What? You don’t have extra hours every day to spend in the kitchen? C’mon, it’s not like you are busy working, folding laundry, cleaning the cat box, being a taxi driver or networking on Facebook and Twitter…. Okay, if you want to serve healthy food to your family, but could use a few tips on [...]
Earlier this week, I went to a parent education night at a school in our community, and listened to a riveting talk by Madeline Levine, author of The Price of Privilege. She painted a pretty dismal picture of the state of mental health of teens in our country these days. I’ll start you off with [...]
Thanks to Jenna from Food With Kid Appeal, for this week’s installment of What’s Cooking with YOUR Kids. I love how she clearly explains all of the steps that the kids can do on this recipe!
My kindergartner, Big Boo, has homework a couple times a week, sigh. Often its stuff we can do in the [...]
As you probably could have guessed, I am a die hard Farmer’s Market fan. Unless I have too much work to do, I am there – rain or shine. It’s my happy place. Farmers are proud of their crops, customers chat about delicious food and compare recipes, and there are loads of delicious samples to [...]
I have been doing some consulting for DooF (Food Backwards), an educational multi-media company whose goal is make good food fun and exciting for families. We are in the funding stages for a TV show for kids and are building a family friendly recipe database for our website. Since I am a huge fan of [...]
Hi y’all. Just a quick announcement that I’ll be doing a bit of guest blogging at Grown In My Heart, a great adoption network. It was an honor to be asked to contribute, particularly since my own son is adopted from Guatemala.
My first post is about getting kids to branch out and try new foods. [...]
PBS has done it again. They have come up with a creative, funny, and interesting way to bring up a topic that is important to parents: Healthy Eating for Kids. Instead of relying on tactics (like bribery or long-winded lectures) this video is fun and exciting. Oh yeah – it’s educational too. Stay tuned. It [...]
