This was the apogee of what began as a highly anticipated lunch at Nick’s, Laguna Beach with my friend, Anita Lau of Diary of a Mad Hungry Woman, but quickly descended into a memorable experience we’re not soon to forget. Fortunately, we savored these golden orbs of crunchy, salty deliciousness before “the incident”. I don’t […]
Banana Cashew Hummus with Wonton Chips
I cook and write here and for OC Family.com and my emphasis is on easy to prepare, healthy recipes that appeal to both kids and adults. Parents frequently ask how to get their kids to eat vegetables; well, it starts with you – if you don’t eat veggies and/or never cook, serve or order them, […]
Kid Friendly Quinoa Salad
A new month has rolled around and I’m super pleased to introduce you to Shelby B. of GlitterfulFelt Stories as our March Top Mom. Besides being a wife and mom of three adopted children, Shelby designs and creates interactive felt board stories that help preschool children learn to read. She’s also a crusader for children’s literacy, […]
Beyond Green Beer
Have you outgrown celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with a green beer at the local Irish pub? Yes, No? Well, I have – sort of. Every March 17th The Don and I still stop by Gallagher’s, O’Connell’s or Hennessey’s, not so much for a green beer anymore, but we will have a Guinness (or two) and […]
Unleash Your Inner Martha
This week’s obsession is CAKE! Not just any ole cake, but a cake made from scratch and tricked out by: YOU! Yes, think “Build a Bear” (probably not the best reference for folks with no experience in the kid department), but for cakes. A few weeks ago, BlackMarket Bakery invited a group of Orange County […]
Spring and Grilled Lamb Kebabs
It doesn’t take a crystal ball or soothsayer to know that there are a lot of people out there who are ready for spring! I know I’m one of them and I reside in Southern California where we’re shivering in our britches in 55º temps and SNOW was reported in the Los Angeles basin. If […]
OC Restaurant Week is Here!
All you fab OC Foodies will love the return of Orange County Restaurant Week beginning Sunday, February 27th through Saturday, March 5th. Making it extra special this year, the number of participating restaurants was limited to 100. Prix fixe menus will be set at $10, $15 and $20 per person for lunch, and $20, $30 […]
Baked Salmon Egg Rolls
I love eggrolls: Chinese egg rolls, Vietnamese egg rolls (Cha Gio), Filipino eggr olls (Lumpia), but knowing that they’re deep fried, I don’t eat them as often as I’d like to. So I came up with Baked Salmon Egg Rolls for a healthier option. A few weeks ago I was craving eggrolls something fierce. The […]
Salmon with Bow Tie Pasta and a Recap
A deliciously colorful main dish packed full of the nutritional benefits of salmon, multi-grain pasta, and sweet peas with a flourish of caramelized onions.
Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Cherry Relish
Behind every blog is a real person with real feelings and insecurities, just like you and I, and through their writing and storytelling many bloggers share evocative stories of their childhood and personal aspects of their lives and you begin to know them as one knows a friend, albeit an online friend – but that’s […]