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This is one of my favorite recipes to bake during the holidays. The bars are buttery and flakey. The raspberry jam and streusel topping are so delicious with a hot cup of coffee - I know this recipe will become one of your holiday favorites, too.  Raspberry & Apricot bars are ready to bake! BREAKFAST BARS FOR THE STREUSEL TOPPING: 2 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 ¼ teaspoons baking powder 1 stick plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch cubes and frozen 1 extra-large egg, beaten FOR THE DOUGH: 4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour ½ cup granulated sugar ½ cup light brown sugar, lightly packed ½ cup cornstarch 1 teaspoon kosher salt 4 sticks unsalted butter, chilled and cut into 1-inch cubes FOR THE FILLING: 2 cups raspberry jam (or your favorite jam) To prepare the topping: In the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade or in t...

Recipe adapted from Via Sforza Trattoria Restaurant in Norwalk, CT When we lived in Connecticut we had a favorite restaurant we would visit every week. The ambiance was homey, the food was delicious, and the owners and staff treated us like family. They would let our little toddler sit at their small bar while we were waiting for a table, treating her like royalty. We literally ate there every week and one of us ordered this pasta dish almost every time. It's one of those delicious dishes that you crave and regret when you didn't order it.  Before we left Connecticut for our big move to California, I helped organize a fundraising cookbook for the Family & Children's Agency China program. The owners at the restaurant graciously donated the recipe to be part of our cookbook. It is still a family favorite. And now I hope it will be one of yours, too. Pappardelle Il Forno Serves 4 Cook time: 15 minutes 10 oz bag of Pappardelle pas...

by Kris Mulkey I love when I try a twist on a recipe and it comes out great! For these cookies I used banana in a recipe that called for pumpkin and the results are oh-so-tasty. These banana sugar cookies taste like banana bread with a sweet crispy edge. I debated calling them banana bread cookies. Don thought they should be called banana snickerdoodles. But I settled on banana sugar cookies because they are light and fluffy just like a sugar cookie. Banana Sugar Cookies Makes 3 1/2 dozen Ingredients 1 1/2 cups sugar (plus 1/2 c. more for rolling dough) 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1/2 t. baking powder 1/2 t. salt 1/2 t. cinnamon (plus 1/2 t. for rolling dough) 1/4 t. Penzey's apple pie spice (or pumpkin pie spice) 14 T. unsalted butter, room temperature 2 t. vanilla extract 1 egg yolk 2 ripe bananas, mashed Cinnamon Sugar: 1/2 c. sugar and 1 heaping t. cinnamon Instructions 1. In large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, 1/2 t. cinn...

Guest post by Elli Mulkey, age 15, High School Junior Getty Image Technology Takeover As time goes on, everything around us is aging: ourselves, trees in the backyard, the dog sleeping next to you, the technology in your hands. The article Post-Millennials! Please Go Drink And Smoke And Have Sex In The Woods b y Mark Morford is blaming all technology on how kids are these days. The author wrote that “we might be one of the most narcissistic generations, ever.” Smart devices aren’t the only thing wrong in this generation, they have given us great advantages. Can we really blame all the downfalls of a generation on an object? First I want to state that I can agree with what Morford is writing. There are people out there who can’t go one minute without talking about himself/herself or can’t go one minute without their phone glued to their hand. I believe that the generation with complete tech takeover is starting at the class of 2021. Those kids have been exposed to smart techno...

If you love mashed potatoes, but don't want all the calories, then you should try this mashed cauliflower recipe. They are creamy, cheesy and pretty darn awesome.  The version I make is about half the calories of mashed potatoes and just as tasty. Serve them alongside a nice grilled steak and you have a delicious dinner which will rival any steakhouse. Parmesan Smashed Cauliflower serves 4-6 1 large head of cauliflower 1/4 cup + 2 T Parmesan cheese 1 oz cream cheese 1/4 t. chicken base ( Better Than Bouillon ) 1 garlic clove minced salt and pepper to taste Set a pot of water to boil over high heat with a steamer basket in the pot.  Clean and cut cauliflower into small pieces. Cook in boiling water for about 15 minutes, or until well done. Drain well. Leave cauliflower in hot pan and with the heat off stir it around in the pan. You want the cauliflower to be as dry as possible. Use your immersion blender, or in a food processor, puree ...

From the Mulkey family recipe archives.... Do you love chicken and curry? Then you are going to love Casa Chicken. This recipe is super easy to make and is ready in less than 30 minutes. Every family has their favorite recipes - those craveable flavors you can taste and smell in your mind. This recipe for Casa Chicken is a Mulkey family recipe that Don's mom used to make all the time. It has a great curry flavor, super moist chicken and tons of sauce to smother over rice. And the best part is all the ingredients for the sauce are pantry staples. So on those nights when you don't know what to make you know you can always whip together Casa Chicken in less than 30 minutes. Casa Chicken Serves 4-6 Ingredients: 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, each cut into 3 or 4 pieces 3/4 t. onion salt 3/4 t. black pepper 1/2 cup ketchup 1/4 cup soy sauce 2 T prepared mustard 1/2 t. curry powder 2 1/4 cups water 2 bay leaves 2 T cornstarch 2 T water 3 T ...

TRX at In-Shape Health Clubs If I could give just one piece of advice to people in their 30's and 40's it would be to stay active, work out weekly and keep building muscle. Because as you get older it's really important to have muscle mass and getting back in shape is really hard. It hurts. A lot. My muscles hurt for days sometimes because the muscles are nonexistent. Had I been working out all this time this wouldn't be happening. But I didn't. So here I am. I have also learned that all that hiking and walking I was doing is great. But it did nothing to build my core strength and upper body. It would have been much easier to have been doing some sort of strength training all along. The good news is it's not too late to start. You can get back in shape at any age and it doesn't take that long with a little bit of focus. Here are the things I'm doing to get back in shape. Working out at the gym/club Lucky for me I work for a chain of health c...

When I was a kid, there was one thing I believed without question: If you saw a truck full of hay… you made a wish. Not casually. Not just “oh hey, I wish for something.” There were rules. Very specific rules. First, you had to lick the end of your thumb, hold it up, and let it dry while you made your wish. Second, you had to make the wish and not look back until you were absolutely sure the truck was out of sight. I grew up thinking this was completely normal. Like carrying a rabbit’s foot. Or throwing a penny in a fountain. Just… something everyone did. Apparently, that is not the case. Fast forward to this week. We’re driving through Napa, and two massive semis full of hay roll past us. And I mean massive. The kind of opportunity you don’t ignore. So obviously… I made a wish. And I can tell you what I wished for, because it already came true. I wished that someone would call me about a job. One hour later, I got a call from a headhunter. A few hours after that, a Human Resources man...