LESSONS IN AN ORGANIC GARDEN
This spring, I have been busy cultivating a new organic garden at my home. With the help of a very seasoned gardener whom I adore, I have learned about the right soil (apparently, this IS the key to a great garden), drainage, sunlight, how to plant seeds and seedlings, and …
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What’s Really In Your Breakfast Cereal?
This week in the news, it was revealed to the general public that Kashi brand cereal, one of the more reputable brands on the market, contains genetically modified soy products in some of its cereals. For those of you who haven’t yet heard of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), they are organisms …
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TRY, TRY AGAIN
We are always asking our kids for one more try. When they fall off a bike, we show them to get up and try again. When they come home after a bad day, we ask them to go back and try again the next day. When something is too hard, …
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FOOD SPOTLIGHT: THE BIRTHDAY CAKE
My daughter’s birthday is this week, but celebrations took place over the weekend with family and close friends. I’ve spent the past week busy with cupcakes for school, brunch for the family and the birthday cake. Growing up, my mother made a delicious chocolate chip birthday cake every year for …
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MY KIDS WON’T EAT THAT!
Last week, forty plus pre-schoolers peeled, sliced and chopped carrots and celery to accompany an easy hummus dip they prepared for Earth Day festivities at the montessori school where I teach healthy cooking classes. All of the children tried the hummus with carrots or celery, most of them liked it, …
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GREEN YOUR DIET, THE KID-FRIENDLY WAY
This year, I will be celebrating earth day a few days early with a classroom full of preschoolers, some kale, garbanzo beans, and a food processor. We’ll be making kale chips and hummus, and learning knife skills while cutting up carrots and celery. We’ll also be talking about food, the …
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The Top 3 Foods You SHOULD be Eating (plus 5 free recipes!)
