Food & Dining

Chicken Broccoli & Rice Broccoli Rice & Chicken Ingredients: 2 pounds chicken tenders or boneless chicken breasts cut in strips 1 1/4 cups uncooked converted rice 1 package

We just finished dinner two minutes ago, and I rushed over to publish this recipe! It was originally from Hilshire Farms, but I'll give you the recipe the way I actually cooked it. YUMMY! Corn Kielbasi Bisque

Whether you are addicted to Food Network TV as I am, or whether you love food, as I do, or just love to cook, this magazine is for you. Over the years, I've subscribed to so many different magazines, as I'm

Some kids may get tired of sandwiches day after day.  Hot Lunches the school makes do not always cut it nutritionally or come close to a warm, home-cooked meal.  The thermos insulates the food keeping

Whether you are headed to Nantucket in the few weeks before school starts again or you hope to take advantage of the beautiful month of September at the beach (a personal favourite) your dining options are extensive

Here is another one of those great recipes both frugal in time & money!! Sweet & Sour Kielbasa 2- Links of Kielbasa 2- cups ketchup 2- cups brown sugar 1- can of crushed pineapple *including juice Put

If you are going to freeze bread, make sure you include a paper towel in the package to absorb moisture. This will keep the bread from becoming mushy when thawed. This is great to do when you are able to catch

Want to Pop Muffins out of their tin easier? How many times do you make muffins to only battle with trying to get them out of the muffin tin? Muffins will come out of the baking pan more easily if you place the

Serving fresh-from-the-oven rolls or bread for dinner? Here's a trick to keep them warm: Line a small piece of aluminum foil under the cloth in the breadbasket.  It helps the bread/rolls retain their

Chocolate Gooey Cookies! *5 Ingredients or Less = Frugal in time and in Money & Fun to eat!! Now this is what I call Frugal Living And Having Fun!! "smile" I thought this looked so easy and inexpensive

Super Cook is a handy site that searches for recipes based on ingredients that you provide.  You enter as few or as many ingredients as you want.  The site will then come up with several recipes

When you hear the term "raw food" what are you thinking?  How do we cook it?  Or do you see a communal kitchen full of moms and dads in Birkenstocks with glass jars of bulk foods all along the

So I've been hearing alot about Greek yogurt lately. It comes in non-fat, it's thicker and more sour than regular yogurt, and it has enormous amounts of protein. I tried 3 different brands, and it was pretty

This is a cute and funny tip from my ezine:   No Leftovers Here! I never throw away leftovers. Rather, when I was first married, I figured out a way to turn them into a fun meal. When I gathered enough of

I love this short article-it's in the category of why didn't I think of that? What a great idea-the author buys  meatballs and sauce from a restaurant, and they usually throw in some Italian bread for

Here I go again with another Trader Joe's favorite - but as I sit here eating one, I just had to share.  Trader Joe's frozen dessert section boasts many excellent choices (Chocolate Lava Cakes are

Ever wonder that those sticky, pesky labels on fruit mean?  Well they tell a lot more than the UPC code for the cashier.  With a new numbering system, they tell you, the consumer, if the fruit is grown

Tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. Boston will officially start preparing for the big July 4th celebration:  The Boston Pops on the Esplanade rehearsal because the 4th is about food, but is nothing without some

One of the best things to do with your kiddos is cooking.  Not only do you share quality bonding time, but your kids learn important skills such as measuring ande pouring.  They will be having so much

These chefs in and around Boston are not only cooking up some of the best tasting, hottest tickets, and freshest fare in town, but they have a panel of little judges waiting for them at home when dinner is served. 

Did you know you can get your knives sharpened as you shop for farm fresh fruit and veggies? Maybe, in the middle of winter when the tomatoes are anemic and the eggplant has been well polished after a long trek

Looking to get more fiber in your family's diet?  Fiber One now makes yummy Yogurt options by Yoplait.  Kids will never even know that it is any different.  Somehow they cram 5 grams of fiber

Peas are the candy of the farmer's market.  Freshly picked summer peas are so good straight out of the shell.  We sit on our porch and zip peas out of the pods and pop them into our mouths.  It's

Wow, I love this website! Pork is such a lean white meat, most people don't realize how delicious and healthy it is compared to beef. This website has tons of recipes and ideas for using leftover pork in

From my money saving ezine: Green-Type Produce Bag Challenge I hate to burst any "green-type produce bag" bubbles, but my son recently participated in a Jr./Sr. High School science fair. I wandered

If you are looking to increase your fiber intake you should definitely try Fiber One's Country White Bread.  You would never even know that there was fiber in it!  Funnily, their slogan is "Cardboard? 

