Spring

By Meal Type

Sweet Potato and Yellow Split Pea Soup

After I get over the initial shock that summer is over, I settle into my fall attitude. I actually become pretty pleased that I don’t feel the pressure to get outside. Once it

Summer

A Healthy Twinkie

I tried to think of the worst possible thing I could make good when it came to our theme for this week: Bad Things Gone Good. Lots of foods came

By Season

Mediterranean Pasta with Basil and Artichokes

I’m pretty sure I couldn’t shoehorn another thing into my day. Or I could and then you’d never hear from me again. My days are just that long and full of crap to do.

Legumes

Hummus and Feta Sandwich on Whole Grain Bread

In the interest of full disclosure, if my mom put this in my lunch box a few years ago (that’s right, I’m that young. What?) I never would have eaten

Spring

Sweet Potato 5: Guilt-Free Berry Desserts

Here’s the latest from our iVillage column. Check us out – we’re over there once a week! 5 Healthy Berry Desserts I wanted to call this post You Must Eat Dessert

Lunch

Grilled Shrimp Salad

Esme used to say that she wanted to be a chef or a doc­tor. And Ben and I would always tell her that those were skill sets we’d be happy to inte­grate into

By Season

Salmon Dinner Salad

Do you find your­self say­ing things to your kids that you’d choke on if some­one said to you? I mean, I know kids are kids and it’s not always a par­al­lel, but still…

Spring

Orange Yogurt Cake

This cake made my house smell like a warm cream­si­cle. Need I say more? I love cit­rus in almost any­thing — fra­grance, food, drinks but par­tic­u­larly in bak­ing. I often bakie with lemons but

Summer

Lemon Linguini

Esme’s at an inter­est­ing stage where she as engaged in make believe (“Mum, pre­tend you’re an Eater Witch who wants to steal the mermaid’s money but you don’t know it’s

By Meal Type

Vegetable Enchiladas

Our days are so long lately I need dinners that come together in a snap. Well, Scarlett can’t snap, but as quick as it takes her to ignore my plea