Feed your family. Feed your soul.
We are often asked about cooking for one, which can be a challenge in a slow cooker if you aren’t batch cooking for yourself. Whether it’s a working lunch for myself, a meal for a college student or single retirees, the pressure cooker setting is …read more
These delightfully simple Eggs en Cocotte were a quick fix to the disaster that struck my kitchen yesterday. I made such a mess of an entire bundt cake experiment in the Instant Pot.
In wrapping up our month of breakfast recipes we turn to comfort food this week. A hot breakfast with eggs evokes a real sense of well being in our house, possibly because it means that we all have time to actually sit and commune.
The smell of sizzling bacon wafting up the stairs is enough to get any member of my family leaping from their beds in the morning without hesitation. The salty, savory slices don’t last long and I usually end up short changed with just the scraps to …read more
The inspiration to focus on breakfast this month is twofold. The idea, brought to life by The Secrets of Happy Families book in Meg’s post last week, that family connections can be nurtured over the breakfast table.
We’re always on the look out for ways to make our weekday 6.30am breakfast with my older daughter, Lily, more inspired.
The Margaret Fulton Crock Pot Cookbook 1982 edition is as you would expect from the early 1980’s. I removed it’s external cover to reveal a bare brown book with a funky white font. Fulton is a British born Australian food writer who brought global dishes into the homes …read more
When I met The Date Lady, Colleen Sundlie, at the Specialty Food Association e-commerce forum last month, my mind immediately focused on the versatility of her product as a sugar alternative in our recipes.
“Achieving one’s healthy body weight is paramount to achieving long term wellness. Lightening is about dropping the pounds as well as letting go of the emotional weight that goes with them.” – Michelle Swain, Organa WellnessÂ
Founded in 2007, the Ferrer Foundation has a mission – “Our mission is to inspire peace and hope for children in underserved Chicago communities.”… ” Focusing on, but not limited to children of incarcerated parents..”
Flour Bakery carries the tagline “make life sweeter…. eat dessert first!” Well I wasn’t so sure about that but was certain that my love for a freshly baked loaf of bread and sweet pastries at breakfast would not die.Â
Fueling up for a long day can be a chore for me in the early morning, especially in Winter when I dread stepping out of bed before the sun comes up. Coffee dominates my routine, but my girls treat breakfast with all the pomp of fine …read more
