Happy Friday!

First, if you haven’t already, go read this excerpt from Rob Lowe’s new book. It’s a tear jerker and beautifully written. And, amazingly, I love Rob Lowe even more than I did before.

Photo source: Diethood

Just a few fun posts from Cosmo to share with you today!

• 20 Sweet Cherry Recipes to Try This Summer
• 18 Deliciously Refreshing Sangria Recipes
• 12 Spicy Chocolate Recipes That Are Everything

Okay, you know the drill. Show and tell means share your stuff! Anything is game!

Happy Friday!

Just two things today. First, Emma Stone’s lip sync battle with Jimmy Fallon. (Side note: I can totally do that Blues Traveler song NO PROBLEM. In fact, it came on the radio a few weeks ago and Nate couldn’t believe I could rattle off all those words. All this means is that Emma and I are totally soul sisters.)

And just one link for Cosmo this week, but it’s a great one!

• 20 Pasta Dishes You Can Make in Less Than 30 Minutes

Show and tell time. Share whatever you want!

Happy Friday!

All of the kale talk this week inspired me to throw up a post on Huffington Post about kale chips. When I shared the link on my personal FB page, it generated quite the discussion. It was kind of awesome. Also, more people hate kale chips than love them, so that makes me feel sufficiently vindicated. One more also, a friend mentioned that Jim Gaffigan also has strong feelings about kale. Basically, all of this makes me happy.

Here are my posts on Cosmo this week:

• 15 Crazy Twists on Pretzels
• 17 Life-Changing Cooking Hacks (this post is pretty darn cool!)
• 12 Crazy Amazing Things to Do With Chocolate Chips

And a fun post on Babble that my girls helped me write!

• 10 Creative Lunch Ideas to Dress Up Your Kid’s Lunch

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend! And remember to share your own stuff, including your thoughts and feelings on kale chips! 😉

Happy Friday! It’s actually sort of a sad Friday for me because it’s the last day of our trip. We’ve had a GREAT week and I can’t wait to tell you about it, but it will have to wait a few days. I’m still in Spring Break mode. 😉

Here are my “Babbles” for the week:

• 12 Sweet and Savory Ways to Use Matzo
• 15 Breads and Muffins Perfect for Easter Brunch
• 10 Delicious Drinks for Easter Brunch

And yumminess on Cosmo:

• 16 Absurdly Tasty Tiny Appetizers
• 15 Dreamy Buttercream Desserts
• 20 Scrumptious Sweet and Savory Quinoa Dishes

Show and Tell means the whole class gets to share. Show us what you got, links, fun news from your life, anything goes!

Happy Friday! Just a few quick links to fun food I shared on Babble and Cosmo this week!

On Babble:

• Delicious and Easy Potato Salad with a Secret Ingredient
• 8 Scrumptious Ways to Use Italian Dressing
• Downright Drinkable Homemade Buttermilk Syrup
• 15 Hot and Spicy Breakfasts to Wake You Up!
• 15 Homemade Syrups to Make Breakfast Even Better
• 3 Kids, a Mom, & a Kitchen: Easter Carrot Muffins with a Cream Cheese Center

And on Cosmo:

• 16 Divinely Decadent Salted Caramel Recipes
• 20 Tiny Desserts That Are Better Than the Originals
• 10 Surprisingly Delicious Ways to Use Ranch Tonight

You know the drill – share your stuff!

Happy Friday!

Before we get to food, can we talk about House of Cards for just one second? Nate and I FINALLY watched the Season 2 premiere this week. And this is what I have to say: WHAT?!?!?!? SERIOUSLY!?!?!? Totally did NOT see that coming!!!!!! Obviously I am not going to spell it out because President Obama asked for no spoilers, but for real, crazyTOWN. Nate and I need to get going on the rest of the season to see what Frank’s got in store for Washington, D.C. My friend Kathy posted a status on Facebook the other day that she was watching a little of The West Wing on Netflix to counteract House of Cards. Made me laugh because it’s so true. They’re basically the same show except one is the angel on your right shoulder and the other is the devil on your left. I’m just hoping reality reflects The West Wing!!

Okay, back to food!

Here are my “Babbles” for the week!

