Beef Bolognese with Quinoa

Sometimes you just want a warm hearty meal for dinner…even if it is 91 degrees and 100% humidity outside. My favorite warm hearty meal is my beef bolognese sauce. We had 1 pound of extra

Golden Hour in the Garden

After work on Monday, around 6:15 PM, I wandered over to the garden to check on my plot. The sky was blue, the temperature was warm and the light was perfect! It has been very

Last week the organizers of the South Orange Community Garden hosted a Meet and Greet at the garden. Everyone pitched in and brought something. My personal favorite was the Spanish Pan con Tomate (recipe coming soon)!

Cheese

Saucy Zoodles (aka Zucchini Noodles)

Passover ended last night and boy am I happy to be eating bread, pasta and pizza again (ALL OF THE CARBS). This past week, E and I were craving pasta but unfortunately we couldn’t have

Food

Turkey Facon Meatballs

E loves bacon. Unfortunately for him I do not eat and have not eaten any pork products (ever) and we keep a kosher home. READ: NO BACON ALLOWED. So when I found out that Jack’s

Avocado

Crockpot Chicken Taco Soup

So…I really wanted to make French Onion Soup this week but it just didn’t happen. I was craving taco soup instead. Below is a very easy recipe – all you have to do is throw

Adventure

Community Garden Update, Part V

Fall In New York City Jacket: Barbour, Jeans: J Brand, Scarf: H&M, Shirt: Loft, Watch: Uniform Wares As colder temps set in here in New Jersey, the leaves change colors and start to fall from

Autumnal

SOUP: Easy Turkey Chili and Pumpkin Cornbread

The temperatures are coming down and the leaves are turning colors here in New Jersey. For me that means, it is time to clean out the garden plot, time to start wearing fall colors and

Basil

Community Garden Update, Part IV

So it has been a couple weeks since my last garden update. To be honest, work and life have been a little crazy and I haven’t been able to spend as much time at the

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South Orange Community Garden

This past weekend I purchased a plot in the South Orange Community Garden. I had been waffling back and forth about it for weeks and finally decided to do it. I have never gardened

Dinner