Food, Family, and Lifestyle
Genuine. Kind. Unselfish. Classy. Talented Cook and Photographer. Wonderful Mother and Wife. My Friend. These are all the words that describe Brooke McLay, the woman behind the blog Cheeky Kitchen. I was lucky enough to meet Brooke at the Thermador retreat and we instantly bonded. In the short time that I have known her, I have learned what an amazing…
While working the other night, I spotted an eye-catching note on the community board and the words that caught my attention were ‘Soup’s On’. Upon reading the flyer, I found that there was going to be healthy soup cook-off at the local business ‘Advanced Precision Training’. I called them and they told me that local…
Could you go one entire month eating purely unprocessed food? Well, that is exactly what Andrew Wilder is doing. Andrew has defined unprocessed food is any food that could be made by a person with reasonable skill in a home kitchen with readily available, whole-food ingredients. Andrew has asked folks to join in the pledge…
Late Wednesday afternoon, I found that I had so much work to complete so I asked the hubby if he minded if I headed off to Starbuck’s. Once I got there, I realized that I was quite hungry so I grabbed their Protein Pack: It contains a hard-boiled cage free egg, grapes, apple slices, cheddar cheese and…
Yesterday I enjoyed a breakfast with a friend at Kitchen Little in Mystic, CT. We had a nice time catching up and talking cameras. We also both had a heart healthy omelet which is their low cholesterol egg mix with herbs, fresh baby spinach, tomatoes, peppers, onions, carrots and mushroom with dry multi-grain toast. I had…
I was sitting (and sitting…) in a pediatricians office and starting flipping through the pile of magazines intended to keep my mind off of the long wait when I saw ‘Chop Chop’. ChopChop is a food magazine for kids aged 5-12 and their families. ChopChop’s mission is to: *Educate kids to cook *Empower them to actively…
In the October edition of Yum Food & Family Magazine, there was this great idea for some Halloween inspired Bananas. All you need are bananas, lollipop sticks, mini-chocolate chips, raisins & peanut butter. Place the bananas in the freezer or consume immediately. Ingredients (yield: 2 scary bananas) 1 banana 1 lollipop stick 2 mini-chocolate chips…
In my post titled ‘The Luckiest People in The World’, I mentioned that it was Husband’s birthday. To celebrate, we went to a Japanese Restaurant and sat at a Hibachi Table. Everyone else ordered from the Hibachi table but I ordered Shrimp Cocktail and California Rolls. I was pleasantly surprised that both kids ate their…
This morning the kids were covered with dye, well, natural dyes that they used to Tie-Dye some shirts at a class. During that time, I was working at a cafe and thinking about the rest of the day and having family time. After class, we had lunch outside with friends and shared birthday cupcakes. My husband joined us after mowing…
