Smoothie

Is the smoothie friend or foe? I actually remember the very first time: I was at my friend Rosemary’s house. It was a magical combination of skipping school and messing up her mom’s kitchen (knowing full well good old Rosy would catch you know what long after I was in the safety of my own…

Red, White & Blueberry Smoothie

At the Beach? Backyard? Sucking up AC & watching replays of last night’s game? Here’s an easy, satisfying, healthy Red, White & Blue Treat: Puree frozen or fresh blackberries & blueberries Add blackberry ice cream or blueberry (frozen) yogurt Pour that in the bottom third of a fun glass Puree frozen or fresh raspberries &…

Red White & Blueberry Sorbet

What could be more refrshing on a scorcher like today than a berry sorbet? Puree fresh or frozen berries with greek yogurt or vanilla ice cream Serve with fresh berries & whipped Put your feet up & T.G.I.F. !!! CLICK HERE to purchase More fun, easy ideas & hilarious stories!

Mother’s Day Croissant Magnifique

If you’ve never made a croissant before, never is the time to start. Besides, if you really love your mother, you’ll buy one from a good French bakery, Whole Foods or France. And while I’m violently opposed to the croissant-donut, or as those ‘in the know’ call it, the cronut, I did once taste a croissant whose…

All You Can Eat

All you can eat food troughs. My son didn’t understand why I was referring to them as troughs nor how everyone I mention them to knew just what I was talking about. To be honest, they didn’t bother me in the least until I was watching a documentary on food and a French Chef indicated…

Belgian Waffles

There’s something about a cheap hotel breakfast that is just right. A five star breakfast on the other hand, throws me in a tizzy. Yes I just said tizzy. Do I go the cold route or the hot one? 30 grain toast, cranberry muffins, French toast or all three? If you have the fruit and…

Airline Overbooking

Say I invited you for dinner and upon arrival informed you, you didn’t have a seat. Imagine if you paid for that seat in advance, and I had lead you to believe, by official email with confirmation number and everything, that I would be delighted to see you at exactly 9:50 am. And yet when…

Roadies

There seem to be less and less people who agree that squeezing into our car for a virtual eternity is a fun family thing. The youngsters, those leeches that don’t pay the bills or even fill out their own school forms, just don’t get why we don’t dole out an arm and a leg for…

Boresville USA

I know my kids think it’s boresville USA, that I’m boresville USA, but if we are going away for a week or more, I’m just not interested in eating out three meals a day… Oh who am I kidding? Of course I want nothing more than to laze about in watering holes and such and…

Vacation Calories

Surprise, they do count! Sometimes. I don’t know, I was under the impression that since the equipment and lift tickets we’re eating up so much of our hard earned dough, I could gobble up whatever I wanted at the snack bar free of caloric repercussions. My bad. My really bad. Filling out your ski pants while…