I’m under the weather, and when I get sick I want to eat comfort food. And for me, chicken soup has nothing on a steaming dish of elbow mac with a good, cheesy sauce. The ingredients are humble and inexpensive: Cheese, milk, butter, salt and pasta, and one serving costs about 50-cents to make.
Being a Jew in C-U: The Kosher Thanksgiving (and other anomalies)
Thanksgiving is a very special holiday for my family because it brings everyone together. That may seem odd and incongruous — there’s so many Jewish holidays over the course of the year. But I have several cousins and aunts and uncles who practice various shades of observant Judaism. So Thanksgiving was the one holiday where everyone could be present — where there were no barriers to participation. And to pull it off, it had to be kosher.
Backstage at WCIA
We were lucky enough to have the opportunity to talk about chambanamoms.com on the WCIA Morning Show with Anne Dill last week.
Looking For a Holiday Side Dish? Try Chambana Dad Jason Brechin’s Garlic Sage Roasted Sweet Potatoes
I love sweet potatoes. The sweet orange tubers are a vital part of fall and winter cooking for our family. Compared to a winter squash, like butternut, sweet potatoes are just as delicious and much easier to prepare. This recipe combines sweet potatoes with a classic fall herb, sage.
Things Our Mothers Told Us
By Amy L. Hatch & Laura Weisskopf Bleill In honor of our beta launch, we thought we’d ask our own mothers what it was like for them to raise children and manage a household. After all, most of the lessons we learned were at their knees. Now that we’re rearing our own kids, their role […]