Meatless Meals Kids Will Love
You don't have to be a vegetarian to have heard the term "Meatless Monday". But does it work for families and children? Does it have to just be on Mondays? Why is making…
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09/17/2014
Let’s Get Ready for Some Football!
Super Bowl Weekend is upon us, and for many that means an excuse to consume large quantities of junk food! This year, try turning some of your favorite Super Bowl treats, into fresh (and healthier) options without giving up the fun. (more…)
01/28/2014
Pack Smart Lunches – Fresh & Healthy Lunch Box Ideas for 2014
Breaking out of the boring lunch box conundrum is always a challenge and as we start a new year I turned to Foodie.com to help bookmark some of my favorite lunch box ideas and recipes. Enjoy some of our favorites, collect your own and make packing lunch boxes just a little more fun! (more…)
01/16/2014
Maple Pumpkin Pie With Whole Wheat & Flax Crust
Maple Pumpkin Pie with Whole Wheat & Flax Crust Ingredients: 3 eggs, separated 1/4 C pure maple syrup 1 3/4 C fresh pumpkin puree 1 tsp cinnamon 1/8…
11/24/2013
Pizza for Breakfast!
Pizza for breakfast? Why not! These Individual Prosciutto Breakfast Pizzas are a fun way to incorporate fresh ingredients into something the kids love and won’t expect in the morning. We make them with farm fresh eggs, ripe tomatoes and wholesome cheese. Want to make them even easier? Pre-bake the individual crusts and keep in the freezer for quick and easy mornings. (more…)
07/29/2013
Make it together – Homemade “Disco” Butter
Lazy summer days are the perfect opportunity to make food fresh with our kids. This summer we’re going to share some of our favorite “Make-it-together” foods to help give you ideas to get your kids interested in, and making their own, fresh foods.
This week we have made something (nearly) everyone loves….BUTTER! Seriously, who doesn’t love creamy, sweet butter spread on freshly cooking corn on the cob, bread still warm from the oven, or spread onto freshly plucked radishes with a dusting of sea salt. (more…)
07/15/2013
A Healthy New Year from Out of the Box Food and Nature Made
Happy National Vitamin Day! Yes, January 29th is National Vitamin Day and as we head into the second month of the year I want to invite you to join me on a two week journey to explore the value of vitamins and healthy living. A few weeks ago I was invited to join Nature Made to reflect on healthy resolutions made for the new year, and consider how vitamins may play a role in those resolutions. Many of us may have resolve to living healthier ourselves and providing a healthier life for our children. Perhaps we resolved to attend our local farmers market, or buy only food from the perimeter of the grocery store and avoid the center aisles containing processed food. Maybe we resolved to feed our families brains and hearts with healthy omega threes, or fight off winter colds with vitamin C and zinc. Maybe we just resolved to offer our families a healthier year and are still not entirely sure how to do that. (more…)
01/28/2013
Make it together: Fruit Kebabs
We are back to summer here in Los Angeles this October weekend. Temperatures are rising into the 90′s, warm winds are blowing and we’re heading to the farmers market to pick up lots of fruit! Getting kids involved in the kitchen is a sure way to get them trying new foods. While our kids are little, we begin working to prepare them for life — we teach them strong study skills, the value of saving their allowance for a solid financial future, and help them learn early on the value of healthy foods so that (hopefully) they won’t try to survive on Cheetos and Diet Coke in their college dorm room. It may sound simple but we can start with something as easy and fun as Fruit Kebabs. Fruit Kebabs are simple way to allow kids to create their own healthy dish while giving them a fun activity. We lay out out a variety of fruit and skewers (or plastic coffee stirrers for younger children) and let them invent their own creations. Let’s get our kids creating in the kitchen!
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10/26/2012
The “Corn Dog” Days of Summer
It’s summer! Across the country, state and county fairs are offering loads of delicious processed foods on sticks. Foods that kids love (and I hate to admit, some of us adults too). Today as my boys and I strolled through the brightly colored booths at the Ventura County Fair, we inhaled the decadence of fried fair treats, creating memories of summer. These are the memories we will eventually go back to on cold November afternoons, encouraging us to take out a box of frozen corn dogs in order to recapture the experience. Hey, why not? Frozen corn dogs are easy, inexpensive, delicious, and some brands are even made with healthy turkey dogs, right? But it’s what lies within the box, underneath the list of thirty seven, no thirty eight ingredients that should snap us back from our sweet memories of summer and encourage us to look for food outside of the box.
06/30/2011
The Holidays and Marshmallows – Part 2 “Rice Crispy Treats”
Last week I mentioned that we’d delve into a couple of well-known holiday marshmallow traditions. Rice Crispy Treats are definitely up there on the list of the go-to recipes for cookie exchanges, school holiday parties, and as a treat for Santa after he’s made it down a few chimneys. But I’d bet that if Santa knew those treats contained a chemical banned in eleven countries and an additive suspected to cause abnormalities in the brain, hyperactivity in children and cancer, he’d probably pass. Just a hunch. (more…)
12/19/2010