There is nothing more reminiscent of winter holidays than peppermint flavor and this season you can add a dose of peppermint to your hot chocolate bar, decor and party favors with these tips from Nielsen-Massey Vanillas using Pure Peppermint Extract! #1 Hot Chocolate Bar: Let guests get creative by creating a hot chocolate bar complete with a variety of mix-ins that everyone … [Read more...]
Celebrating Ronzoni Pasta’s 100th Anniversary with Staten Island Mac and Cheese
Living on Staten Island my family and I consider ourselves are lucky to be in what I consider the capital for fine dining Italian food. And even though we are not of Italian descent ( we are proudly Jewish) we consider ourselves honorary Italians as we have basically eaten our way through every single Italian restaurant on Staten Island. But there is one restaurant in particular that holds a … [Read more...]
10 Tricky, Tasty Tips for a Healthier Halloween
While you might have spent the past weekend perfecting costumes and stocking up on treats, Dietician Kimberly Gomer of the Pritikin Longevity Center and Spa is sharing 10 tips that will help families have a hauntingly healthy yet sinfully delicious Halloween. In other words--even though your little goblins will go wild for treats on October 31st that doesn't mean you [and your healthy diet] … [Read more...]
Scoop Adventures: Make your own Red Velvet Ice Cream #Recipe
In her new book, SCOOP ADVENTURES: THE BEST ICE CREAM OF THE 50 STATES [Page Street Publishing, March 2014, $19.99], ice cream maker and blogger, Lindsay Clendaniel, shares the amazing recipes she picked during her travels across the country sampling ice cream from specialty shops and restaurants for her blog, Scoop Adventures. The 80 deliciously adapted recipes Lindsay discovered were … [Read more...]
2 Reasons Ruby Rocket’s is My Healthy Snack of Choice for my Kids and Me
My son is PAINFULLY THIN. Oh and he is the pickiest of eaters! Suffice it to say we need to create a circus like atmosphere with the promise of lots of time perusing some sort of electronic device in order to get some broccoli down his gullet. So, any time I have even the most remote of opportunities to provide him with nutrition-that I can GET IN HIS BELLY- well I am ALL OVER IT. And I think I … [Read more...]