Staycation Idea for Families: Explore the World through Food 2020 was supposed to be a year of travel for my family. For Spring Break, we had planned on a road trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles along Route 1. That didn’t happen. Then, my husband and I had planned on traveling to Europe this fall to celebrate our 15-year anniversary. That’s out, too. This summer has definitely not turned out the way many of…
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Healthy Breakfasts with Less Work I like to think of myself as a down-to-earth, reasonable, practical kind of person and I think that for the most part I am, but I do have this one tendency that regularly leaves me feeling like a naïve schmuck: I always believe that when summer starts things will slow down and I’ll make progress on my “to do” list. This year, as we limped (staggered?) to the school finish…
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10 ways to liven up plain steamed rice
Every once in a while, even this passionate advocate for home cooking hits a wall when it comes to dinner prep. Sometimes it is exhaustion, sometimes a lack of inspiration. But there are nights when the thought of making yet another meal feels daunting and tedious. So, it was an extremely pleasant surprise when a recipe that my family truly loves came out of a night when I literally dragged myself through the motions of…
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This week I had a lovely exchange on Facebook with two long-time Scramble members who shared how The Scramble has helped them to plan their meals and grocery trips during the stay-at-home orders. One member shared that she has only been to the grocery store TWICE since March 5, thanks to The Scramble. Then one of the members suggested a roundup of easy recipes made from pantry staples… and so, of course, I accepted the…
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