Seeing that Christmas/Holiday time is upon us, I decided to start working on homemade food gifts. I mean who would not want a gourmet food gift? I have been experimenting with biscotti, chocolates and bark. I am not a peppermint dark chocolate kind of girl but I am a white chocolate bark type of girl. Ingredients…
