Why you should never EVER order lemon in your water (and 9 other things restaurants don’t want you to know)
Hurried chefs with bare hands, servers handling your clean plate after clearing dirty ones, kitchen staff grabbing someone else’s used silverware to push food into your to-go box, lemons with… feces on them??? Yikes. It’s amazing we can survive a trip to Round Table. Here are some ideas to avoid your own demise from restaurant fare…Continue reading
Health & Wellness Whac-a-Mole
Whac-a-Mole. That is what my health and wellness quest feels like. Different problems crop up and I try to whack them down with a padded mallet, only to have something else bite me in the ass. The hardest thing for me in this world of Downton Abbey and Pinterest and Words with…Continue reading
Our Favorite Lists of 2011: from Disneyland to Foodie Travel
As the year draws to a close, we at SkinnyScoop are taking stock of 2011. Of the many things we have to be thankful for, top on our list is YOU, the ladies (and gentlemen) of SkinnyScoop. You, your passions, your recommendations, your willingness to share with friends, and your determination to learn more – …Continue reading
Weekly Round-Up: It was a Healthy, Homemade Halloween
Halloween was definitely freaky for some, including SkinnyScoop CEO Eden who doled out over 36,000 empty calories to trick or treaters in the form of 1,200 sugary treats. Wow! It turns out that Eden wasn’t alone in her huge Halloween celebration. We overhead lots of spooky discussions taking place on SkinnyScoop.com all month long and …Continue reading
Who Knows How to Cook a Turkey?
A quick internet search shows that all I need are: cheesecloth, kitchen string, a pastry brush, instant-read meat thermometer, and toothpicks. Super easy, if you could just remind me, what is cheesecloth again? And does string from the kids’ art table work?Continue reading
Snack Attack: Pass the Thin Mints
God said, “Try my fresh green salad!” And Satan presented Thousand-Island Dressing, buttery croutons and garlic toast on the side. How to have a healthy snack when Thin Mints are gonna knock the doors off carrots any day? And there are rules like only snack when you are actually hungry? Creative ideas…Continue reading
Halloween: A Trick or a Treat?
“Papa!” the kids say to my dad excitedly, “what are you going to be for Halloween??” My dad looks at me incredulously. He isn’t really a costume guy. But his quizzical look is more due to the fact that it’s… June 28. Really, it’s never too early to get your costume figured out, if only to have time to change your mind several more times. My love for Halloween has gone up exponentially since…Continue reading
Keep Your Kitchen Organized: Great Ideas Here
About a week before our wedding, a gift came in the mail from my aunt. A wood-finished-lazy-susan-type spice rack organizer. Like minor league players that have been called up to the big leagues, we felt like we had really made it. We would be cooking with spices! And we would get them out of this handy rotating rack… Continue reading
Tips and Products for Packing Eco Friendly Kid Lunches
I recently packed up our family for a trip, and damn if those plastic baggies aren’t just so convenient. I was ripping them out of the little Glad box one after another. Do I want future generations to have some space to swim between all the plastic in the ocean or… do I want to make sure the sunscreen and bugspray don’t leak all over my suitcase?Continue reading
Best “Impressive But Easy” Recipes
Recently, I was shocked to learn that nearly 50% of you cook dinner 5+ nights a week. Holy guacamole, batwomen! As it turns out I was thinking about the kind of cooking where you buy ingredients at a store and come home and do things such as chop, sautee, and stir. But some of you are counting heating frozen chicken nuggets as cooking. To that I say…Continue reading
Middle-to-Bottom Chef
By Erin Many years ago, when I was young and bright eyed (and pregnant), I took a cooking class. I had plenty of time and believed that making delicious and healthful meals for my family was both an enjoyable and noble pursuit. Here I am, 10 years and 2 kids later, with a meal rotation …Continue reading