Dinner Planner – Week of February 24th, 2020

This week is the beginning of Lent.  My mother used to make us give up something for the 40 days of Lent.  We thought we were funny by saying we’d give up liver (ugh, she actually made it!) or boiled Brussels sprouts. After a lot of back and forth, my mother would ask us to […]

Smashed Parmesan Brussels Sprouts Recipe

    When I was a kid, I never thought Brussels sprouts would ever have “a moment.”  I only saw them in frozen, thawed and boiled form.  Awful. Mom, it wasn’t your fault. Everyone did the same thing.  Someone had the sense to roast them, fry them, or saute them and a Brussels sprouts went […]

Dinner Planner – Week of February 17th, 2020

It’s Modernism Week in Palm Springs – my husband’s favorite week of the year.  So Mr. Picky and I are accompanying him for the long weekend.  My son has been going to house tours, lectures, and vintage shopping with us in the desert for the past 6 years.  He’s such a trooper.  The weather seems […]

Dinner Planner – Week of January 27th, 2020

I had a long but great week!  Something that I will share with you and only you since you are reading this is that I just filmed a few on-demand classes for the Food Network Kitchen App!!  I mean, talk about a dream come true!  Teaching healthy recipes is my bread and butter, so to […]

Dinner Planner – Week of December 23rd, 2019

And we’re off!  First stop, Long Island to celebrate Christmas with my family. I’ll be on stories the whole week, cooking up a storm!  Then, Utah to meet up with my husband’s family to ski for a few days. I was talking to a few friends this week about eating and drinking during the holidays […]