Watermelon, Cantaloupe and Berry Fruit Salad

Tools make cooking fun! Everyone has certain tools in the kitchen they cannot live without in the kitchen. My list of ‘cannot live without’ kitchen tools is long. Here are a few of my favorite things: 1) Pressure Cooker – it makes cooking beans, lentils, meat stews a breeze. During the solid food stage with [...]

Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza and Grill – Studio City

Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza opened its doors in Studio City today and allow me to share our menu tasting experience that the kids and I had at their pre-opening party. We were in for a treat.  Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza & Grill originally opened in 1989 in La Jolla (San Diego area) and is a family run [...]

Black Bean Zucchini Quesadillas

I like quesadillas and I also think they are versatile. You can have quesadillas for breakfast, lunch, dinner and for dessert (have you ever tried a chocolate strawberry quesadilla? Yummy!).  I also love how you can use up all the leftover cuts of veggies in a quesadilla. I have been cooking from my pantry and [...]

Sesame Lavash Crackers

I am so happy that I am finally feeding and nourishing my family. Mission Accomplished! My mojo is coming back. I am starting to think of food again and making simple recipes to start. For example these sesame lavash crackers. So simple and so quick that they are done in less than 5 minutes. The [...]

How I started cooking for my family again

You may have noticed that I haven’t posted recipes for the last 2-3 weeks. It started off because we were meeting our out of town visitors for dinner at restaurants every night. Over a course of 10 days we met with 8 different visitors and after that I was hooked on the convenience of eating [...]

Teaching Kids Eco Shopping – Wonderful Exhibit at the Discovery Science Museum

    Forgive me for the lag in posting a new post. I had lost my cooking motivation for a few days but I found my mojo back. In my next post I am going to share what I did to get cranking in the kitchen again. Today I am going to post about our [...]

A meatball trick — how to use the extra meatball mixture

Here’s a little trick about meatballs!  When you make the mixture for the meatballs, make extra and keep is aside aka freeze it if you want. When you are scrambling to get a meal on the table – use the extra meatball meat, sauté  it with some onions and tomatoes and you have a yummy [...]

I am raising french kids

(source: BonAppetit.com) I love the French Eating rules above. I came across it on Bon Appetit and thought you may like it too. I have been fascinated with all things French lately. Maybe it is time to revisit France but till that happens I am enjoying the books I have been reading on how French [...]

Video: Trail Mix a quick snack that kids can make

Trail mix is one of these amazing snacks that even a small child can put together. By giving them a selection of items for trail mix and letting them decide how much of what to put it gives the kids a sense of control. Plus mommies and daddies feel that they are feeding the kids [...]

Spring Treats at Magnolia Bakery

What do you do when you see a spread like the one above? You just dive right in. The kids and I went to a Spring Preview at Magnolia Bakery a few days ago and it was such a treat literally.  On display were Passover treats, Easter treats and Mother’s Day Cupcakes (wow… it is almost [...]

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