Recipes

I just made the biggest meatloaf I’ve ever seen, but also one of the best I’ve ever had. It has ground mushrooms in it, which added moisture, texture and flavor to what can sometimes be […]

By this time, if you celebrate Christmas, you are either patting yourself on the back as you take in all the presents wrapped under the tree and marveling that you got it all done in […]

Cookies, cookies and more cookies. That’s what I’m all about these days. Other than shopping for and wrapping  Christmas presents, I’ve been spending many hours this past week preparing our cookie stash for the next […]

This week’s recipe is a guest post by Sharon Armstrong, a friend and Texas-based writer and photographer who was born in Ayr on the southwest coast of Scotland (and so was her gran!). Scotland is […]

The Santa Barbara Bay food company is in the dip-making business. They have been making deli style dips, spreads and seafood salads for almost twenty years. They recently sent me a selection of their newest […]

A few weeks ago, we asked readers to share their tips for stretching the family food budget. We had some great responses. The winner of the $25 gift card to Sprouts Farmers Market is Deirdre […]

Listen to the radio, turn on the TV, pick up a paper, go to any news website, and you’re sure to hear/see/read about the recession. Is it deepening or lifting, widening or shrinking? Will Greece […]

These two snacks have served our family beautifully through the summer and have now transitioned the boys to school! Roasted Red Bell Pepper Hummus and NO BAKE granola bars are both of the boys’ favorite […]

When I saw a recipe for Grilled Vegetable Gazpacho in the July issue of Cooking Light, I was intrigued. It’s still hot. I’m still looking for cold things to cook/eat. Sigh. photo credit: sleepyneko One […]

It’s almost here! The kids are excited, but the parents are even more excited — it’s been a long, hot summer, people — and next week, a new school year begins! photo credit: Alice Rosen I’m […]

It feels a little early to start complaining about the heat, but with 23 days over 100 degrees, and it being just the first full week of July, I think a little moaning is appropriate. One […]

LiveMom is excited to team up with Savory Spice Shop to offer a series of events to introduce kids to the world of spices! photo credit: KBoneva For the next three Mondays in June, from […]

My daughter loves salmon – really, really loves it. She’d easily eat an adult portion if I let her, but I usually don’t because I worry about the toxins, especially mercury, in that and other […]

With Memorial Day coming up, you may be hosting people or being hosted to a barbecue, fajita cookout or other meat-charring event. If so, and you find yourself in charge of a side dish, I […]

It’s getting to be that time of year. The slow upwards creep of the thermometer means I’m less and less interested in spending time in the kitchen or trying out new recipes. My use of […]

In honor of Cinco de Mayo and our recent cold snap, I’m sharing my recipe for Super-Easy Tortilla Soup. It’s a combination of a recipe I used to make when I worked at a deli […]

After all the sweet treats that come with Easter, a savory dinner of lamb and fresh tomatoes and herbs is just the thing. We made this recently and served it with Green Bean Potato Salad, […]

I made a not-so-great crockpot meal the other day. It was chicken breasts with a premade Marsala/mushroom sauce poured over them with whole potatoes cooked atop them. Served with some steamed broccoli, it passed for […]

Sarah Tober and her husband moved to Hutto a few years ago, bought an old house to fix up, and fell in love with the “Mayberry-ness” of the small town. There was only one thing […]

I have a modest collection of spiral-bound church cookbooks. These humble fundraisers-from-the-past draw me in when I find them at used bookstores or thrift stores. There’s something about the earnest assertions that these are the […]

We’ve posted a lot of main dishes here lately: soups, stews, meaty things for cold weather. I thought, for a change, I’d give you a fantastic side dish. It’s not particularly seasonal, green beans being […]

I’m taking the prolonged cold as an opportunity to feed my family as much soup as possible because I know that there will be at least four months out of the coming year during which […]

How’s everyone holding up under this cold snap? We’ve turned down the thermostat to conserve energy (hello, rolling blackouts) and stoked up the fire. There’s soup on the stove and a lot of cuddling going […]

In the quiet of this first week back to schedules and normalcy, I got the chance to try out my newest kitchen implement (a Christmas gift from my MIL): a pressure cooker. It was my […]