Entries from September 2007

September 27, 2007

Do You Always Eat Such Good Dinners?

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Yesterday after school, we had my daughter’s friend, Emma, over for a play date. Like most multi-tasking mothers, I started getting ingredients for dinner ready while they were playing. Emma kept coming into the kitchen to stare at my ingredients [...]

September 25, 2007

Science In The Kitchen

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Yesterday was the first of my new After School Cooking Class series for Kids. Our class was called: Science In The Kitchen. After teaching high school biology years ago, it was fun to bring the laboratory into the kitchen!
What [...]

September 23, 2007

Go Ahead – Eat Out

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You have been working all day, either at home with your kids or at the office. At the end of the day, you are ready for someone else to step up and take care of you for a change. [...]

September 18, 2007

Fast food: 6 ways to healthier meals

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Fast Food: Friend or Foe?
You are in the car, shaking and cranky with hunger, as you taxi your children around town…A whiff of food comes through the window, and you find yourself steering towards the fast food drive through. [...]

September 17, 2007

Looking forward to Deceptively Delicious!

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Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food…
Sounds amazing! If the raving reviews are on the right track, this book, written by Jessica Seinfeld (yes, Jerry’s wife), is something to look forward to! Here is what some [...]

September 16, 2007

Children’s Ads on TV Push Sugar and Fat

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By ERIC NAGOURNEY (www.nytimes.com)
If health advocates want to combat obesity by teaching young people how to eat better, they might want to cast an eye on competing messages on television.
When researchers looked at what foods were being [...]

September 7, 2007

Home-Made Play Dough

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You won’t believe how easy it is to make home made play dough! Not only will they love to help you in the kitchen, but your kids will play with it for hours afterwards. And you can rest easy, knowing [...]

September 7, 2007

Easy, Delicious, and Peanut Free

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Easy and Delicious
Peanut Free Lunch and Snack Ideas for School

Don’t despair! There are lots of peanut-free, tasty and easy lunch and snack choices for your child! Please be sure to check labels carefully since many products may be processed on peanut contaminated [...]

September 7, 2007

Preserving the Basil Season…

 
 
 
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There is nothing like fresh basil to brighten up a recipe. This time of the year, it is easy to find basil, whether it is growing in a pot in the kitchen or yard or is in bunches at the farmer’s [...]

September 7, 2007

Lunch Lessons

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Ann Cooper is on a mission to change the way our children eat. She’s out to reform school district spending policies and commodity-based food service organizations to ensure that kids across the country have wholesome, nutritious, delicious food at school.Her National School [...]