THE BUSY MOM CAFE

This was another vegetable side dish that I made for our Easter dinner.  We always have asparagus at Easter.  They are in season at this tim...

I have tried many cornbread recipes.  I love making cornbread in the cast iron skillet so it gets a little crusty on the outside, but warm a...

We first made this dish for our Christmas morning breakfast.  And then we made it again a few weekends ago when my sister and her family wer...

My husband and I enjoy risotto but it's a time-consuming dish (and not in the takes a while in the oven....I mean active, stirring, cook...

For our Indian themed supper club my husband decided to make Indian Rice Pudding.  When he did a search for Indian desserts this was by far ...

This month's supper club theme was Indian.  I LOVE Indian but rarely cook it.  The ingredient list for most recipes is usually a mile lo...

I had bought some zucchini with the intention of cooking it as a side dish one night.  However, when looking for a muffin recipe, I thought ...

I made corned beef in the slow cooker for dinner recently.  We love corned beef and I figured we could eat it more than just on St. Patrick...

Every other Thursday night is a little crazy in our house because my daughter has her Girl Scout meetings from 5:45-7 PM at the school.  So ...

Happy Halloween!  Hopefully you have many more treats than tricks today!  I am sitting here in New York typing this post Sunday evening beca...

My kids will usually eat anything in a tortilla.  I had not made fish in awhile and thought that fish tacos sounded good.  I liked that this...

This is the rice dish that I served with the Mughlai Chicken for my supper club's "spice grab bag."  This dish complemented th...

This past month's supper club theme was "Spice Grab Bag."  Each of us wrote down the name of a spice, put it in a bag, and pul...

I think that this salad was our favorite of the barbecue.  I'm not usually a big cole slaw eater.  I prefer my cabbage cooked!  My husba...

For the barbecue I didn't want to make a garden salad.  There were several guys and salad just doesn't seem like "man" foo...

As we were creating the menu for my son's family birthday party my husband looked at the grocery circular, noticed eggplant on sale and ...

When I went grocery shopping on Monday for the Black Bean Burgers (see Monday's post!) I needed an avocado  for the salsa.  The loose av...

As much as I try to get my kids to like zucchini, they don't.  The same goes for mushrooms.  And unfortunately, these are two of my favo...

I am super excited to be involved in another cooking challenge (I love a good challenge!) called Eating the Alphabet.  It's hosted by Br...

The Weekend Chef, a.k.a. my husband, is a big fan of Alton Brown and has probably seen every episode of Good Eats!  He's made this Fried...