City Living (Boston)

Is This Still Good ?: Fresh, Stale, Best By, Expired

I am not a milk lover and seeing someone hover there nose over a milk bottle, reel at the scent that wafted out and then stretch out the vessel my way asking me to take a sniff will always be met with a look of disdain. Why is it that we gladly sniff our milk…

My Modern Housewife Morning

So this is what it comes to: Being a modern parent, housewife, freelancer. I am ready to walk out the door and walk the 1.3 miles to school to fulfill my #fit4fall goals, but while I was checking email and Facebook on my iPhone all of a sudden it is 7:20 and by the time…

Use it or Lose it: Siri at Your Service

So I know and believe that we as humans only use a small portion if our brains, and if you look at the news lately that seems quite apparent. I’m not going to tell you to join Mensa, start meditating, take a class, do the New York Times crossword puzzle or read more classics. I…

Southerners, S’mores and Something You Might Want

Summer seems like the last lonely crumb sitting on a plate by the sink on dishes that were cleared from the table hours ago and left with the hope of getting to them at some point before the light of dawn hits the kitchen counters. It wasn’t that long ago but it feels like it…

Apple Cider Vinaigrette (Recipe)

Ingredients Makes enough dressing for one well dressed or two ‘how I like it dressed’ large salads. I don’t like lightly dressed but not coated in dressing either. a clove of garlic a spoonful of Dijon mustard 2 TBSP of olive oil 1 TBSP of cider vinegar fresh thyme if you have it a pinch…

Favourite Fall Salad: Fingerling, Cheddar and Green Beans (Recipe)

This is a favourite fall salad that uses the last of the season’s green beans or wax beans. It is a salade composée or layered salad with a simple vinaigrette. So it can be dairy free for those who need to skip the cheese. My beans, sunflower seeds, and fingerlings come from Vermont farmers via…

Rhode Island Green Kale Smoothie (Recipe)

Every year Wilson Farms has Rhode Island Greening apples and I love them for their clean sweet/tart flavour. This is a very kale-heavy smoothie so I add EmergenC and a bit more honey than usual to cut through the earthiness of the kale. I used honey from our CSA in Lincoln and some kale that…

October – Oktoberfest – Pretzels

October is the month of Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest is all about beer (preferably craft). Beer is filling but needs a little accompaniment which of course has to be pretzels, or bretzels and a condiment of choice, which for me is always mustard. My grandmother is German and she makes amazing food, but she was also a…

Mondays Are Better with Pain

Mondays can be a pain in the @$$. If you don’t start Monday off right you might feel like there’s no hope for the week ahead. Sometimes it is the little things like the milk in your coffee curdling or having the perfect cappuccino that make or break your Monday. Today, simply finding a Pain…

PIN (Pencil it in): Last week of September

This has got to be one of the busiest times of year. From Back to School to stepping full force into fall, apple picking, open houses, classic New England outings and events are all now at the end of September/beginning of October. Here are just a few fun things going on this weekend and next…

Walking There: New Perspectives

We used to walk or bike to school, but as the little guy outgrew the stroller and the Trail Gator, but still isn’t confident on a bike we thought we were stuck driving. After a year of driving, we were all ready for a change. I announced to the kids that it would be really…

Falling for Cheese: Grilled Cheese Two Ways

Grilled cheese is definitely a treat and this is the best time of year to enjoy it. There is a bite in the air and fall fruit- apples and pears- go so well with cheese. As a child, I hated that my mom insisted we have open-faced sandwiches. Now, I think especially for a sandwich…