National Pancake Day: Celebrating Shrove Tuesday
Hooray for Pancake Day! Sure it’s not Mardi Gras in New Orleans, but it has its own appeal. Like, no hangover.
Hooray for Pancake Day! Sure it’s not Mardi Gras in New Orleans, but it has its own appeal. Like, no hangover.
If you want to let the kids help in the kitchen, we’ve found some cool things that will make it fun for everyone involved.
So beautiful. Apparently not easy to make, but boy, is it impressive!
Still figuring out what to serve on Halloween? A lot of recipes look awfully complicated, but we’ve found ones that are easy-peasy. The key for us is few ingredients, quick assembly, great presentation and fabulous taste.
Usually I link to online resources that help you simplify your life, but when it comes to recipes these hand-crafted heirloom boxes are calling my name instead.
I’ve got a freezer full of lovely, organic, homemade baby food purees…that my baby is suddenly too grown-up to eat. Help!
Yeah, we love cookbooks. Not a holiday passes without a cookbook being exchanged.
Don’t hate me, but I was invited to a Mother’s Day Brunch– torn from the magazine pages of their May issue– and prepared at Everyday Food’s real test kitchen within the Martha Stewart offices. Yes, I consider this an early Mother’s Day gift. Because really? It was a divine and rare treat.
Do you want your food to look as good as it tastes? Here are some tips for helping to do a better job photographing your food.
If you’re looking for a few easy to prepare meals to make for your family, check out a few of our Alphamom bloggers favorites here!
Kids like to feel involved and important. I love the conversations that we have in the kitchen while we cook. The kitchen really is the heart of the home.
Not for, WITH! How to safely inspire your kids to get cooking in the kitchen.
Have you heard of ALDI? They’re a national supermarket that sells the most popular private-label grocery items at insanely good prices, we’re talking like a 45%-50% discount to traditional supermarkets. And, you don’t need to buy their products in bulk to enjoy the savings, which living in an apartment in NYC, where kitchens are galley-sized, that’s super important.
Our family is most definitely composed of omnivores, with a heavy carnivore bent when it comes to cheeseburgers. However, my teen daughter is a vegetarian. This is how we make it work.
A mom needs a realistic tactical plan for implementing Ellyn Satter’s feeding philosophy to family dinners.
My husband is a terrific (yet overly ambitious) cook. So we’re eating dinner at 9 p.m. — or even later. There’s got be a way to streamline the family dinner process!
Do you miss hearty pancakes now that you’ve gone gluten-free? Make your own mix to always have on hand; this one is our family’s favorite weekend brunch!
You think that you don’t like tofu, but that might be because you don’t know how to coax great texture out of it. This simple tofu preparation will convert you.
Need a looks-fancy-but-it’s-not quick-and-easy dinner packed with veggies and protein? If you’ve got eggs around, you can make a frittata.
You’ll never buy granola bars from the store again, once you see how easy it is to make a delicious and protein-packed version at home, yourself.