The ABC's of Everything Blog

Try our Summer Vegetable Fittata with whatever leftover vegetables you have on hand. It's a great, healthy recipe to throw together on any morning! Ingredients: ​6 large eggs​½ cup milk​1 Tbsp. olive oil​½ cup diced squash​½ cup dices peppers​½ cup sliced mushrooms​¼ cup minced onions​1 Tbsp.minced basil​2 oz. grated cheese​salt and pepper to taste...

Ingredients: ​5 tsp. olive oil - divided​1 tbsp. fresh lemon or lime juice​¼ tsp. salt​1 ½ cups of fresh corn off the cob​1 ½ cups halved cherry tomatoes​½ cup chopped cucumber​¼ cup chopped onion​2 tbsp. copped basil​1 hot pepper diced​¼ cup crumbled feta cheese Preparation: 1. In a small bowl whisk together 4 tsp. of olive oil, lemon or lime juic...

Getting yourself and kids ready for a trip or vacation takes a lot of planning. When I travel, one of the things on the top on my list (other than what shoes to bring) is what snacks to bring for the journey. When you're traveling you don't always have a lot of food options. This is always a challenge for me because I am conscious about what I eat ...

​As children growing up we were always being told to "go outside and play" especially on weekends. This was also the standard response when we voiced our frustration about "having nothing to do". Of course times have changed.  Now kids have access to so many different types of electronic entertainment that they never need to be bored. This is ...

Recently I was reminiscing with my son about the summer we put hummingbird feeders in our backyard and how much fun it was to watch the birds and their antics. We discovered they had different personalities and different roles. One bird was always keeping a look out while others were feeding. There was a hierarchy to who could feed first and as we ...

I remember starting to panic about a month before summer vacation every year. How to fill all that leisure time my son would have day after day, week after week, which seemed like eternity. I would start by looking into some kind of camp (which only covered a small amount of the days I needed to fill) then moving on to some sort of sporting involve...