This garden veggie wrap on page 136 of  The Cooking Mom by Amy Hanten is the perfect meal for those busy summer days.  Wrap yourself in a feminine cooking apron and create a healthy light meal for those you love.  This is a great wrap you can make in the morning and take with you to the beach, picnic or ball game and it will stay fresh!

Garden Veggie Wrap

 

1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened

2 T chopped scallions

2 T chopped fresh dill or 2 tsp dried dill

2 tsp garlic salt

8-10 inch spinach tortillas

baby spinach

thinly sliced cucumber

thinly sliced red onion

thinking sliced tomatoes

 

Mix together first 4 ingredients to make an herb cream cheese spread.  Spread a few tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture on the tortilla.  Top with veggies (don’t ove stuff) and wrap tightly.  Slice wrap on an angle and enjoy! Cream cheese spread keeps in the fridge for up to a week.

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A martini hostess apron can add a little fun to your next summer gathering.  Create a Red Carpet event.  Have your guests in formal attire, create a celebrity atmosphere with mood lighting, display movie posters and soundtrack movie themes.  This will be a fun way to have your guests mingle.  Serve up this Red Carpet Martini om page 48 from the cocktail book Flirtini by Allana Baroni!

1 1/4 ounces tequila

1/2 ounce Triple Sec

1/4 ounce chambord liqueur

3 ounces margarita mix

 

Combine all ingredients in a blender with a cup of ice.  Pour into glass and serve with a coaster made from red carpet cut into small circles or squares.

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I was lucky enough to receive Dinner for Busy Moms in the mail today.  What a great book! It is not a cookbook, but a strategy guide full of tips on how to streamline food shopping and how to organize your pantry.  It also explains how to get kids involved in the process.  Those who know me well will know that I will LOVE reading this book.  This is a magazine type read with side bars and tips. 

My friend, and author,  Jeanne Muchnick states, “It’s not about what you’re serving that matters, it’s that you are sitting together in the first place.”  Jeanne is a “normal” mom that admits to having a messy house, a car full of snack wrappers, a huge stack of books and magazines by her bed, and a crazed, multi-tasking life she calls “controlled chaos.”  After her daughter told her she liked eating at her aunts house rather than at home, Jeanne decided she needed to be better about the needs of her family, rather than working on her deadlines.  Jeanne says, “I am often so busy with work and errands and life in general that dinner became something that fell by the wayside.”  We can all relate to that! 

Jeanne shares the same vision as TAYGA.  Spending time with family is important!  Sitting down for meals and catching up on your day should be a priority.

You can find Dinner for Busy Moms on our site.  Don’t miss out on this book!  Tie on a pretty apron and whip up something fast for your family!  Don’t forget to check page 168 to see the sidebar on TAYGA Aprons!

-Peg

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Put on your cute apron and pick up a copy of Angela McKeller’s new cookbook.  This cookbook is both fun and practical!  Perfect for the most discriminating, as well as the inexperienced cook. Ease, affordability, gourmet taste and illustrations utilizing practical kitchen gadgets makes this cookbook a great gift for college students, newlyweds and the experienced entertainer, or simply to spoil yourself and those you love! With recipes for every occasion, from Thai to Cuban, appetizers to desserts, focusing on “waste not, want not”, Angela is sure that this KookBook will be a treasured addition to ANY kitchen!

Full color photographs, cooking tips, anecdotes and illustrations make this cookbook easy to follow and give you clear ideas for how to arrange the presentation of each plate in a way that is sure to impress anyone. Ingredients indexed by recipes and grouped together in full meals, takes all the guesswork out of party planning and dinners, alike!

 Click to purchase this new cookbook.

 

Love this apron on the right?  It’s the Kick Back and Kook apron and can be found on Angela’s cooking site.

Looking for a great dessert recipe for the holidays?  Look no more!  Try Angela’s Chocolate Hazelnut Lava Cakes here!

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