The biggest movie event of the year is just three days away – the Oscars. Just like New Year’s Eve and Superbowl Sunday are commonly celebrated with parties that revolve around food and watching the tube, so too the Oscars have become an occasion for gathering with friends. In honor of the Oscars, this month’s Recipe ReDux theme is Oscars in…
If you live in the Northeast, you may have spent a lot of time indoors this past weekend due to snow storm Nemo. Despite the 16+ inches of snow we got in New Rochelle, we did manage to get out for dinner Saturday night and have brunch followed by a nice walk Sunday morning. The rest of the time was…
Last week I didn’t get a chance to share my Menu Plan Monday, but we enjoyed some delicious meals including a trendy take on baked ziti and fish tacos – a family favorite. This week is going to be filled with various cuisines. One night we’ll be going Greek, another night our fabulous nanny is making Dominican food, Indian take…
Hope your new year is off to a fresh start. If you’ve made some resolutions, I hope that you are still holding strong and working your way to meeting your aspirations for the year. I would love to hear what you all resolved to achieve in 2013, so please comment here, Tweet to me, or post on the Small Bites…
Hope everyone is having a Nutritioulicious holiday season so far! Can you believe tomorrow starts another year?! I for one can’t believe it’s almost January 1, 2013. At this time last year I was extremely pregnant and waiting for my babies to arrive (they were born January 5th). This New Year’s Eve I won’t be going to some fancy restaurant…
Hope everyone had a great weekend! Last week’s menu went pretty much as planned. Lots of Thanksgiving leftovers and a couple of new recipes that came out great. I had to make a couple of tweaks to the menu based on what was available at the supermarket, and there weren’t really enough leftovers for Sunday dinner, so we had pizza…
I’m interrupting the scheduled programming of Thanksgiving Day preparations to bring you this month’s Recipe ReDux. This month we were challenged to ReDux an old cookbook or recipe card recipe and make a Vintage Side Dish. My original plan was to make my version of my mother’s noodle kugel, but as I was making dinner the other night I happened…
When clients ask me how they can eat healthier, one of the first tips I give them is to plan ahead. The biggest challenges to heathy eating tend to come when we’re busy and don’t have time to cook or we just grab whatever is most convenient, which isn’t always the best option for our health and waistline. Over the…
Granola and milk are a pretty good match, wouldn’t you say?! Now you can find them together as one in Kraft’s new MilkBite Milk & Granola Bars. The bars come in five flavors (strawberry, chocolate, mixed berry, oatmeal raisin, and peanut butter) and contain dried fruit, nuts, oats, and milk (along with a bunch of other ingredients). That’s right –…
This month’s Recipe ReDux theme is “A Whole New Grain.” My fellow ReDuxers and I were put to the challenge of cooking up a whole grain that we or are readers are not familiar with. Unfortunately time passed by and I never got a chance to make a new recipe (even though I have some freekeh in my pantry that…
A couple of weekends ago my husband and I went on a little pre-baby (or shall I say babies!) trip to Newport, Rhode Island. We were excited for a weekend of relaxation and seeing the beautiful mansions that we had always heard so much about. While we always seek out the best dining options wherever we travel, and we had…
