Low-fat Living: Thai green curry chicken
One of my absolute favorite things in the whole wide world is green curry. Up until a few years ago, I was a Panang gal through and through. And then, during a fateful lunch at Tong’s Thai, my cousin...
View ArticleTips for a perfectly frosted cake
When I turned 43 a few weeks ago, I had one goal in mind: to bake myself a from-scratch birthday cake. The first time I ever made a cake was last fall. I used this simple (and wonderful) chocolate...
View ArticleCommitting the baker’s ultimate sin (or, worst cupcakes ever)
My baking is spontaneous. I’ll run home for about 40 minutes, in between dropping off and picking up my kids, and think, “Wouldn’t it create a pretty-as-a-Pinterest-picture if my darlings came home to...
View ArticleKimura for a perfect date night
It’s a funny thing: one day you look up and realize the world’s been spinning out there without you. I mean, you knew it was happening but, once you became a parent, you were too busy with late night...
View ArticleThe Culinaria 5K Wine and Beer Run and a chance to win tickets to a Culinaria...
Disclosure: I received two tickets to a Culinaria event but no other compensation was received. All thoughts are mine. Photos are courtesy of Culinaria. While I’m not a total coach potato and I do...
View ArticleEarth Burger, San Antonio’s first and only plant-based, fast food restaurant...
Back in the 90s I was vegetarian…for about a year. I just couldn’t hack it. I missed cheeseburgers too darn much. I finally gave up the veggie life when my friend (rightly) called me out for my closet...
View ArticleWhat San Antonio moms are writing about: the Weekly Link Up for May 19 – 25,...
Last week’s Link Up featured lots of posts about food and motherhood. It seems, as we get closer to summer, San Antonio mom bloggers are thinking about the different ways they nourish their families...
View ArticleSub Zero Ice Cream and Frozen Yogurt: where sweet treats meet science
We’d driven past the sign at 281 and Bitters many times over the last month but we’d never stopped. “What is that place, mom?” my kids would ask. “Just another ice cream shop,” I’d reply. But recently,...
View ArticleSummer recipes by San Antonio mom bloggers and the Weekly Link Up for June 2...
Even though most of us in San Antonio still have a week of school left, summer has already arrived in our hearts. When that Texas heat comes a callin’, all we want are quick, simple, tasty dishes that...
View ArticleLow-fat Living: Spicy Summer Tuna Salad
Looking for a fresh alternative to boring summer lunches? My personal chef — I mean, husband — has just the recipe. His spicy tuna summer salad, is low on fat but high on flavor. It’s also gluten-free!...
View ArticleSo Bro Pizza Co for a fun, family lunch or a sophisticated date night
Disclosure: On my second visit to So Bro Pizza Co, I was a guest of the restaurant and enjoyed complimentary food and beverages. However, all opinions are mine. Some businesses in San Antonio...
View ArticleSan Antonio Foodie Date Night!
It’s something we San Antonians already knew: San Antonio is a major foodie destination! Wine Enthusiast named San Antonio one of the 5 Best Foodie Cities in 2014. When deciding where to spend your...
View ArticleSan Antonio Foodie News
There’s so much fantastic foodie news to keep up with in San Antonio right now, I had to start a list. Maybe you can use it too. Chef David Gilbert of Tuk Tuk Taproom is no foodie slouch. When he...
View ArticleOaks Crossing: HEB’s new restaurant is tasty, affordable, and kid-friendly
A restaurant? In HEB, you say? Really?!? Yes! My husband, son, and I stopped by Oaks Crossing for dinner last week. HEB’s new restaurant at The Market at Stone Oak offers a weekday happy hour from 4:00...
View ArticleSan Antonio Foodie News: Cocina Heritage and Dorćol Distilling Company
August is here and, just like the scorching South Texas sun, the San Antonio restaurant scene is heating up too. Last week was the grand opening of Cocina Heritage The Restaurant. Sisters Silvia...
View ArticleHow Does A Foodie Mama Navigate Restaurant Week? {and a giveaway!}
Today San Antonio Mom Blogs welcomes guest contributor Emily Reynolds with Defining Delicious. **** Be sure to enter the Defining Delicious Restaurant Week giveaway to two San Antonio restaurants...
View ArticleBack to school breakfast, lunch, and dinner ideas from San Antonio bloggers...
After a month away, the San Antonio Mom Blogs’ Weekly Link Up is back! But, before we get to all of your bloggy goodness, let’s chat about back to school. Some of you have kids who started school a...
View ArticleLabor Day weekend recipes by San Antonio mom bloggers
With the kids back in school, it’s easy to feel like summer is over. Although, the 100-degree temps quickly remind us it’s still here, right?! With Labor Day around the corner, it’s the perfect time to...
View ArticleWeekly Link Up: what San Antonio bloggers are writing, Sept. 1 – 7, 2014
A BIG change is coming to the Weekly Link Up today! The SanAntonioMomBlogs.com Weekly Link Up is now open to ALL San Antonio bloggers, not just mom bloggers. There are so many fantastic, inspiring,...
View ArticleA healthy taste of the Caribbean comes to San Antonio: Pollo Tropical (grand...
* Don’t miss the details below on Pollo Tropical’s Grand Opening this Saturday, September 20. After attending a media preview of the just-opened Pollo Tropical (located at 6819 N. Loop 1604 W., across...
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