Save Recipes and Make Grocery Lists with ZipList

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Over the last several months I’ve made a number of changes to the site that I hope have been helpful. It started with a redesign late last summer and the new Print Friendly printer function which allows you to leave out the images and extra text so you can save paper when you print recipes. [...]

New Lactose-Free Recipes at Moovision

Andrea Meyers - Sweet Potato Souffle

I have a few new recipes at Moovision.com, and if you cook lactose-free, you should check out all the recipes in their collection. There’s a lot of great dishes, many that are easy to prepare. Here are the newest ones I’ve added.

Life Well Laughed

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Life is many things—crazy, hectic, beautiful, enlightening, and sometimes hard—but never ever boring. I have too many interests and things to do on my bucket list to slow down. Having a family was always at the top, becoming a teacher was high on the list, and having a big garden was added fourteen years ago. [...]

Easter Menu Planning with Foodily

Easter is a big event in my family, starting with decorating and hunting eggs on Saturday, and ending with a big family meal on Sunday. On my side of the family, the southern contingent, Easter dinner is always roasted ham with all the sides, plus some kind of Easter themed dessert such as an Easter [...]

Panera Takeout to the Rescue

Sometimes takeout saves the day. It might be the day when you had to work late, or the kids are home sick, or a major appliance breaks, or the HVAC system dies, or the power goes out; the day when everyone is hungry and cooking at home may not even be an option. Sometimes takeout [...]

Making Menus with Foodily

This week I’m over at the Foodily blog talking about making a menu. This particular menu is a bit of fun: all the dishes start with the letter for the day of the week. There are some great dishes on the menu, like the Wednesday Wasabi Shrimp Roll and and the Sunday Slow Roasted Lamb [...]

St. Patrick’s Day with Foodily

In just a couple weeks it will be time for our annual celebration of my family’s Irish heritage with some traditional Irish food, or at least some Irish-inspired dishes. We usually have Irish soda bread and Irish beef stew, as well as a cocktail or dessert with either Guinness stout or Irish cream, two of [...]

Our Favorite Bread from Panera Bread

It was the bagels that got me hooked, the asiago bagels to be exact. Someone brought a box of Panera bagels to work and set them out to nibble on during a morning meeting. I’d not had anything from Panera before and couldn’t resist the asiago bagels with cheese melted all over. Soon after, I [...]

Valentine’s Day Chocolate Treats with Foodily

For me, Valentine’s Day food is really just about the chocolate, and the pleasure of making a memorable dessert and sharing it with Michael is enough. So if our schedules go awry—which they often do—and we don’t get a nice romantic dinner for just the two of us, there’s no let down because there’s still [...]

Foodily, the New Social Recipe Search Engine

Food is inherently social, whether we are planning a weekly meal menu, a small dinner for friends, a Super Bowl party, a romantic dinner for two, or a large holiday feast, and searching for recipes just got more social. Foodily, which stands for Food I Love You, is a new visual recipe search engine that [...]