Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
October 1st is National Homemade Cookie Day! Now this is a day I can get behind! As I’ve said before, I hate cooking; but there’s something about butter, sugar, eggs and flour mixed up in a bowl that I find irresistible. Yes, I’ve eaten raw cookie dough, and I’m still alive… Cookies make everyone happy, …
In 2010 I visited New York City for the first time ever to attend BlogHer. I immediately fell in love with NYC and in an unexpected twist, was struck with guilt almost from the time I stepped off the plane. On the one hand I was living footloose and fancy free with my girlfriends in …
I love a few things in life. I love coffee, and chocolate, and…oh yes! I love my kids, and dessert, and also coconut. It’s pretty easy to make me happy if a day can somehow involves all these things. We’ve been trying to eat a healthier diet here at my house, and since cold and …
By now, summer is all but a memory and the cold winter air will soon blow in. Snuffly noses and hacking coughs will ring through staff rooms and school cafeterias; the loud, barking cry which foretells the coming of Cold and Flu Season. You’re one of the lucky few if you don’t get sidelined by …
I am a garlic lover. I mean – onions are fine, and shallots are even better – but if you’re looking for the star of the allium family, it’s garlic. Especially roasted garlic, because it mellows dramatically while roasting and develops a sweet flavour. While this recipe for Roasted Garlic Caesar Salad doesn’t call for …
The only thing better than having dinner made before breakfast, is having breakfast made before you go to bed. This Overnight Slow Cooker Oatmeal with Warm Apple Topping is simple enough to have ready for weekday mornings, but fancy enough, you could serve it to company. Either way, it’s a warm, delicious breakfast to wake …
I wouldn’t necessarily describe myself as a super organized person, but the fact of the matter is I have four active kids, a husband, and at least half a dozen of my own projects or activities going on at all times and very little falls through the cracks. I must be doing something right, right? …
I love potato salad. To me it’s not just a side for picnics, it’s a meal. Through the school year, I routinely make potato salad to cover school and work lunches. So when Patak’s asked me to try a recipe from their amazing online cookbook Smoke & Spice, I jumped at the opportunity to make …
