I just hate wasting food. It makes me so sad to see food that’s been grown or manufactured, packaged, shipped, stocked on store shelves, and purchased with our precious dollars just to wind up in the trash. So I’ve devised a few strategies to use up odds and ends before I restock for the upcoming week. I’ve sometimes made what I call a ‘Sixth Night Scramble’, where I cook a pasta dish, a stir-fry, an…
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10 ways to liven up plain steamed rice
I have found that one of the easiest ways to get kids excited about eating more vegetables and legumes is to set up a mini salad bar on your kitchen counter or dinner table with lots of colorful ingredients. Salad bars give kids control of their meal by allowing them to create their own personalized plate. Kids are also more adventurous in a group setting where they see what other kids are trying. Salad bars…
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Guest post by Teacher and Tutor Marina Koestler Ruben School’s out for summer! But learning continues year-round, and what better place for it than at the dinner table? If you’re looking for a way to use the table to whet your children’s appetite for learning, the following ideas will provide food for thought: Use food as learning manipulatives. It may be cliché, but pie, both sweet and savory, can be used for fraction work. Alphabet…
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Order Cheap Viagra Do you ever feel that by the time you finally get to sit down to enjoy the dinner that you’ve cooked, the food’s gone cold? At a New Year’s party this year, a mom shared with me that she had achieved her sole resolution for 2010 — to eat her dinner while it was still hot. How did she do it? By serving her meals “family style”, rather than “plating” everyone’s food…
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