I love how this pasta tastes so fresh. It’s a lite take on alfredo, which feels too heavy to me. I enjoy the crisp zucchini strips that add character. Here are a few notes you may want to take into consideration before you make this dish: You will drain hot cooked pasta and onions over the squash ribbons. The ribbons will soften just enough to keep their fresh texture. You do not […] Read More
Last weekend my daughter, who’s six, asked me if I would take her adorable, hand quilted, bear family blanket off her wall and replace it with something she’s “into”. She’s into Michael! When I say she’s into him, I mean if we let her she would probably prefer to watch YouTube music videos every day. She rolls her eyes when her 5-year-old brother wants to watch Dino Dan and Octonauts, […] Read More
When my Mom showed up at my house last week with this recipe and the ingredients to make Cucumber and Radish Pico de Gallo I wasn’t exactly thrilled. I am not a huge fan of radish OR cucumber, but I agreed to try it. “We’ll cut the radish small, so it isn’t overpowering,” Mom told me. We gave it a go and boy am I glad we did. This stuff […] Read More
Mr. Incredible from Pixar’s The Incredible’s, poo-poo’d a graduation ceremony his son was going to have, for going from the fifth grade to the sixth grade, during a marital spat with his wife. I never gave his comment much thought, until it came flooding back through my brain as I picked up my daughter from kindergarten today and her teacher said to me, “check her backpack, there is a promotion […] Read More
3 cups sugar 1 cup butter 1/3 cup Crisco 5 large eggs 3 1/3 cup cake flour 1 tsp salt 1 cup milk 1 tsp vanilla ½ tsp baking powder – add last -Cream sugar, butter and Crisco well. -Add one egg at a time – beat well. -Add flour, milk and vanilla all at once. -Beat well -Add baking powder last. Grease and flour a large tube pan. […] Read More
Baby sister: Aimlessly walking around the backyard singing Mary Had a Little Lamb to herself. Brother: “Hey! Let’s play that!” Big sister: “Play what?” Brother: “You know, Marrrry had a wittle wamb.” Big sister: “Huh?” Brother: “Ok. You be Mary. I’ll be the sheep. Okay?” Big sister: “Oh Mary had a Little Lamb? Okay! Come here! Come here little lamb.” she calls to him in a tender voice. Brother: […] Read More
When I think about our planet and protecting our home, I mostly focus on minimizing our family waste. With a severe drought in California and the streak of hot weather we’ve been having I can’t help but obsess a little over our warming planet. It is not the legacy I want to leave my children. What kind of gift is that? In recognizing earth day, and celebrating the importance of it, […] Read More
Don’t knock it till you try it!! These are really good, healthy muffins … my tofu hating neighbor agrees! 2 eggs 1 cup honey ½ cup cooking oil 8 oz tofu drained 2 tsp baking soda 2 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp vanilla 2 tsp lemon juice — 2 cups whole wheat flour 2 cup shredded carrot (I pack the carrots in the measuring cup. You can also substitute zucchini) 2 […] Read More
Peanut Podi – Peanut Chutney – Peanut Powder – Palli Podi- Spicy Verkadalai Podi –Verkadalai Chutney -Yummy Peanut Sprinkle – Whatever you want to call this stuff it is so good!!! It is super flavorful and easy to make. You can put it on rice with yogurt for a snack. You can have it on a meal with rice, idli, dosa’s, or sprinkle it on top of curry. I’ve even […] Read More
The first part of our trip we spent visiting with Vijay’s family. Our kids met their Indian cousin for the first time in Australia. My husband’s family speaks Telugu in the house exclusively, so aside from the television my niece hadn’t had exposure to English prior to day care. All of her conversational English was learned through the show Peppa Pig (who apparently is a huge star in Australia. You can find Peppa everywhere). […] Read More
