My dear friend Jessica Honigberg, whose daughter Clara is a vegetarian like Celia, told me about a beet and potato soup she had made that Clara loved. When my CSA delivered beets and potatoes that same week, I had to try making my own version. The whole family was mighty surprised by the deep pink [...]

                          I invented this recipe as my mind wandered during one of Celia’s many soccer games. I’m not the most devoted sports fan, so I often discuss recipes with other parents during the game.  This combination of squash, apple, curry and sage spoke [...]

With all the abundance of food at our July 4th celebrations this week, it’s easy to forget that one in five children in the US is “food insecure”.  That means they don’t always have enough to eat, especially healthy food like fruits and vegetables.  For food insecure children who rely on free or reduced-price lunches, [...]

It’s hard to believe that I started The Scramble 9 years ago this month.  In those days, the Scramble meal plans, recipes and grocery lists were bundled into a pdf document and emailed to our then small pool of subscribers every Wednesday morning. Back then, I needed to describe “meal planning” and even “online business” [...]

While many of my neighbors are grumbling, I’m celebrating.   Our county, Montgomery County, Maryland, recently passed a bag tax to encourage consumers to bring their own bags to the supermarket by asking stores to charge customers 5 cents for disposable bags. Plastic bags are littering our waterways, strangling wildlife, and increasing our demand for oil [...]

2 girls 1 cupTwo girls one cup Below is a list of some of our favorite healthy homemade school lunch ideas from www.thescramble.com:    1. Turkey, ham or salami, Swiss cheese and lettuce on whole wheat bread 2. Turkey or ham, red bell pepper strips, and Cheddar cheese wrapped in a whole wheat tortilla, with [...]