I'm learning through my adventures in the kitchen that you can't give up on a dish. You need to slowly muster up confidence and continue to test out different versions of the same dish. Yes, it seems repetitive and boring and a big time suck but, when you're dealing with young kids, sometimes just a slight change in ingredients will create the desired result. In my case, it's two thumbs up from smiling braced and toothless faces. And, that's exactly what happened when I baked another sweet potato recipe. Admittedly, I knew that anything … [Read more...]
A Broccoli Casserole to Warm Your Heart
November 4, 2011 By 1 Comment
I am honored to have a guest post today from way across the pond in the UK! Lisa Gair is not only a fellow blogger but also a celebrated cook/baker for her business The Yummy Yank. The Yummy Yank is dedicated to the baking of homemade American desserts and other yummies. Lisa and I (re)connected through the MyJudytheFoodie blog. I visited her site and was quite moved to learn about the impact my mother had on Lisa's early life through the celebration of family and food. In a Yummy Yank blog post Lisa states: "Judy was like another older … [Read more...]
Ignite Your (Childs’) Love of Broccoli
September 23, 2011 By 2 Comments
At My Judy the Foodie, I've got mayonnaise on the brain. And that's a good thing! After participating in the Hellmann's Chicken Challenge on Tuesday, where I learned many new mayonnaise-y ways to shake up chicken-for-dinner-dishes, I got to thinking. Surely in Mom's treasure trove of recipes there must be some other fun food combinations that use the most celebrated condiment in the world? While Judy's Chicken Salad with Mango Chutney is one of these faves, so is her Broccoli Casserole - especially for veg-a-phobic kids! Mom was very … [Read more...]
Friday-Food-Frenzy: Green with Zucchini
August 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
For Friday-Food-Frenzy this week, we're talking zucchini. Ok, I'm secretly hoping if we talk zucchini then maybe I'll start to see some yield from our zucchini plant in our garden. It's frustrating. This plant has flowered with no vegetable in sight and, it has crawled along the ground in the garden and grown so huge that it has virtually hogged any sunlight due for the basil plant, cherry tomato plant and rosemary bush. But, we love zucchini and run out to the garden every day in search of some new growth. Our favorite Zucchini Bread recipe … [Read more...]
