Category: Kids or School Food

Creative Polenta

After Tony was successful making polenta, he searched online for other ways of serving polenta and found a breakfast casserole that we modified. We like having breakfast for dinner on

04/09/15 No Comments

Young Cooks

When kids start cooking, the first few times they can build their self-confidence by making something healthy in their comfort zone. When my son first made dinner we bought hot

04/03/15 No Comments

Bowl with apples, oranges, plums, and bananas.

SnacKing

Now that a new sports season has started, I’m reminded how inevitably the coach or one of the moms wants to put together the snack list –- who’s going to

04/01/15 No Comments

Serving banana coffee cake on antique linen cloth.

Following Directions

You know that cooking is one great way for kids to learn to follow directions. Sometimes we learn the hard way to read all of the directions first, like after

01/31/15 No Comments

Fed Up Movie

A couple of months back I finally rented the movie Fed Up (2014), but didn’t review it until I had a chance to look up some of the information provided.

01/20/15 No Comments

Food Incognito

One thing our culture really loves is junk food rewards. When a group is doing well at work, someone brings in donuts or cupcakes. The worst is when you send

01/15/15 No Comments

Dinners Together

A Harvard psychology professor, Dr. Anne Fishel, just released a book called Home for Dinner[1] where she gives tips on creating fun family dinners and discusses research that shows shared

01/12/15 No Comments

Caramelized Banana Bread

There was a fun article in the Post today about a local high school cooking class.[1] There are 160 kids taking the class at this one school. Only two of

11/10/14 No Comments

produce in plastic zip bags ready for freezer

Three sociologists published a paper in Context[1] this summer about how cooking for families, particularly in low-income households, is unjoyful and stressful, and simply idealistic and unrealistic. The purpose of

09/19/14 No Comments

Grilled Zucchini and Leeks with Walnuts

I still had one zucchini and one squash to use that were starting to look a tad wrinkly. I had a recipe in mind from the time I read the

09/17/14 No Comments

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