The other day a friend shared a huge success with me: her 11-year-old had eaten and enjoyed salad for the first time. She was elated because this is a kid who not so long ago was only willing to eat two raw vegetables: carrots and cucumbers. When we discussed what she thought the change was due to, she chalked it up to the fact that they had joined a farm share and so now the
We’re sharing our favorite fun, creative, and silly family dinner games that will get everyone talking at and make dinnertime appealing again. Family Dinners: A Time for Connection Family dinners offer a valuable opportunity to connect with one another, share about our days, and teach social graces. But if we put too much pressure on all that family dinners are supposed to be, it can start to become a tension-filled time rather than a joyful
As our kids get older we sometimes let the focus on healthy lunches slip. Here are some healthy lunch ideas for teens and high school students. I have noticed that as my kids get older their palates have expanded and they are open to new things, but their daily intake of healthy foods seemed to have slipped a bit – especially when it comes to lunches. Have you struggled with this in your house? I
It’s true. Cooking can feel like a burden sometimes. It’s yet another thing that has to get done in the day, another obligation, another chore. At the same time, though, we also know that eating home-cooked meals is better for our health, our wallet, and our emotional well-being. So how do we reconcile these two competing realities? How do we find a way to ease the burden of cooking and make it more enjoyable? How
Have you run out of bread crumbs? Here’s are 10 bread crumb substitutes, including gluten-free. 10 Substitutes to Use if Your Run Out of Bread Crumbs and How to Make Bread Crumbs I’m a longtime evangelist for keeping a well-stocked kitchen and immediately adding staples to our grocery list when we finish them up so we can restock on our next trip to the store. So it completely surprised me when I recently discovered that
