Let's Dish: How Do You Organize Your Recipes?


Updated 08/17/08 9:54 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 19 comments

Let's Dish: How Do You Organize Your Recipes?

From recipe card filing systems to customized innovations like the tastebook, there are many ways to organize recipes. Still, if you own more than a dozen cookbooks, keep some of your family's recipes on record, and have limited kitchen space, maintaining an organized cooking library can be tough. I've always struggled to arrange my kitchen paperwork — treasured family recipes, cookbooks, Read more

Do You Have Your Family Recipes?


Updated 05/20/08 9:17 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 41 comments

Do You Have Your Family Recipes?

Last week a few of us were talking about how difficult it is to get our parents' recipes. My mom and dad both tend to eyeball things, and when I ask them how much they usually say, "Eh, just a little, not too much." Each time I go home, I watch my mom prepare dishes and take notes, sometimes even video. It's tedious, but I know that I now have those recipes in hand. The family recipes mean a Read more

Michelle Obama's All-American Apple Cobbler


Updated 05/23/12 1:30 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Michelle Obama Recipe For Apple Cobbler

Michelle Obama's first cookbook American Grown will be released on May 29, and we're cooking up some of Michelle's tried-and-true recipes like this apple cobbler, a favorite of President Obama. The First Lady has a unique, slow method of preparing this cobbler. She marinates the apples in their spicy, sugary juices overnight, then slow cooks the cobbler at a low temperature to gradually break Read more

Family-Style Dishes For a Special Mother's Day Supper


Updated 05/07/12 7:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Family Style Dinner Recipes

Mother's Day brunches are all the rage, but I love getting grateful by celebrating Mom with a big special supper. The matriarch of your family will appreciate a delicious dinner in her honor, and maybe she'll even get a chance to kick back and relax for once! Instead of a classic, seated dinner where someone is busy serving up a storm, consider these family-style dishes that will allow everyone Read more

6 On-the-Go Snacks For Kids With Food Allergies


Updated 05/16/12 3:52 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Traveling With Kids With Allergies

When your kids' food allergies rule out fast-food stops and airport kiosks as travel-day options, what's a mom to do? "Plan ahead!" says Amie Valpone of The Healthy Apple. Through her clean eating consulting business, Amie helps Manhattan moms come up with manageable, delicious solutions for dealing with food allergies from gluten to lactose intolerance, nut allergies, and more, both on the go Read more

Easy Ways to Get More From Your Food Budget


Updated 05/18/12 8:55 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Stop Wasting Food

Go the extra mile with your food budget with these tips from LearnVest. For years, many people — my husband, mom, sister and even my son — told me to stop wasting so much food. Throwing away half a piece of chicken here or a handful of grapes there never seemed like such a big deal to me. If I was full or no longer in the mood for that particular food, then I had no problem tossing Read more

Your Weekend Fit Tip: Start With a Healthy Breakfast


Updated 05/11/12 3:45 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Healthy Breakfast Tips For the Weekend

Many of you will be celebrating someone you love (or being celebrated yourself) this weekend for Mother's Day. And when it comes to family gatherings, chances are you'll be in for a big feast. But no matter if you're going out for an indulgent brunch, lunch, or dinner, you can start the day off right with a healthy breakfast. Starting the day with a small bowl of yogurt with fruit before brunch Read more

Fast & Easy Dinner: Cornflake-Crusted Snapper


Updated 05/15/12 12:28 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Healthy Cornflake-Crusted Fish Recipe

A crunchy coating on soft and flaky fish always takes me back to my childhood and those frozen boxes of fish sticks. That's why a recipe for fresh baked cornflake-crusted snapper seemed like the perfect way to re-create the nostalgic dish with a little more adult flair. Set up stations for the flour, egg white, and cornflakes, and your family will be sitting down for dinner in about a half hour. Read more

12 Pretty Kitchen Gifts For Moms Who Cook


Updated 05/07/12 12:45 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Mother's Day Kitchen Gifts For Moms Who Cook

If you're lucky enough to have a mom who cooks, chances are you grew up with deliciously nourishing homemade meals and a repertoire of heirloom family recipes. This Mother's Day, thank Chef Mom for years of hard culinary work with pretty gifts to beautify her kitchen! We've picked out our favorite fetching accessories to make her smile when whipping up the next family meal masterpiece. Read more

Savvy Tip: Take Pictures of Items You Need to Remember


Updated 05/05/12 8:04 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Take Pictures of Important Items to Remember

If there are certain things you need to remember and you have a smartphone, perhaps you should take a quick snapshot of it and leave the picture in your phone's photo album. It reduces the clutter in your bag — you don't have have to dig around your bag for strips of paper — and it's super easy to do. All it takes is one snap and you don't have to key in any information. Apartment Therapy Read more