Hey Amy!

I love french fries but as I continue to allow time to march on (aren’t I in charge of everything?), my midsection does not.  I have traded the deep fryer for baked sweet potato fries and now, for these baked potato spears.  They are low in calories, easy to make and are perfect for your [...]

I am not sure about your house but in mine we are on the countdown to the big day…Super Bowl Sunday.  Most homes around our nation will be planning not only where they watch the game, but what they will be eating while watching.  I leave the viewing portion of the day up to the [...]

It would seem that everyone loves a delicious soup during the coldest of cold winter days.  I eat soup almost every day at lunch from November to March.  It can be filling and occasionally a better calorie choice than what I would normally indulge in. This recipe I learned this summer when I spent a [...]

Last year when Garnet and I were lucky to be guests on the Martha Stewart Show, we were gifted with treats from the other guests.  G & I were embarrassed we didn’t have anything to offer in the gift bags but I digress.  One gift we received was the Bromberg Bros. Blue Ribbon Cookbook because Bruce [...]

As many know, I am allergic to shellfish but at one time was not.  I long for those flavors and embrace any recipe that comes close without using the deathly ingredients.  I have shared my ‘fake’ crab cakes previously and today I am sharing a way to savor the flavor of lobster without using lobster. [...]

I am trying to manage my insatiable appetite for sweets.  I recognize it’s going to be one of the hardest things I will do and if I am successful, it will be very hard to sustain this new place I will need to grow to love.  As I began this journey a few days go, [...]

Traditions run deep in American culture and New Year’s Day cooking is no exception.  Many eat donuts to symbolize the completion of the year’s cycle as the shape represents coming full circle.  Others cook black eyed peas as it is a symbol of good luck and prosperity for the new year.  In our Pennsylvania Dutch [...]