When I recently surveyed Scramblers about what holiday content would be most helpful to them, a number of people shared that one of their favorite holiday traditions was the sharing of various appetizers that could be enjoyed over the course of a number of hours. As one Scrambler put it, “For Christmas Day ‘lunch,’ we usually do an appetizer buffet that we leave out throughout the afternoon for everyone to nosh on as they’re enjoying…
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How to Make Homemade Broth Growing up, there were few dishes I loved more than my mom’s pureed vegetable soup. So, when I was first living on my own, I asked her to send me her recipe so that I could re-create her comforting elixir. Time after time I would make the soup exactly as she directed, but it just wasn’t nearly as good. Then, one night, after another good, but not as good batch,…
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Fun and Healthy Halloween Snacks Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays. When I was a kid, I would spend hours and hours making my costumes and now I do the same with my boys. I also love it as an opportunity to get creative (and silly) with decorations, pumpkin carving, and coming up with fun and healthy Halloween snack recipes my kids will actually enjoy. As a mom, though, I know that…
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Preparing for Back to School in the Strangest School Year About two weeks into my family’s journey with everyone being at home, I hit a wall with cooking. I had been making 3+ meals a day for our family of four, plus doing a lot of the clean up after them, and I was burnt out. Ironically, before the pandemic my husband had been in charge of weekday breakfasts and much of the meal cleanup,…
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As a lifelong cucumber fan, I have spent years flummoxed by my own family who would happily never eat cucumber again. It isn’t that they hate them, they just aren’t fans. So, after years of finding myself eating every single cucumber I put out on a veggie platter, I learned my lesson and shifted my focus to making cucumber salads that would truly please everyone. The result: a variety of great cucumber salad recipes that…
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