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Friday, February 12, 2010
Just call me Martha: Valentine-inspired rainbow plate
I know. I know. But it was so exciting for my children and their playdate: peanut butter & jelly sandwich, blueberries, apple "bows and arrows", dried cranberries, (drum roll) those my friends are red peppers cut into hearts, and the ShaSha cookies I told you about in the last post. Trust me, this rainbow plate was a major lunchtime hit. Well worth busting out the cookie cutters.
Hi Eila, quick question...where did you get the plates themselves? I've looked high and low for something similar and can't find them anywhere. Thanks!
Hi Monisha, I think you're local? They have them at Target in Stamford over by the cookware/seasonal dish section. I also just did a Target.com search for "divided plates" and several options came up!
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This blog has not been updated since 2015, but you are welcome to bookmark the recipes, so you can enjoy "bonus hours" with friends and family.
When I wrote this blog, I described myself as a happy, healthy mom of two young children, who has a knack for being able to whip up family-friendly, healthy meals with whatever I find in our fridge, freezer and pantry. In these years of motherhood, I have come to appreciate that there is so much intertwined in "being healthy" and feeling good as a mother, wife and friend. As a super busy mom who raising young children, juggled part-time work, volunteering,keeping the house in order, writing this blog and the elusive goal of “me” time, I understand the need for recipes to be simple.
While I’d love to claim that I cook everything from scratch, with only local ingredients, I don’t. One of my children is a vegetarian, the other is a self-proclaimed "meatatarian", so mealtimes are a constant juggling act around here. But, I do a swell job of getting healthful meals made quickly…that everyone around here enjoys. And if you open my freezer, chances are you'll find a bevy of homemade meals at the ready.
My love of cooking comes from an entire childhood spent in Southern California, where phenomenal produce was available (and offered up) year round... memories of homemade meals and family dinners throughout my upbringing... my incredible exchange student experience living on a farm in Austria in high school... and years of fine-tuning my cooking skills through numerous classes at The Institute for Culinary Education (then called Peter Kump's), private cooking lessons at night after my day job at an investment bank, and a Professional Certificate in Techniques of Healthy Cooking from The Culinary Institute of America. I have a BA from Colgate University and an MBA from Northwestern.
Before writing this blog, I ran a (wildly popular) Fairfield County, CT-based personal chef service; consulted on private label food products; and worked in new product development and brand management for a really big food company.
As my children got older, and I had the dinner gig down pat, I shifted my focus and expertise. You can find out more about what I am up to here.
Hi Eila, quick question...where did you get the plates themselves? I've looked high and low for something similar and can't find them anywhere. Thanks!
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Hi Monisha,
ReplyDeleteI think you're local? They have them at Target in Stamford over by the cookware/seasonal dish section. I also just did a Target.com search for "divided plates" and several options came up!
Thanks Eila...yup, I'm local...I'll give Target a shot...
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