Sharing ideas for nurturing happy and healthy kids
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...]
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...]
It is starting to feel like fall here on these Idaho mornings. I always associate fall with apples (and of course the start to the school year). To make sure we all start the day with a healthy breakfast, I’ve been experimenting with putting things in the slow cooker at night and serving them for breakfast in the morning. Here is a family favorite, which I’ve set up … [Read more...]
I am excited to share with you the exciting news that I may be on my way to the White House this summer with one of my kids! I had read about The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge and Kids’ “State Dinner” contest on Epicurious.com (part of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Initiative), and I was able to enter a lunch recipe for each of my children (Elena and … [Read more...]
I am posting this recipe in honor of the amazing people at The Hunger Coalition of Blaine County, Idaho. I had the honor to spend a few hours with the leaders of this amazing organization recently, and I wanted to offer everyone a simple dish that we could enjoy together. I have been working on recipes with spinach, that amazing powerhouse green vegetable so appropriately … [Read more...]
I feel like I'm on a roll with enchilada-type recipes. I recently posed an Enchie Pie recipe, which I hope you liked. I then was looking through some emails and found a gem from amazing Nurture Board member Stephanie. She had sent me a recipe that she had from her childhood. I immediately tried it with my own kids (in the slow cooker, of course), and it worked out … [Read more...]
Ha! That is a silly picture I know! My daughter wanted to show you how much she is loving all of the experimentation I am doing in the kitchen. I will show you a real picture of Enchie Pie in the slow cooker below, don't worry. But hopefully you are chuckling. I love getting great ideas from Heather’s Green and Plenty blog, and the Enchie Pie recipe really caught … [Read more...]
