September 29, 2010
This recipe was an entry into the Pacific Foods Everyday Chef Challenge: Baked Penne with Spinach, Roasted Red Peppers and Bacon. The challenge was to come up with a recipe…
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September 27, 2010
I had the unique opportunity recently of visiting Sam’s Club headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. There were a few of us food bloggers there, in addition to several Mommy bloggers. We…
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September 24, 2010
Chalupas!My mother had this very simple meal in the weekly dinner rotation when I was growing up. With a bunch of hungry kids to feed, she could whip this up…
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September 22, 2010
A couple of weeks ago, the folks at General Mills contacted me to see if I might like to create some Halloween-Themed recipes (using General Mills cereals) for the Betty…
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September 20, 2010
I entered this recipe into the Pacific Foods Everyday Chef Challenge: Roasted Pumpkin Bisque w/ Mushroom- Gruyere Crostini. I didn’t win the contest, but I came away with a really…
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September 16, 2010
While secretly flipping through a cookbook at my son’s soccer game last weekend, I came across a recipe for onion rings. In between whistle blowing and down-the-field dribbles, I conjured…
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September 14, 2010
I hate diets. I hate the word, ‘diet.’ And I hate that I have to diet. Instead, I try think of my ongoing quest to lose weight as a ‘lifestyle…
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September 13, 2010
Visit the Real Women of Philadelphia website to enter this recipe contest, get involved in the community, and find a treasure trove of recipes made with Philly cream cheese. Disclosure:…
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September 9, 2010
Back in May, I traveled to Italy with Sam’s Club cheese buyers to help them select some new, imported cheeses for their clubs. Well, now Sam’s Club expects to offer these newly selected,…
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September 6, 2010
If you followed RecipeGirl on the blog or Twitter or Facebook this past summer, then you know that my family went on an 8-week road trip (driving) across the USA…
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September 2, 2010
Cantaloupes were 69 cents EACH at my local supermarket the other day, and this is a good thing. My son would eat cantaloupe morning, noon and night if he could….
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August 30, 2010
In the USA we have a little holiday coming up this weekend: Labor Day. Since this holiday is meant to celebrate the end of summer and experience a day of…
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August 26, 2010
I haven’t been here in San Diego for much of the summer, but I heard that there were icky, overcast skies through the month of July. We tend to have…
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August 23, 2010
You know how there are kids out there who demand to eat one of three things for dinner… things like chicken nuggets, macaroni & cheese and quesadillas? I may tug…
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August 19, 2010
Things were pretty simple in the 70′s. I remember shag carpet and an avocado-colored refrigerator. I remember polyester pants and our big, green station wagon with the seat in the…
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August 16, 2010
My family hangs out in Boston’s South Shore every summer for a few weeks, and this year we thought that *driving* from San Diego to Boston might be fun. Here…
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August 12, 2010
I spent a few weeks in New England this summer- specifically– Boston’s South Shore. It’s a family tradition to head to our beach house rental every summer… a time of…
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August 9, 2010
Since the next phase of Real Women of Philadelphia is a recipe contest, I thought I’d show you how easy it is to create your own recipe using Philly cream…
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