SOUP: Mama’s Homemade Chicken Soup

Every Friday growing up my mother made her famous chicken soup for Shabbos. I looked forward to it every week. It was and still is one of my favorite things she makes. And it is all

SOUP: Crockpot Chicken Taco Soup

So…I really wanted to make French Onion Soup this week but it just didn’t happen. I was craving taco soup instead. Below is a very easy recipe – all you have to do is throw

TRAVEL: A Weekend in Vermont, Part II

The month of December FLEW by! With all of the holiday parties, family time and running around, we needed a vacation. We decided to escape up to Vermont for New Years weekend for some much

Happy New Year! I still cannot believe 2016 is here already! After an unseasonably warm holiday season, it is finally getting cold here in New Jersey. Womp womp. Now begins the several months of this California

Bake Me

BLUE APRON: Ingredients and Recipes Delivered to Your Door

With all of the holidays and family gatherings this month there has been little time to go grocery shopping and meal plan. Friends of ours sent us a free week of Blue Apron so we decided to

Apples

HOT DIGGITY DOG: Sausage with Peppers, Red Onions and Apples

Sausage and peppers. A classic combination. I put a twist on the classic by adding some diced apple and red onion. Dare I say, I think this twist is better then the original! Not the prettiest

Autumnal

SOUP: Easy Turkey Chili and Pumpkin Cornbread

The temperatures are coming down and the leaves are turning colors here in New Jersey. For me that means, it is time to clean out the garden plot, time to start wearing fall colors and

Basil

VEGGIES: Community Garden Update, Part IV

So it has been a couple weeks since my last garden update. To be honest, work and life have been a little crazy and I haven’t been able to spend as much time at the

Asian

VEGGIES: Sesame Cucumber Salad

Yesterday I posted a photo of me with the cucumber I harvested from my plot at the South Orange Community Garden. Today I am posting a recipe using that very same cucumber. Last night we

BBQ

CROCKPOT COOKIN': Pulled Beef Cornbread Muffin Sandwich

Lazy Sundays are the best aren’t they?! Yesterday was a lazy Sunday because it was cold and rainy. It was perfect cuddle under a blanket on the couch weather. E and I watched several episodes

Chicken