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Creamy Baked Acorn Squash {Recipe}

In the final issue of Everyday Food (cue the violins), I saw a delicious-looking recipe using acorn squash. In the past, when I made acorn squash I have used it as an edible “bowl” to hold a mixed rice dish. I even once filled it with turkey bolognese – that was an interesting combination, one I’m not sure I would…

Menu Plan Monday (January 7-January 13)

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…

Menu Plan Monday (December 10-16)

Friday afternoon as I sat down to plan my menu for this coming week, my husband started to laugh. He couldn’t believe I was already putting together a menu for the week to come when I hadn’t even finished cooking for that night’s dinner. It does seem like I’m always planning the next meal, but to make sure we eat…

National Cookie Day!

Guess what? Today, December 4th, is National Cookie Day! I had no idea about this when I made a batch of cookies yesterday. And it’s not like I bake every day, so what a coincidence! I had been holding on to this Everyday Food recipe for Emeril’s Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Cookies for a couple of years and finally decided to…

Mushroom Tartlets Made with Love

A few weeks ago, my husband and I celebrated our third anniversary. There was a lot to celebrate this year – the birth of our twin girls, the building of a new house (yes, we’re moving, but not too far from the city!), and of course the love we have for each other. In honor of such a special occasion…

Tomato-Basil Mozzarella Frittata

It’s a scorcher out there! On days like this, who wants to be in her kitchen cooking a hot meal?! There’s a saying “If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen!” It’s no fun standing over hot flames when it’s hot outside, but dinner still needs to be put on the table. A few weeks ago I…

Cooking En Papillote

Have you ever cooked “en papillote”?  If you aren’t sure what that means, let me share with you this great cooking technique! En papillote is French for “in parchment,” and it’s a nutritious and delicious — or as I like to say, Nutritioulicious! — way of cooking. Food cooked in parchment paper is steamed, which results in perfectly cooked, moist…