Category: What to Eat
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Refresh with a Moscow Mule
If you’ve been following me here or on Instagram, you know I love wine. Sometimes, I DO deviate, though. And this is one delicious, refreshing way: I love me a refreshing Moscow Mule! (And doesn’t this one look especially perfect for St. Patrick’s Day, too?) My dear friend Ami reminded me of how refreshing a…
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My son’s favorite food and beverage pairing… to date
I know I write about food and wine a lot, but those aren’t the only perfect pairings. Last week my son suggested one to me and, although I thought it sounded strange at first, he was right! Chick-fil-a Lemonade and Ice Dream (their version of ice cream) makes a super delicious match. Really. Take a…
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Day after Thanksgiving Breakfast
This is what we had at our house for breakfast today, seeing as it is the day after Thanksgiving: Anyone else? Please comment below so I know who is joining me in this delicious tradition.
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Wilted Spinach Salad with Poached Egg
Today I went to make a salad for myself, but wasn’t looking forward to another bowl of just veggies. I wanted something more. I flipped through a Cooking Light’s The Complete Quick Cook and found a spinach salad with a poached egg that looked intriguing, but there were a few ingredients on the list I…
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Hard boiled eggs– with easy-to-peel shells
Although it is Christmastime and I am surrounded by delicious, fatty foods, I am also trying extra hard to watch what I eat and shoot for healthier choices. I’ve come to appreciate hard-boiled eggs for their ease and their nutritional value. Peeling them, though, had been a major downer for me until recently, when I…
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Nutter Butter Snowman Cookies & Best Party Recipes for Sharing
My daughter loves to decorate cookies. She also loves to bake and cook just about anything with me in the kitchen, but most recently we came up with a sweet treat we knew we had to share with you: Nutter Butter Snowman Cookies! Natalie took one snowman to school yesterday in her lunchbox and she’s already…
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Delicious, easy at-home wine pairing dinner featuring Rodney Strong wines
Recently I hosted a wine pairing dinner featuring 6 delicious Rodney Strong wines to celebrate 25 years of Klein family ownership of Rodney Strong Vineyards. During the party, several of my guests asked for my catering and grocery list so they could re-create the pairings at home. All the food I served came from the new Whole…
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Easy, inexpensive & yet healthy meals for your family
Looking for a tool to make dinnertime easier, cheaper and still nutritious? My friend Jessica’s latest cookbook, Good Cheap Eats: Everyday Dinners and Fantastic Feasts for $10 or Less, hit the stores and the interwebs yesterday and it is chock full of great meal ideas that are just as the title describes: good, cheap eats.…
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Pre-order Good Cheap Eats— and get a FREE wine pairing ebooklet by yours, truly
So often people think that wine is for snobs or only for special occasions and fine meals. As you might guess, I disagree. To me, that is almost like saying food is only for special occasions. Wine is an agricultural product that can truly enhance the flavor of just about any meal, and paired well, any…
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Houston Area Wine Events in September
You might have noticed a few changes around here on MomsToolbox. Not too long ago I mentioned that I was moving my content from MomsTravel Tales to join MomsToolbox, and with the new header, I have also moved some of my wine content and series that were on VineSleuth Uncorked over to MomsToolbox, as well. It might…
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Easy Summer Vodka Lemonade
Looking for an easy cocktail to serve on a hot summer day? This lemonade cocktail is made by the pitcher, tastes refreshing, quenches your thirst and looks beautiful. What else do you need? Summer Vodka Lemonade 1 can pink lemonade concentrate (I used Minute Maid) vodka (I used Absolut Citron) lemon-lime soda (I used Sprite.)…
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Wine4.Me, my wine app, launches TODAY!!!
Wine 4.Me is finally ready for YOU! After years in development, I’m thrilled to announce that launch day for Wine4.Me, the wine app I’ve been developing to empower casual wine drinkers and help people find new wines they are sure to love in a total intimidation-free zone is HERE! Yes, you can click right on over…
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‘Cupcake Wars’ winner Kyra Bussanich’s gluten-free cookbook
Who can resist a gorgeous, decadent cupcake? Unfortunately, my friends who eat gluten-free have had to resist for far too long. But that is about to change. This summer I had the delight of meeting Kyra Bussanish in Portland, Oregon, where she has a very successful gluten-free bakery called Kyra’s Bake Shop. Yes, you read…
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Not Your Mother’s Make Ahead and Cook Cookbook
This book, Not Your Mother’s Make-Ahead and Freeze Cookbook, is awesome and is on special on Amazon right now for just $6.78. The list price is $16.95, so that’s a massive savings. I found out it was on special when I went to buy ANOTHER copy after ANOTHER friend asked to borrow it and I told her…
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Belle Glos Pinot Noir Clark & Telephone
Tonight my husband came home with a few bottles of a wine he discovered last weekend on a cycling trip. He claimed it would do things which husbands like wines to do for their wives (and them, too.) I laughed and he proceeded to pour me a glass. And then another. It was delicious and…