Food for Thought

Trick or Treat: Halloween Hurries and Cooking Worries

Posted by Annette Bellisari on

Halloween is such a fun holiday when your kids are at an age that they’re excited about it, and I’m lucky enough to live in a neighborhood that enjoys the celebration. However, trick or treat usually falls on a weeknight, and for most of us, it’s a workday as well. I always tell myself that I’m going to knock off early on this day – you know, be home early to help the kids with costumes, get my own home ready to hand out candy, and maybe I’ll have time to put my witch costume on myself! Invariably we’re invited to a gathering on the street that requires I bring a dish to share, so I’ll need time to prepare something worthy of taking.

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Trick or Treat: Halloween Hurries and Cooking Worries

Posted by Annette Bellisari on

Halloween is such a fun holiday when your kids are at an age that they’re excited about it, and I’m lucky enough to live in a neighborhood that enjoys the celebration. However, trick or treat usually falls on a weeknight, and for most of us, it’s a workday as well. I always tell myself that I’m going to knock off early on this day – you know, be home early to help the kids with costumes, get my own home ready to hand out candy, and maybe I’ll have time to put my witch costume on myself! Invariably we’re invited to a gathering on the street that requires I bring a dish to share, so I’ll need time to prepare something worthy of taking.

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Embracing Fall: It’s Apple Season!

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Fall has finally arrived, which means it’s time to embrace the changing colors of the leaves, pumpkin spice, and of course, celebrate apple season! Crisp, sweet, refreshing, and a true symbol of fall, the flavor of an apple freshly picked from a tree is one of the best things on this earth. Apples also provide our bodies with lasting energy, plenty of fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. There are over 7500 varieties of apples worldwide. Some are great for eating right from the tree, others are perfect for baking, while others are praised specifically for the juice and cider they create.

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Embracing Fall: It’s Apple Season!

Posted by Annette Bellisari on

 

Fall has finally arrived, which means it’s time to embrace the changing colors of the leaves, pumpkin spice, and of course, celebrate apple season! Crisp, sweet, refreshing, and a true symbol of fall, the flavor of an apple freshly picked from a tree is one of the best things on this earth. Apples also provide our bodies with lasting energy, plenty of fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. There are over 7500 varieties of apples worldwide. Some are great for eating right from the tree, others are perfect for baking, while others are praised specifically for the juice and cider they create.

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Kitchen Convenience: Gadgets that Make Life Easier

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We spend so much time in our kitchens preparing breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as cleaning up afterwards. If you’re like me, I’m always looking for efficient ways to save time and anything that makes my job easier. Work smarter, not harder, right? These kitchen gadgets help simplify the processes and reduce the elbow grease spent on preparing a delicious meal. Practical and innovative, these ingenious kitchen accessories are a few of the “go-to” gadgets that make my life easier:

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Kitchen Convenience: Gadgets that Make Life Easier

Posted by Annette Bellisari on

We spend so much time in our kitchens preparing breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as cleaning up afterwards. If you’re like me, I’m always looking for efficient ways to save time and anything that makes my job easier. Work smarter, not harder, right? These kitchen gadgets help simplify the processes and reduce the elbow grease spent on preparing a delicious meal. Practical and innovative, these ingenious kitchen accessories are a few of the “go-to” gadgets that make my life easier:

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Let’s Taco Bout It!

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Since tacos are so popular in the U.S., it doesn’t surprise me that there is an official National Taco Day. And it’s coming up on October 4th! We hear about Taco Tuesdays, but I think I could eat tacos for at least one meal every day. They’re just that good and so versatile.

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Let’s Taco Bout It!

Posted by Annette Bellisari on

Since tacos are so popular in the U.S., it doesn’t surprise me that there is an official National Taco Day. And it’s coming up on October 4th! We hear about Taco Tuesdays, but I think I could eat tacos for at least one meal every day. They’re just that good and so versatile.

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The Great Pumpkin

Posted by Annette Bellisari on

It’s the Great Pumpkin! When fall finally hits, you can find an assortment of savory and sweet dishes full of seasonal spices and fresh pumpkin. If you’ve never used fresh pumpkin before, you might be a little confused about where to start. You shouldn’t use the same kind of pumpkins for pie that you use for carving a jack-o-lantern. If you’ve ever bought the much smaller pie pumpkins thinking they’d make cute little decorations, you’ve probably realized they’re hard as a rock and not ideal for carving.

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The Great Pumpkin

Posted by Annette Bellisari on

It’s the Great Pumpkin! When fall finally hits, you can find an assortment of savory and sweet dishes full of seasonal spices and fresh pumpkin. If you’ve never used fresh pumpkin before, you might be a little confused about where to start. You shouldn’t use the same kind of pumpkins for pie that you use for carving a jack-o-lantern. If you’ve ever bought the much smaller pie pumpkins thinking they’d make cute little decorations, you’ve probably realized they’re hard as a rock and not ideal for carving.

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