• The Best Sautéed Mushrooms Ever (shout out to Jeffrey’s Hamburgers!)
• How to Pick the Perfect Chef’s Knife
• 15 Non-Lemonade Lemonade Recipes to Gear Up for Spring!
• Hot Potato! 9 Spicy Potato Recipes
• 3 Kids, a Mom & a Kitchen: Homemade Granola Bars (I had the girls try making granola bars all by themselves!)

And yumminess on Cosmo!

• 20 Impossibly Identical Copycat Restaurant Recipes
• 15 Foods You Won’t Believe You Can Make in the Microwave
• 15 Foods You Need to Cover in Buffalo Sauce

Show and tell means everyone in the class gets to share, so be sure to share your stuff, whatever it is!

My cousin is visiting with her family and we celebrated their daughter Emma’s birthday on our back porch last night. I can’t tell you how grateful I am for that porch. We’ve only been in our home for 9 months and already have so many wonderful memories on that patio. I’m feeling very grateful this morning.

Here are this weeks “Babbles”:

• 11 Poached Fruit Recipes to Please Any Sweet Tooth
• 3 Kids, a Mom and a Kitchen: Tips for Making Homemade Amish Pretzels with Kids

And a few fun things on Cosmo:

• 12 Ways to Make The Best Ravioli Of Your Life
• 20 Crazy Delicious Chips and Dips Combos

Show and tell is for the whole class, so share whatever you like! Happy Friday!

How is it already FRIDAY?!

The other day Cate handed me my phone and said, “Look at this video Anna just made, Mom.” To set the stage, our girls loooooove Jimmy Fallon’s lip sync battles. It all began with John Krasinski, then Joseph Gordon Levitt and Stephen Merchant seriously rocked it, and Paul Rudd was the latest lip syncer to hit the scene. Well, Anna is obsessed with Frozen (surprise!) and she did her own lip sync to “Let It Go.” This was all completely on her own. I love how she has to whisper the whole thing and you can tell she’s really feeling it at 3:26. P.S. Don’t mention it to her in person, she gets really bashful. My sweet introverted performer who doesn’t know what to do with herself!

This week’s Babbles!

• 8 Fun St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast Ideas to Serve the Kids
• Our family’s green feast plans for St. Patrick’s Day!

And fun food on Cosmo!

• 20 Delicious Donut Recipes (they all look a-maaaaaay-zing)
• How To Make Risotto + 12 Great Risotto Recipes
• 18 Ways to Eat a Wrap for Every Meal

As always, share whatever you like with us! That’s what show and tell is all about!

Happy Friday! It is rainy and windy and awesome here in San Diego today – we are reveling in the rain!

A few things to share with you today. First, remember my miracle friend Lucy? Today is International Rare Disease Day and my friend Kristen from Rage Against the Minivan wrote a blog post, sharing several people’s stories, including Lucy’s. I am honestly teary eyed looking over the post, feeling grateful and inspired. And I am so grateful to Kristen for helping to get Lucy’s story heard and spread the word about SMA.

On to less important stuff…

I wrote a guest post for KitchenAid’s blog Kitchenthusaist about simple and elegant winter entertaining. Check it out!

On Babble, I talked about time travel foods, beef stroganoff and a night with my kids (a little color behind the recipe I shared here earlier this week!).

Here are my Cosmo posts for the week!

• 20 Totally Un-Boring Ways to Cook Chicken Breats
• 15 Way to Make the Best Fried Rice Ever
• 15 Super Delicious Salmon Dishes

Have a wonderful weekend and here’s to more rain in California!

Happy Friday! Hope everyone is having a good day and getting TOTALLY AMPED UP for the Downton Abbey finale this Sunday!!!! (I might be. It’s hard to tell, right?) Also, True Detective. The end of last week’s episode slayed us. Basically Sunday night is my favorite right now.

Here are the links to my writings in places elsewhere on the web this week, including the second installment of 3 Kids, a Mom and a Kitchen. This time we made banana bread bites that were gone by the end of the afternoon!

Babble!

• 3 Kids, a Mom and a Kitchen: Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Bites
• Sriracha Spinach Scramble
• How to Make Perfect Scrambled Eggs + Awesome Scramble Recipes

Cosmo!

• 15 Fabulous Granola and Granola Bar Recipes
• 15 Irresistible Fruity Cocktails and Drinks
• 11 Must-Try Steak Recipes

As always, please share whatever you want with us! I love reading your links and random sharings!