This good-for-you and good-for-the-planet dinner combines hot food trends: local ingredients, less meat, international flavors and more produce. You can feel virtuous making it, and your family will happily eat it because it’s delish. Thai-Inspired Beef Salad Serves: 5 Prep Time: 35 min. Cook Time: Less than 10 min. Ingredients 1/4 cup fresh lime juice […]
On our last vacation, we ate at an outdoor café that featured stuffed crêpes and grilled burritos. Taking a wrap and browning it changes the dish from a sandwich to a meal, but it’s still super simple. Here’s a family friendly burrito variation. Use cilantro from your new herb garden to make the creamy salsa. […]
The recipe for this delicious and easy egg dish comes from Gloria Logan, mother of Liz Logan, Make It Better’s senior editor. All the work is done the night before, so on Mother’s Day, your brood just has to pop it in the oven while you relax. Classic Egg Strata Serves: 8 Prep Time: 40 […]
Send a little love note with your child’s lunch. Here are some ideas on what to send and what not to send. Send A knock, knock joke A cartoon from the newspaper Your attempt at drawing the family dog saying “woof” Inspirational sports quote, especially good before a big game A compliment that reinforces […]
This recipe can be made year-round, but it’s best in early summer with sugar snap peas and basil from the farmers market. Serves: 6 for lunch, 12 or more as part of a buffet Total Time: 30 minutes Complete the Menu: Crusty bread, St. Andre cheese and iced tea Vinaigrette Ingredients 1/3 cup lemon juice, […]
