Delicious and Nutritious Blog
Elena’s Favorite Meatballs
We are soon to move (houses), and our cookbooks are being packed up. … [Read More...]
Spinach and Eggs Breakfast Salad
I recently posted my kids' favorite breakfast (protein pancakes), but in … [Read More...]
Healthy Kids Monthly Newsletter
June 2013: Take Action to Ensure Food Education for All Children
Hello readers of the Healthy Kids Ideas Exchange monthly newsletter! It is transition time (the school ends and the summer scheudle begins), and I know that you are all extremely busy! So this month’s newsletter will be very short. All I want to convery is that there is an opportunity for YOU to raise your voice to ensure that every child has an opportunity to learn about, grow, and cook … [Read More...]
May 2013: Another Chance at a White House Recipe!
The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge is BACK, and you have just under one more week left to enter! OK, kids (between the ages 8-12), gather up your best recipe ideas and make sure to submit your best idea by Sunday May 12! In this newsletter, I will share with you all the information you need to give it your best shot at attending this year’s “Kids State Dinner” at the White House. Having … [Read More...]
April 2013: Learn to be Ad Smart!
I hope you are having a great month of April! In this month’s newsletter, I will be exploring a very powerful topic as related to food—advertising. Children are exposed to over 20,000 advertisements per year (about 55 ads per day). We will take a look at several advertisements for food and beverages and discuss strategies and tactics that food/beverage companies use to encourage us to … [Read More...]
March 2013: Celebrating Food and Culture
I have talked before about how “food is fuel” and how we can choose foods that make our bodies “Go!”. We need to eat food to grow, to heal, and to sustain our energy levels for our favorite activities. But we also eat to taste (because food is one of the wonderful pleasures of life), to celebrate, and to carry on family traditions and customs. This past month, I had the opportunity … [Read More...]
