My son celebrated his first birthday on April 6th. I was so swept up in planning the details of his birthday party that I forgot to plan my Easter dinner. Two sites came to my rescue. The first is Martie Knows Parties, which is written by my dear friend and entertaining-expert Martie Duncan. The second is Making Life Better, which in run by the maker of some of my favorite foods Unilever.

When you have children, you make certain sacrifices. And of course when you look into those smiling faces, it is all worthwhile. But when you watch others sipping cosmos at a cocktail party or mint julips on Derby Day, perhaps you feel the slightest bit jealous? And very thirsty…parched even?
When I was pregnant with my first, a couple of other expecting friends and I downed sparkling cider and wished there was a fun recipe book of mocktails for those who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or just don’t want to overdo the …

Munching on delicious, fresh-from-the-oven cookies is one of my favorite remedies for the winter blues. While I love making traditional chocolate chip cookies, there’s something exciting about trying a new recipe.
101 Easy Peasy Cookie Recipes by Lucinda and Heather Wallace is chock full of easy-to-make, original cookie recipes like Chocolatey Raspberry Streusal Bars, Cherry Chocolate Drops, Frosted Banana Oatmeal Cookies, Root Beer Frosties, Marvelous Maple Drops, White Chocolate Chunk Cranberry Cookies, Peanut Butter Mud Puddles and Frosty Pink Lemonade Cookies. Hungry yet?
Lucinda and Heather are a mother-daughter recipe development …

Don’t know what to make for Halloween? How about whipping up a batch of stir-fry worms and insects, or perhaps you’d like to chew on swamp rat kebabs, or maybe make a mini-eyeball pizza for a quick snack?
All these dreadful delights are in the Shrek Cookbook.
Some of the recipes have scream-worthy names (Swamp Slime with Maggots), while others are more appetizing references to the Shrek characters (Waffles a la Donkey), but all are yummy. Kids enjoy the gross-out factor and moms will love that these recipes are tasty and …

Congratulations to the winners of our Kooky Carnival of Haunted Halloween Remarkable Recipes for Terrifyingly Tasty Treats and Eerie Edibles!
My pick for the spookiest treat is Jen’s Mummy Dogs and Random.org wants to scarf down some of Pamela’s Jack-o’-Lantern Crackers.
You each won a copy of the Shrek Cookbook AND a six month subscription to What’s Cooking. Reviews of these coming soon!
If you missed the carnival and still want to add your recipe, just leave the link in the comments section before Halloween and I’ll add it to the post.
Here are …

We’re hosting a Kooky Carnival of Haunted Halloween Remarkable Recipes for Terrifyingly Tasty Treats and Eerie Edibles!
We enjoy putting out a spooky spread on Halloween. Check out our witches’ fingers, monster toes, and Brains (made with this Jello Brain Mold) from years’ past. Now, we want you to share your favorite devilish delight.
The Prizes:
We are excited to be offering prizes in conjunction with the carnival. One prize will be awarded for the most creative recipe and another will be awarded at random. Winners will receive both:

A copy of the …