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 [...]

Does Your Child Care Center Value Healthy Eating and Fitness? Meet Bright Horizons and its Well Aware initiative.     If you are committed to feeding your family healthy meals and snacks at home, wouldn’t you love to have your kids attend a child care center or preschool with the same priorities? I remember when [...]

The Mother’s Days when Solomon and Celia would come home proudly bearing sparkly boxes roughly decorated with puffy painted hearts, and sweet sloppy cards made out of construction paper and lacey doilies have long passed. Now, at age 16, Solomon is more likely to bring me a finely crafted and glazed mug he made in [...]

Last week I was in New York City (twice, but that’s a different story!) attending and speaking at the Family Dinner Conference at NYU. It was inspiring for me to spend a day with a room full of people who are as committed as I am to finding ways to help families make their dinners [...]

Does your child eat 5 colors of the rainbow every day?  (And we’re not referring to the orange in cheese curls and the purple in artificial juice drinks!)  We all know how vital it is to incorporate a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables into our diets as they contain essential vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. [...]

Parents, I know there are few things more frustrating than putting all that work into shopping for and preparing a lovely meal, setting it on the table, and then having your child or children (let alone your partner!) refuse to even taste it. As the parent of a formerly picky eater, I also know that [...]

It’s possible you’ve noticed that I’m newly obsessed with farro, an ancient grain. I love its satisfying, chewy nuttiness and how easily it transforms a humdrum salad or soup into something heartier, healthier and more interesting in flavor and texture. Many people are also enjoying healthy grains like farro for breakfast or dessert! I especially [...]

We eat rice at least once a week either as part of a main dish but more often as a side dish onto which we can ladle stew or a stir-fry or sprinkle soy sauce, and you may have noticed that we usually call for rice each week in The Scramble menus. Solomon and Celia [...]

For all you Scramblers who celebrate Passover, we know the upcoming holiday can have its dietary challenges.  With the need to refrain from eating chometz, we often hear the complaint, “My family is so tired of matzo and leftovers from the seder.  Help!  Can you suggest some easy, kid-friendly dishes for the week of Passover?”  [...]

I’m newly obsessed with farro, an ancient grain. I love its satisfying, chewy nuttiness and how easily it transforms a humdrum salad or soup into something heartier, healthier and more interesting in flavor and texture. I especially love the organic, non-GMO farro perlato and farro vegetable blends from Tuscan Fields Farro, which are grown and [...]