My happiest mornings start out when I open my email inbox and get a “love letter” from a Scramble member. My team and I are so incredibly focused on making The Scramble the best meal planning resource for you and your family. Our goal is to make it easier for you to get a healthy dinner on the table and enjoy it with your family. But because it’s a virtual product and we don’t have…
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How To Make Family Dinners Healthier (Hint: It’s Not About the Food!)
While Thanksgiving falls only once a year, we Scramblers are dedicated to making family dinners happen most nights in our homes. We’ve heard the statistics and we know intuitively the importance that family dinners have for our kids’ healthy development. It’s often the one time each day that we can stop running around, disconnect from technology and actually connect with each other over nourishing food. A recent study finds that it’s not just the act…
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Anonymous Ode to the (Parents of a) Picky Eater
After a recent lively Facebook discussion about kids’ restaurant menus and picky eaters, a longtime Scrambler expressed privately to me how frustrated she was because she feels that parents of less picky eaters sometimes take a tone of self-congratulation or blame toward parents of picky eaters. I asked her if she would share her thoughts and perspective with other Scramblers to heighten our sensitivity, so she composed this fabulous ode. I hope we can all…
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Healthy Halloween Recipes: Witches’ Fingers and Terror-ific Tomato Soup
Witches’ fingers and Terror-ific Tomato Soup by Aviva Goldfarb, The Six O’Clock Scramble
Celiac Disease and Gluten-Free Living: Today There are More Options than Limits
Guest column by long-time Scramble supporter Robin Thieme A Diagnosis of Celiac Disease In March 2011, our daughter was diagnosed with Celiac disease. Although the diagnosis came with its obvious negatives, we were glad for the clear diagnosis because it answered so many questions left unanswered for years. But, with the diagnosis came the reality that her diet had to change not by choice, but in order to avoid the symptoms brought on by Celiac…
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