Matzo Parmigiano-Reggiano Asparagus
Chuck Martin, 66, of West Manchester Township submitted this recipe for Matzo Parmigiano-Reggiano Asparagus in our Seasonal Recipe Contest.
Chuck Martin, 66, of West Manchester Township submitted this recipe for Parmigiano-Reggiano Asparagus in Smart’s Seasonal Recipe Contest.
The contest features two fruits or veggies each month and runs through October. For May, submit a recipe made with asparagus or rhubarb.
For details about how to enter, click here.
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Last week, Smart Health Challenge winner Jess Reed found her sense of humor at a friend’s birthday party aka ’80s prom night. This week, Reed trains with Phases Fitness’s Mindy Quesenberry on video (and cheats a little on her nutrition plan). Read on: Continue reading
My baby veggies are growing on the patio outside the work lunch room.
Sunday I went to four different nurseries to gather everything I needed for my first attempt at growing vegetables somewhere other than a garden plot.
Apparently the weekend before Memorial Day is late to get into the gardening game. A lot of the plants were picked over and some vegetables were completely sold out.
Note for next year: Maybe my overzealous co-workers were on to something with the whole starting things from seed movement.
I ended up planting container-friendly tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, broccoli, basil and cauliflower.
My car was filled with ants after I bought two big hanging baskets filled with petunias for Mother’s Day.
The plants sat in the back of my car for less than 24-hours, but it was enough to realize the purple and pink flowers were carrying the tiny critters. I was not pleased. But, as usual, it was worth it for Mom. It’s been a tradition since I was a kid that we bought my Mom a plant or shrub or tree on Mother’s Day, just warm enough that she could add new items to her flower beds.
One year, she got her lilac bush. Another year, it was some tulips. She even had a willow tree planted in the backyard (twice — the first one got sick).
So in celebrating my mother giving us life, we give her new life to add to her beautiful garden.
And if I still saw my mother, or anyone for that matter, in the morning, I would have made her some delicious breakfast quiche (perfect for your low-carb diet, Mom!). Quiche is great for mixing in whatever you love — crisp broccoli, spinach, bacon or plenty of cheese. And if you make the individual ones, like I have, you can make each one different.
To see the recipe, visit Pop-Tarts for Dinner.
The boyfriend and I just bought our first house, which means I’ve been slowly chipping away at my first effort at decorating something that’s my own.
The finished project
My Master Plan ™ was to use light gray accents throughout the house to bring everything together. I wanted to use a big, bold, gray and white chevron stripe somewhere in the house. So when the search for a zigzagged comforter crashed and burned, I turned to the curtains. It seemed like a simple enough pattern to find at a fabric store to make them myself. (Read: My mom offered to make them for me.) But I couldn’t find a fabric I liked.
So after some googling, I decided to make my own. It sounded scary, but several blogs have step-by-step instructions. (This one from Kristen F. Davis Designs was my main inspiration, while this tutorial on Remodelaholic gives another method.) The reviews seemed that the curtains didn’t get too stiff or awkward looking, so I gave it a whirl, and I really dig how it turned out. Check out my instructions and more photos after the jump.
We’re supposed to have glorious weather this weekend, so whatever your plans entail, spend at least some of your time outside! Here are a few things to keep in mind:
What do you have planned for this sunny Saturday?
Both of Jen's children were diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes before they were 2.
I realized how little I knew about Type 1 Diabetes when it joined my family in August 2007.
My sweet little girl was diagnosed with Type 1 the day she turned 17 months old. For several weeks leading up to that day, she had been grouchy and was not herself. She was drinking a lot more than usual and soaking through diapers. I was changing her sheets every morning and after every nap. She was hungry all the time.
“Mommy intuition” told me that something wasn’t right, so we went to the pediatrician. They checked her with a blood glucose meter and 445 appeared on the screen. 80 to 100 is part of a normal range.
We rushed to the hospital, where my husband and I spent one night with our daughter, trying to get a grasp on how this diagnosis would impact her life. What it would mean for our family. Continue reading
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If you haven’t picked up the latest May/June issue of Smart (also available online here) you’re missing out on some great stories, including some awesome accent pieces.
Staying with this month’s theme of aging gracefully, we decided what better accent pieces than something old made new again: vintage pieces and thrift-store finds.
There were so many great finds, we couldn’t fit them all in print. Two York locations provided a good source: Grey Beards Antiques, 51 N. Main St., Jacobus, and York Refindings, 465 Prospect St., York. We even found an Etsy store called Tinted Vintage run by a York County woman.
Vintage finds don’t necessarily have to be old or rundown. Vintage-inspired accent pieces work just as well as something that actually came from the 1950 or ‘60s. Because vintage finds are usually one-of-a-kind, take these pieces as inspiration for your own decor.
This outfit we posted on Pinterest was repinned 143 times and liked 25 times. This leads me to believe there are other women in the world who are looking for simple, classy clothes. Find more smart outfits by following Smart magazine on Pinterest. Click on the image for more outfits I wish I could be wearing right now.
I want some new clothes for summer. Here’s what I wish I could find on the racks:
1) Shirts that aren’t semi-transparent. Would it be so hard for clothing manufacturers to find fabric that isn’t see-through? As someone who doesn’t want my undergarments to show, I have to wear a cami under many of my shirts. As a human who gets hot in the summer, layering my clothing seems sort of ridiculous.
2) A tank top that isn’t too skimpy and will cover all my wobbly bits when I bend over to pick up my 2-year-old. Spaghetti straps made of lace are pretty on the hanger, but they’re just not practical for a working mom on the go.
3) A shirt that doesn’t have bling. A shirt that has beads and sequins aren’t my thing because:
I first learned about Horn Farm Center when I was working on a story about CSAs in York County earlier this year.
The center houses four incubator farmers who lease farmland on the Hellam Township property and grow chemical-free produce.
This weekend the farm center will open its farm stand.
A variety of plants for your home garden as well as early-spring produce will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, according to a release from the farm.