It is not easy to think of the right gift to give a teacher.  Does she/he really need another mug?  Is a gift certificate to impersonal?  Will her flowers last until the end of the day when she heads

Xylitol is a diabetic friendly sweetener that looks and tastes much like sugar.  It has less calories than sugar and is absorbed by your body as a sugar alcohol.  There are well documented studies that

This is a quick and delicious cookie recipe given to me by my mom.  Makes about 2 dozen cookies.  Kids will enjoy helping out and putting the Reese's Cups into these cookies. PEANUT BUTTER CUP COOKIES

I recently saw these cupcakes at a baby shower and thought they were just the cutest things.  Regular little cupcakes decorated like a baby's face!  You can frost them with either a pink or blue bow

My supermarket had a sale on pork tenderloin, which I don't usually buy. I picked one up and made it last night. I split the tenderloin lengthwise almost all the way through. I filled it with margarine (about

I was disheartened at trying to lose weight and nothing working.Then I found the Flat Belly Diet.The 1st 3 days are regimented but after than you have the flexability to change items in the menu and down load menus

The key to starting off your day right, if you have children, is getting out the door.  Never mind getting out the door with a balanced breakfast inside you.  You're happy if  you're only

I saw Rachel Ray make this Orzo and Chick Peas with Veggies on 30 Minute Meals, and it looked wonderful. She used it as a side dish, but she said it can be used as a main dish too. Just dress some bibb lettuce with

Chocolate for doing better at math?  A new research study from the British Psychological Society finds that a chocolate drink containing cocoa flavonols in different amounts helped participants of the

This is so easy and so good.  You'll get rave reviews from this one and I made it up.  Ingredients: One package of your favorite brownie mix 8 oz cream cheese 1/4 cup confectioner's suger

Because I live far from the grocery store, we try to do most of our shopping at Costco so we only have to shop once a month or so. Recently, I bought flour tortillas in bulk to make burritos.  I ended up with

When I got married, I didn't get cookware as a wedding gift.  Of course, since I was poor and just starting out, I bought a set at WalMart to save money.   Finally, after ten years of marriage and

Here's what I dreamed up for dinner tonight, and it disappeared in no time: Cut 2 cups of cooked chicken into cubes. Cook and drain 2 bags of cheese tortellini. In a large saucepan, put about 2 cups of skim

Growing up, we always had roast beef and mashed potatoes with apple pie every single Sunday noon after church.  My mom would peel all her potatoes on Saturday night and on Sunday morning she'd peel and

There's something very personal about snack and very social about recess.  The way you eat your snack, how it is packaged, and what your mom, your dad, your sibling, or "other" packed for you

A few years ago, I gained a lot of weight after a pregnancy. I had just moved and was depressed and bored and instead of losing the baby weight, I gained a bunch of weight!  Finally, after trying a lot of

If you are on the Atkins Diet or are considering starting it, you have got to check out the Atkins Diet Bulletin Board. It's a free forum full of people who are on Atkins or have successfully lost a lot of

The older I get, the more I care about what my kids eat.  And I'm really trying to avoid eating junk food as much as possible.  The problem is that my kids really, really love food that's not

I don't enjoy cooking that much, but I really try to feed my family healthy and home-cooked food most of the time.  Anytime that I can cook once and create more than one meal, I'm a really happy camper. 

We all know that berries are great for us. For instance blueberries are filled with antioxidants and not to mention a delicious treat. But did you know that lemons are great for skin too? Sure thing! Squeeze them

There aren't many foods that everyone in my family enjoys.  Rice, however, is a favorite of everyone in my household.  Sadly for them, I can not cook rice to save my life.  The only type of rice

I've been trying to cut down on the amount of kitchen gadgets that I have in my home, but my Cuisinart Mini-Prep Processor is one of those things that I just can't give up. If you don't need a large

In my family, the Kitchen Aid stand mixer is a rite-of-passage. Kitchen Aid has been selling these babies since 1919 and many generations of my family have gotten one for a wedding gift. It all started with my

I was surfing the 'net today and was so excited to find this Easter Retro Candy.  You can actually buy a box of candy that was popular from every decade, starting with the 1950's and going through