Do your kids absolutely love and will try every kind of vegetable imaginable? Congratulations! You have weird kids. My kids are not huge vegetable fans. They like corn, peas, and carrots — you know: the three basics. Beyond that, it’s an uphill battle to try to get them to eat other veggies. Enter the Alien [...]
My mother has definitely been my inspiration in the kitchen. Growing up in a Filipino household, food played a very important part of my life from day one. I have many memories of tons of friends and family coming over for various parties and having huge food spreads, with everyone walking through the door [...]
Looking for an easy and delicious appetizer for your New Year’s Eve fete? I created these Brie, Almond, Honey Tartlets first when searching for a snack and simply combining ingredients I loved. Now I make these for when we entertain as well as for simple nighttime snacking. NO-MEASURE INGREDIENTS 1 or 2 Pillsbury pie crusts [...]
I’m not a huge brownie fan. They are usually so dry. However, my husband and my kids love brownies, so I’ve played around & created this recipe. It’s more like a cross between a chocolate lava cake (because of the gooey chocolatey center), a brownie and a chocolate bar. Thanks to the amount of semi-sweet [...]
I’ve made a lot of cookies in my day. Shortbreads, bars, macarons, biscottis – you name it, I’ve made it. I always come back to the classics, though, and there are few cookies that, in my mind, can beat a good ol’ batch of chocolate chip. If you’re looking for an awesome batch of chocolate [...]
My family loves yogurt. The kids could eat it up at every meal. Can I make my own yogurt? Sure. Do I have time to make every single thing from scratch? Heck no. The problem is that once I learned more about high fructrose corn syrup (HFCS), the more I wanted to be sure I [...]
It’s National Pie Day! I love pies! You’ve probably already heard the food buzz that cupcakes are on their way out this year (although they will always be IN in my heart — and belly!) and that pies are the new hot food craze for 2011. I’m down with that. I love pie. Apple pie, [...]
I hadn’t made biscuits in a long time, but today my son is home sick. The poor kid has a high fever and is so lethargic. It’s impossible for me to concentrate on work even in short spurts while my child is ill, so I took the day off from work projects and snuggled my [...]
For our Christmas Eve dinner, I was just about to make some Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough cupcakes, when I decided at the last minute that I needed to make something more infused with holiday spirit — and holiday flavors. So I grabbed some extra ingredients and whipped up a batch of gingerbread cupcakes instead. They [...]
More than the idea that lack of money is holding people back from fresh, healthier foods, I believe it’s actually the lack of time that does us in. Even with my family’s crazy schedule, we try to have a homemade dinner together at the table every single night. It doesn’t always happen, and that’s ok, [...]