Potato Latkes with Apple & Sour Cream

The combo of shredded potatoes and sweet green apple blends to the perfect dish for Hanukkah! SIZE: serves 4 INGREDIENTS:  2 peeled baking potatoes, grated 1 peeled green apple, grated 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill 3 tbsp flour Salt & pepper Canola oil DIRECTIONS:  In a bowl, mix grated potatoes and apple together; squeeze dry. Add chopped dill and flour; season […]

Roasted Root Vegetables with Apples

Ingredients 3 cups of peeled tart apples cut in half (Jonathan, Empire, Braeburn, McIntosh work well ) 2 cups carrots, peeled, cut into 3/4 inch thick rounds 1 medium onion, cut into wedges 1 lb. small redskin potatoes cut into quarters 2 large yams, peeled and cut into 3/4 inch cubes 2 cups parsnips, peeled […]

What You Need to Know About PMS

With three teenage girls, understanding PMS is less of an intellectual endeavor and more of a survival skill. I often wonder how much of the foul mood, the needing to be alone and the snippiness are organically due to premenstrual syndrome, and how much is just typical adolescent behavior. It isn’t that I am not […]

5 Meaningful Ways to Spend Fathers’ Day

Okay, so you want to do something awesome for Dad and you’ve scoured the stores and internet trying to figure out what to do. You’ve seen countless home brew kits and the the top 20 latest tech gadgets that will be obsolete before Christmas. None of them seem to fit the bill and what families […]

5 Reasons This Weather is Crushing My Mood

Here in the tri-state area, I feel like we haven’t seen the sun in weeks. The rain and gloom is on the top of everyone’s mind and it is starting to get to me. Why? 1. I can’t wear sunglasses and at almost 46, I really, really need them, especially in the morning, to hide […]

Don’t Miss: Art to Table Event

Wednesday, May 1  •  10:45 AM – 1:30 PM Visual Art Center of NJ is hosting an Art to Table event for anyone who loves inspiring art and delicious food! Join us for a tour of our current exhibitions, including Interior Monologues and Simon Dinnerstein: Revisiting the Fulbright Triptych, led by Curator Mary Birmingham, and followed by a […]