Sharing ideas for nurturing happy and healthy kids
There is nothing better in life than friends gathering over food. Sharing stories, lots of laughter…it all happened right around this amazing salad that a dear friend made for me recently. I wanted to share this salad with you, because it is so yummy and good for you! It is colorful and makes a great dish to serve on a special occasion...or any night! Remind your kids … [Read more...]
My kids love these pancakes. I hope yours do too! Ingredients: 2 omega-3 eggs (or farm fresh eggs) 3/4 cup whole milk 1 tablespoon butter, melted 1 cup whole milk ricotta 1/2 cup whole wheat white flour 1/3 cup whole wheat flour 1 T sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon vanilla Mix ingredients together. Heat a … [Read more...]
I'd like to thank chef KB Bigelow for coming up with this fun and yummy recipe for a recent Food and Fun class in the Middle School at Community School. I’d also like to thank parents Katrina Harmon and Paula Viesturs for their amazing time and talents offered to teaching this lesson to about thirty 6th graders and another ~thirty 7th graders. Our lesson was on food … [Read more...]
This is the third and final recipe I’m posting in honor of Real Food Day 2012 on October 24, 2012. (The first was my Pumpkin Pie recipe and the second was the Easiest Butternut Squash Soup recipe). Our public event for Food Day is TOMORROW! If you are local to the Wood River Valley, don’t forget to use this special link on the Food Day CSPI site to sign up for the … [Read more...]
This is the second recipe I’m posting in honor of Real Food Day 2012 on October 24, 2012. (The first was my Pumpkin Pie recipe). If you are local to the Wood River Valley, don’t forget to use this special link on the Food Day CSPI site to sign up for the Celebrate Real Food event! We will be serving a taste of this recipe at that event at the Wood River … [Read more...]
The pumpkins are hitting the markets this time of year, and everyone is asking me for my recipe for pumpkin pie! I am posting this recipe, along with two additional recipes prior to October 24, in honor of Real Food Day 2012. I am hosting two events during Food Day week, one on the 24th (a set of nutrition/food lessons for middle school students at the Community School of … [Read more...]
Here is my final post related to my an upcoming class with The Hunger Coalition on healthy cooking in the slow cooker according to the guidelines of MyPlate. We are going to teach this class at the Wood River YMCA, and I think it is going to be tons of fun. I have been asked to de-mystify cooking with quinoa across different flavors. So I’ve been experimenting at home … [Read more...]
This is my second post on quinoa related to an upcoming class with The Hunger Coalition on healthy cooking in the slow cooker according to the guidelines of MyPlate. We are going to teach this class at the Wood River YMCA, and I think it is going to be tons of fun. I have been asked to de-mystify cooking with quinoa across different flavors. So I’ve been experimenting … [Read more...]
Laura is 10 years old and a fifth grade student from Vermont. "I came up with this recipe because I wanted to create something from our garden that I could get my hands into," Laura explains. Her recipe for "Laura's Backyard Garden Tortillas" was developed because her family has had a kid-friendly garden since the children were small. It was the best place to grab some fresh … [Read more...]
I have been asked to teach an upcoming class with The Hunger Coalition on healthy cooking in the slow cooker according to the guidelines of MyPlate. We are going to teach this class at the Wood River YMCA, and I think it is going to be tons of fun. I have been asked to de-mystify cooking with quinoa across different flavors. So I’ve been experimenting at home … [Read more...]
