Hard to believe that Hannukah begins so early this year, but those who are lighting menorahs and playing with dreidels tonight will likely be frying up a round of traditional potato latkes. Now, I enjoy fried potato pancakes, or latkes, as much as the next person – really, what’s not to love about grated potatoes [...]
Ok, I lied. The muffins in the picture aren’t made out of pumpkin; they’re made with Hubbard squash. But let’s not pish-pash over such winter squash details. I could call them “Hubbard Squash Muffins,” but then how many people would find them when doing a google search for festive baked goods for your Thanksgiving celebration? [...]
An overwhelmed mom posted the following plea on a mom’s group recently: My son has a very limited list of foods that he will eat, and all 3 of my kids like very different things. I am *so* tired of making 4 slightly different variations of each meal, every day (1 set for me and [...]
Faced with the remnants from a pair of delicious roasted chickens recently, I decided to create an Italian-Mexican fusion meal with pasta shells, goat cheese, and that secret ingredient: enchilada sauce. We lo-o-ove enchilada sauce! It was surprisingly, or perhaps not so surprisingly, tasty and my children have clamored for it several times since. I [...]
A reporter recently asked me for the top five foods I recommended avoiding feeding to young children to boost their chances of growing up allergy-free. I found this to be an impossible task. From all that I’ve learned in my studies over the last decade, I believe that each person’s hypersensitivity profile is unique to [...]
Last weekend we grilled wild-caught Alaskan salmon on a cedar plank alongside some asparagus rubbed with olive oil. As scrumptious as it all was, we still had some leftover the next day for me to incorporate into another dinner. I decided to incorporate the leftovers into a pasta salad and make it all new again. [...]
My 5-year old daughter enjoyed an outdoor symphony performance on the grass the other night and came home with several enormous itchy welts on her ankles. Luckily, I know several remedies to help ease the itching and calm the inflammation that I feel safe using on such a sensitive little one. 1. First, I gave [...]
An unexpected bonus of hosting the Land of Nutrition at this year’s Walk MS events was discovering a new product from Clif Bar Energy bars: The Clif C Bar. The Clif C Bar is a different sort of portable food sporting a double layer of fruit and nuts and made from a handful of recognizable [...]
