Do you put fresh herbs in your sandwich? Try it! This is a pile of Boston lettuce with Swiss cheese, fresh parsley and cilantro, and 2 mustards. Perfect.

Do you put fresh herbs in your sandwich? Try it! This is a pile of Boston lettuce with Swiss cheese, fresh parsley and cilantro, and 2 mustards. Perfect.

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These roasted root vegetables with herbs: come on! Potatoes, with sweet potatoes, carrots and parsnip roasted with olive oil and plenty of parsley and thyme. Equally delicious hot or room temp!

These roasted root vegetables with herbs: come on! Potatoes, with sweet potatoes, carrots and parsnip roasted with olive oil and plenty of parsley and thyme. Equally delicious hot or room temp!

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Who loves ginger snaps? I love how they’re soft when they come out of the oven and spend the day getting more and more crisp; I love how they crackle on top as they bake; I love their gingery punch and how they’re not overly sweet. So I guess I love ginger snaps! Which is why I baked these beauties; plus I saved some dough in the fridge to enjoy another batch this week!

Who loves ginger snaps? I love how they’re soft when they come out of the oven and spend the day getting more and more crisp; I love how they crackle on top as they bake; I love their gingery punch and how they’re not overly sweet. So I guess I love ginger snaps! Which is why I baked these beauties; plus I saved some dough in the fridge to enjoy another batch this week!

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I haven’t been sharing lunches for a bit… What fresh items are going into the lunchboxes these days? The usual suspects: pizza, pickles, cheese, grapes, peppers, salami, cucumber, and crackers! What’s in your lunch?

I haven’t been sharing lunches for a bit… What fresh items are going into the lunchboxes these days? The usual suspects: pizza, pickles, cheese, grapes, peppers, salami, cucumber, and crackers! What’s in your lunch?

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My mom had surgery last week and is staying with me for her recovery. She arrived last week, pre-surgery, with her coffee (espresso) machine. Now our house is turning out freshly ground beans and espresso drinks at double our usual rate!

My mom had surgery last week and is staying with me for her recovery. She arrived last week, pre-surgery, with her coffee (espresso) machine. Now our house is turning out freshly ground beans and espresso drinks at double our usual rate!

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If you have a family brunch instead of breakfast, then can’t wait until dinner, this kind of late afternoon ‘snack’ should get everybody through. Bright crisp veggies with yogurt dip, pictured at back/top; herb frittata; a mixed board with grapes, cheeses, crackers (plain, and pre-spread with fig jam), pistachios, and honey roasted peanuts, clementines, apple slices and prosciutto-wrapped crackers; sliced panettone. Served in the living room, of course. Do you do that, too?

If you have a family brunch instead of breakfast, then can’t wait until dinner, this kind of late afternoon ‘snack’ should get everybody through. Bright crisp veggies with yogurt dip, pictured at back/top; herb frittata; a mixed board with grapes, cheeses, crackers (plain, and pre-spread with fig jam), pistachios, and honey roasted peanuts, clementines, apple slices and prosciutto-wrapped crackers; sliced panettone. Served in the living room, of course. Do you do that, too?

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It was somebody’s birthday at our house yesterday! Carrot cake by-request, simply iced with vanilla-cinnamon buttercream. And we had too much, especially considering we’d eaten a vanilla kitty cake with a strawberry cream layer (also by request) the afternoon before with kiddo friends, so our friends across the street had dessert on us! Pretty good all around. #carrotcakebirthdaycake #kidsbirthdaycake

It was somebody’s birthday at our house yesterday! Carrot cake by-request, simply iced with vanilla-cinnamon buttercream. And we had too much, especially considering we’d eaten a vanilla kitty cake with a strawberry cream layer (also by request) the afternoon before with kiddo friends, so our friends across the street had dessert on us! Pretty good all around. #carrotcakebirthdaycake #kidsbirthdaycake

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Did you ever look closely at a cauliflower? See how it seems like little piles of couscous? #notcouscous #freshcauliflower

Did you ever look closely at a cauliflower? See how it seems like little piles of couscous? #notcouscous #freshcauliflower

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Christmas Day has passed but we’re still celebrating; Hanukkah lasts until Sunday night. Homemade latkes for our dinner last night!

Christmas Day has passed but we’re still celebrating; Hanukkah lasts until Sunday night. Homemade latkes for our dinner last night!

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Don’t you love this kind of afternoon snack? It covers a lot of bases: cheese & crackers, fruits, veggies, salty pretzels, cured salami, dried fruit and a little sweet treat!

Don’t you love this kind of afternoon snack? It covers a lot of bases: cheese & crackers, fruits, veggies, salty pretzels, cured salami, dried fruit and a little sweet treat!

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