I gave myself the challenge of developing a hamburger salad. The Slider Kale Salad you see in the photo didn’t come to me overnight. I sat on the idea for days. My first vision of this salad was knee-jerk traditional–a big burger on a bed of lettuce with tomato, onions, pickles and a ketchupy-flavored mayonnaise

Because bean burgers are healthy without feeling dutiful, we eat them often. With a cold beer and a bowl of guac and chips, Mexican Black Bean burgers (from mom’s Cook Without a Book: Meatless Meals) are about as fun as weeknight dinners get. But I recently made the quinoa cakes from Heidi Swanson’s Super Natural Everyday which

It was cool and sunny this past Saturday. If the trees hadn’t been so lush, I would have guessed it was October. David and I spent the day doing much-needed Sandy cleanup. After several hours of hard physical labor, we were both pooped–too tired to get dressed and go out, too weary to cook… Well

A few weeks ago I celebrated a big birthday: the BIG 3-0. Living in the city, birthday celebrations are usually no more than ten guests, limited by space in apartments or chairs around restaurant tables. But this year, I wanted to invite all the friends and family who make my life so wonderful. Mom and

You didn’t hear from us last week because my father (and Maggy and Sharon’s grandfather) died a week ago Friday. We didn’t have time (nor were we particularly motivated) to post last week. Thanks for understanding. On a happy note, we celebrated Maggy’s thirtieth birthday this past Saturday night. We’ll share some of the recipes

(Photo credit Erika Pineda Ghanny) A few weeks ago at the Big Traveling Potluck, we served this Swiss Chard Caesar Salad Mom developed for Whole Foods Market using Archi’s Acres Swiss Chard. At our Friday night “Love Local” themed dinner the owners of Archi’s Acres, Colin and Karen Archipley, shared with us a brief history of