Recipes & Cooking

DEBRA CAFFREYThe family meal is a lost art in today’s rush-around society. Jobs, extracurricular activities and a family’s hurried way of life might make it seem like sitting down together for…

DEBRA CAFFREYI’m not one to encourage stereotypes, but when it comes to food, I feed people like an Italian grandma! I always seem to make too much, especially when it comes to extravagant Italian…

DEBRA CAFFREYI’m not a huge fan of a big “Sunday cook,” where you cook, prepare and store food in advance for the entire week. But that’s just me. I say, whatever works best for you to both…

As both a homemaker and a frugal-minded individual, one of my biggest passions and concerns is avoiding food waste. When I see a cucumber go rotten before I’ve had a chance to use it, I can get so…

DEBRA CAFFREYAs much as I love cooking, I’ll admit that it’s harder for me to get motivated sometimes in the dead of winter. It seems like cold weather brings out everyone’s love of baking and…

DEBRA CAFFREYIt was 2007—the last of our “pre-child” and parenting years. The end of that season of life when you could leave everything behind, travel whenever you wanted to and savor every last…

DEBRA CAFFREYIt had been a culminating season of built-up stressors and a particularly emotional week. The tense political and societal climate was continuing to brew and make me feel hopeless and…

DEBRA CAFFREY“We’re having Monster Chicken tonight!” I love saying this to my son, who gobbles up this scary-sounding, yet delicious dish. Truth be told, it is not frightening at all! Our…

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By delegating a few tasks, you can make mealtimes a breezeIt can sometimes seem like the whole process of dinnertime from start to finish is an endless marathon. Not to mention, by…

During the school year, the craziness never seems to stop. The key to success and your sanity is getting, and staying, organized. So, let's talk weekday dinners. There's nothing worse than coming…