Happy belated Mother’s Day to all who celebrated yesterday! We were very lucky to have a beautiful day to celebrate, which meant a lot of time outside and dining al fresco: brunch on our patio and a BBQ with extended family!! Other than some crankiness from my little girls, it was a great day and I am very lucky and…
Last week’s menu was a winner with the whole family. My kids couldn’t get enough of the fish tacos – they didn’t even ask for fruit after dinner that night! The herbed lemon chicken was super easy to make, light, and flavorful. And my lightened up mac n cheese was such a hit there were no leftovers! (Look out for…
Hope everyone had a great weekend! Anyone read last week’s Tara Parker Pope’s NY Times Well Column, The Lure of Forbidden Food? In a nutshell, some new research shows that when food is off limits to children, they want it more. Nothing so new to me here – I believe this is true for everyone, adults and children alike. Which…
Hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed Easter and Passover if you celebrated. We’re down to one day of Passover in our house – can’t believe it’s almost over and I have so many Passover-friendly recipes I have yet to make! Oh well. There’s always next year. Here’s what we’re eating this week: Week of April 21, 2014 Monday: Leftover…
The Jewish holiday of Passover starts tonight, which means this week’s menu will be filled with matzo, matzo, and more matzo. Sounds yummy, right?! (In case you don’t know about matzo, here’s an explanation.) All joking aside, I’m not one of the many people who thinks there is nothing but matzo, potatoes, and meat to eat on this holiday. If…
Happy World Health Day! Every year on April 7th, the World Health Organization celebrates World Health Day and draws attention to a public health problem of global proportions. This year’s theme is vector-borne diseases, which include malaria, yellow fever, and dengue caused by mosquitoes, bugs, ticks, and flies and affect the poorest people in the world. You can find out…
In case you missed Saturday’s post, this month’s Recipe ReDux theme was revealed: A Play on Patties. Check out my Sriracha Black Bean Burger and the other patties, burgers, and cakes my fellow ReDuxers posted. Do you have a favorite patty recipe? Share it with us in the comments below! This week is a light one for cooking, but here’s…
Happy St. Patty’s Day and a very special happy birthday shout-out to my sister-in-law Caren who is an avid Nutritioulicious follower and supporter! Here’s what’s on tap in the Small Bites kitchen this week. One meal rolled over from last week that I never got to make and another recipe I’m making again in an effort to perfect it to share…
You know what made me so happy this morning? I had strawberries in my cereal! That may not seem so exciting, but after a long winter of oranges and pears, I’m ecstatic to see a glimmer of spring and the colorful produce that comes with it! We’re not fully out of the woods yet with the cold, but we’re getting…
Disclosure: I’m a nutrition consultant for various food and beverage companies, including Fresh Express, but my opinions are my own. Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a great weekend. Did you know that March is National Nutrition Month®? This year’s theme: “Enjoy the Taste of Eating Right!” Come back tomorrow to learn more about NNM and this year’s theme. And for previous years’…
Happy President’s Day! Between last week’s snowstorm and this week’s school closings for President’s week, we’ve been spending way too much time inside and not enough time being active. While it may be tempting to cook lots of comfort food to warm up on these chilly days, it’s more important than usual to lighten up meals. Remember, the basic equation…
