Archive for the 'Food and Drink' Category

21 Dec

This May be a Little Random But- Here’s How to Open a Pomegranate

    How does one go about cutting a pomegranate?
 Yes, this is a little random, but stay with me for just a second… last week I bought a pomegranate to show my son.  He had seen one on TV and he’d never eaten one, so we got one at the store.
But, I got it home and [...]

29 Sep

We made it 3 weeks before purple grape juice spilled all over…

   Well, we made it 3 weeks in this household before purple grape juice was spilled all over my son’s brand new, white, uniform shirt…
3 THINGS I’VE LEARNED IN 3 WEEKS FROM WEARING UNIFORMS TO SCHOOL:
     *    Suggest that your son change out of his uniform when he gets home from school
     [...]

17 Jun

Oyster Rules

 
Ahhh, it’s summer!  Seafood… my favorite, is in it’s prime!  Or is it?
According to Grey Goose Vodka, OYSTERS are best when ordered in months that contain the letter ‘R’
 
Oh well, I’m still ordering them!  I don’t even drink vodka, so why listen to Grey Goose?
Enjoy your oysters!  Remember, they are best when local!

09 Jun

The Wonderful World Of Ketchup

  It’s red, it’s gloopy, it tends to get on everything from kids’ faces to clothing, but I have gone from a ketchup hater to lover…
The smell of ketchup made me sick when I was pregnant- literally.  And even now, if I was ever captured by terrorists and locked in a cell, all they would have [...]

15 May

THYME OUT for Easy, Great Dinners! and BananaBlueberry readers get 10% Off!

I just happened upon a great find for DC Area Moms…
it’s called Thyme Out!
I showed up (unannounced as a mom-blogger), I simply went in as a mom, on the recommendation of a fellow preschool mommy.
Thyme Out has prepared dinners, lunches, sides, a freshly-made-and-frozen section and the list goes on!
Before I go into how good this food [...]

05 May

DC Metro Moms Party with ‘Top Chef’ Spike at his ‘Good Stuff Eatery’

What do you get when you cross-
Good Food,
Beer,
MILKSHAKES,
A Bravo Top Chef,
and those wild and crazy DC Metro Mom Contributors?
Well, a FANTASTIC time, of course!
The place? Good Stuff Eatery on Capitol Hill!  Good Stuff?  Are you kidding me?
I love this place- look up at my blog title… I love ‘good stuff’ !!
‘Bravo Top [...]

30 Apr

EASY Dinner Side Dish- It’s so easy, it’s not even a recipe !

    From time to time I find great ideas for dinner on blogs.  As everyone knows, there are cooking blogs, and mommy cooking blogs and blogs about cooking, etc. etc. I’ve even had the pleasure of meeting a fellow DC Metro Mom Contributor who has a fantastic cooking blog…
This ‘recipe’ is for the rest [...]

15 Apr

“Why Make It, When We Can Buy It, Mommy?”

   Another thing I’m unconsciously teaching my son…
My little Guy and I planned to surprise my Big Guy by making him his favorite dessert the other day-
Angel Food Cake!  We had all the ingredients at home, and by all the ingredients I mean: angel food cake mix and water.  
We had to swing by the [...]

27 Mar

How to Bake and Store- Soft, Gooey Cookies Every Time

      My son and I made cookies last week.  We bake a lot.  He loves the measuring, pouring, etc. etc…  He doesn’t seem to like the clean-up, but that’s a post for another day- we’re working on that.
So, how do you make your cookies soft?  You take them out of the oven a couple [...]

23 Mar

Healthy Eating… According to my ‘Ideal’ Doctor

         I am on strictly no-carbs this week to lose a few pounds that have snuck up on me.  No-carb eating can be rough, I know this from experience, but it takes off pounds like nothing else I’ve found.  So- an egg for breakfast, a salad for lunch, and a protein and [...]

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