Author Archives: bringingupfoodie

Champ, or how to Irish up your Mashed Potatoes

Posted on March 15, 2013

Are you looking for something to jazz up your corned beef and cabbage Saint Patrick’s Day dinner or perhaps a way to liven up boring old mashed potatoes? If so, you’ve come to the right place. Let me tell you … Continue reading →

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Apple Pie Therapy

Posted on January 2, 2013

After being home for the Christmas holidays for 2 weeks, I am nervous about returning to work. Not so much the going to work bit, but the getting the kids out of bed and carted off to daycare bit. I … Continue reading →

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Having my Christmas Cake and Eating it too

Posted on January 2, 2013

January 2 might seem like an odd time to be writing about Christmas, but this isn’t altogether about Christmas, it’s about a bigger thing.  It’s about finding a way to stay sane when things outside of our control are stressing … Continue reading →

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2012 in review

Posted on December 31, 2012

My Dear Readers, 2012 has been a busy year for this mom who returned to work after staying home with my kiddos for 3.5 years. It was a year of big adjustments as I learned how to juggle the demands … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Making Pumpkin Pie

Posted on November 11, 2012

  With Thanksgiving a few weeks away, and with Little Missy’s constant nagging about pumpkin pie, I’ve decided to break from our supermarket pie tradition and make my own.  Since Thanksgiving itself generally turns into craziness, I figured I’d practice … Continue reading →

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Product Review: Rubbermaid Lunch Blox Lunch Boxes

Posted on September 10, 2012

When I was preparing to go from stay at home mom to working mom, one of the hardest things to do was to wrap my head around the whole day care thing.  Having been at home with the kiddos from … Continue reading →

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Pizza Frittata, or What to do With Your Left Over Spaghetti Sauce

Posted on June 2, 2012

Spaghetti features prominently on our dinner menus because it’s so fast and convenient to make and even if you use store bought sauce, you can customize and vary it by adding different ingredients.  Of course there are always leftovers, and … Continue reading →

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Bento Boxing in the Featherweight Category

Posted on April 17, 2012

Making, writing about and posting photos of bento box lunches is all the rage in the mommy food blog community.  Blogger after blogger posts their children’s school lunches in cute compartmentalized boxes with creative sandwiches cut into flowers, butterflies, robots, … Continue reading →

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Baked Falafel Patties

Posted on March 26, 2012

Falafels are Middle Eastern patties primarily made of mashed up chick peas that I think are a little piece of heaven.  I don’t remember when I first had falafel but it may have been at the Middle East Restaurant and … Continue reading →

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Green Eggs and Ham – How I got my kid to eat spinach

Posted on February 29, 2012

I have the biggest trouble getting my little one to eat green vegetables and they’re really hard to “hide” in other foods. The last time we had spinach, which was on her request, it ended up being thrown across the … Continue reading →

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