It's time to fire up the grill, eat ALL of the sides, and finish it off with a refreshing cocktail! It's barbecue season, after all. If you're looking to plan a fun and memorable Memorial Day weekend . . . Read the Post
15 Favorite Passover Seder Recipes
Celebrating Passover with a Seder? Here are 15 Favorite Passover Seder Recipes you, your family, and guests will absolutely love! (These are recipes you are sure to use again and again, year after . . . Read the Post
20 Favorite Ways to Eat Hummus
My little girl and I have become hummus-obsessed. Well, to be completely honest, she started the craze. I've never seen a toddler consume hummus with so much zeal. And though we're guilty of mostly . . . Read the Post
22 Favorite Brunch Recipes (Perfect for Easter!)
Spring and Easter are just around the corner (Can you believe we're already into March?), and it's time to start dreaming in pastels, sweets, brunch, and sunshine. (Even though it's probably still . . . Read the Post
Planning a Hanukkah Menu: 22 Amazing Recipes
Last night we celebrated our first Hanukkah in North Carolina with new friends. They have a baby girl about the same age as Scarlett and the two had such a blast tearing open presents, and then . . . Read the Post
Planning a Thanksgiving Menu: 25 Amazing Recipes
Guess what? I have scoured the internet and my own personal collection of favorites for the best of the best Thanksgiving recipes to plan your holiday menu. If this is your first Thanksgiving on your . . . Read the Post
20 Adorably Spooky Halloween Treats
The countdown to Halloween is on, and I'm busy stocking up on ingredients to make a few of my favorite spooky Halloween treats. This Halloween, our neighborhood is putting on a block party (complete . . . Read the Post
22 Favorite Ways to Use Puff Pastry {Recipes}
I am on a quest. A quest to find the best of the best easy appetizer, dinner and dessert recipes, both for my own family and for guests - to whip up when friends come over, and to bring places . . . Read the Post
15 Favorite Summer Tomato Recipes
Over the weekend we made quite the awesome discovery: the garden in the backyard of our new home, that we mayyybe had ignored for two months, was chock full of tomatoes of every variety. Being a . . . Read the Post
15 Favorite Decadent Summer Dessert Popsicles
I love popsicles of all shapes and sizes. And though the simplest of popsicles are often my favorite (take these two-ingredient strawberry popsicles, for instance), the trend in uber fancy, decadent . . . Read the Post
15 Favorite Summer Salads
Looking for a few new delicious salad recipes to add into the mix this summer? These 15 incredible salads will make you love salad in a whole new way. There is nothing like a bright salad for lunch . . . Read the Post
15 Favorite Ways to Top Toast
Easy lunches are my jam. Between juggling mom-hood, packing up our lives, and working from home these last few weeks while we're wrapping up our time in Miami, work and home-life collide and usually . . . Read the Post
16 Favorite Cinco de Mayo Recipes
I am forever a fan of Cinco de Mayo. To Mexican Americans, the holiday is a huge source of pride, and with that comes a whole lot of celebrating. (You can learn more about the history of Cinco de . . . Read the Post
15 Favorite Vegetarian Dinner Recipes
Ever heard of "Meatless Mondays"? It's a new trend in home cooking, in an effort to save money and the planet (plus a few added health benefits, of course), and our family is jumping on board. I've . . . Read the Post
10 Favorite One-Pot Dinners
I thought I'd start off the work week with ten of my favorite one-pot meals of late. Because some days, being a mom kind of kicks my butt. It's probably the combination of being a new mom, a lawyer, a . . . Read the Post
17 Fall-Worthy Pumpkin Desserts
'Tis the season ... to break out the pumpkins. (Hey, I waited a whole two days into October ... that's got to count for something. #pumpkinselfcontrol) Pumpkin just begs to be baked into everything . . . Read the Post
15 Summer S’mores Recipes
S'mores might very well be the most perfect combination of dessert ingredients ever dreamed up - graham cracker, milk chocolate, and marshmallows ... so good. And Today, Sunday, August 10th is . . . Read the Post
15 Amazing Fourth of July Desserts
I am a huge fan of celebrations ... and snacks. And the Fourth of July has always screamed Summer-time celebrating to me. You get BBQ's, desserts, and fireworks to top it all off ... what's not to . . . Read the Post
12 Summer Fruit Galette Recipes {Slideshow}
I love an easy Summer dessert. Let me preface that with the very candid, I love all dessert. Easy dessert recipes, especially the kind packed with fresh Summer fruit ... even better. Plus, this . . . Read the Post
15 Grown-up Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipes {Slideshow}
Let's talk about the grilled cheese sandwich. We may even have to take a moment of silence for all of the glory that is the grilled cheese sandwich. Now that that's out of the way, I wanted to . . . Read the Post
9 Cold-Weather Soup Recipes {Slideshow}
I've been on a major soup kick lately. It started in Maine, when I threw together this easy-as-could-be tortellini en brodo, and now I basically make and/or order soup constantly. I figured since . . . Read the Post
30 Homemade Holiday Gift Recipes
I'm a big fan of the very edible kind of gift-giving. And as the years have gone on, and we find that in a working environment it's nice to bring everyone a little something for the holidays, I've . . . Read the Post
9 Fall-Ready Apple Dessert Recipes
Though I'm a bit bummed that Summer is now officially over, I'm kind of giddy for Fall. I've always been a Fall lover. I adore the colors, the holidays, the excuse to wear sweaters; and I love . . . Read the Post
6 Homemade Birthday Cakes
I seem to know a huge amount of Summer babies, and most of them are family ... so I find myself scrambling to dream up the perfect birthday cake for them, year after year. And birthday cake is kind . . . Read the Post