Honey Sesame Dressing: 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/3 cup honey 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar 1 clove minced garlic 1 tablespoon minced ginger 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons grape seed oil, divided Sesame Crusted Almonds 1 tablespoon grape seed oil 1 … [Read more...] about Asian Chicken Salad with Honey Sesame Dressing
Breaking Down School Lunch Box Ideas
Rethinking ideas for the school lunch box from sandwiches to wraps to crackers and cheese and fruit on a stick. Let's talk for a minute about this business of school lunches. Just one more time, I promise. We're a week and a half in. I've sent hard boiled eggs with my kids … [Read more...] about Breaking Down School Lunch Box Ideas
Easy School Lunch Macaroni and Cheese for Sliding into a New Routine
This 15-minute macaroni and cheese is one of the school lunches I fall back on easily. I only make it once in a while, but it's a kid favorite, the creamy cheese sauce keeping the pasta hot until lunchtime. Our day starts as the sun rises. Alarms blare. (To my neighbors, I … [Read more...] about Easy School Lunch Macaroni and Cheese for Sliding into a New Routine
Easy Macaroni and Cheese
1/2 pound small pasta 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 1 1/2 cups milk 2 tablespoons cream cheese 1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese salt and pepper to taste Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and set aside. In a medium saucepan melt butter over … [Read more...] about Easy Macaroni and Cheese
Ginger Peach Iced Tea Popsicles at the End of Summer
Summer peaches and iced tea turn into sweet popsicles just in time for Labor Day and the end of summer. I've been quite melancholy as of late. Far too busy for my own good and saddened at the thought of missing another summer. They always seem to fly by, taking with them the … [Read more...] about Ginger Peach Iced Tea Popsicles at the End of Summer
