Tag: kids
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A couple of weeks ago we took the kids to an annual blueberry festival at a local farm. The kids enjoyed plucking ripe blueberries and cherries, munching a few along the way. The highlight of my day was Mason’s dirt streaked face. Evidence he had the time of his life crawling through tunnels made of…
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The curtain opens on a bed, two people lost in dreamland. All of a sudden three little children come bursting into the room and pounce on the unmoving bumps hidden under the covers. Laughter ensues as the kids are tackled with tickles and kisses and pillows tossed in the air. The scene ends with mom…
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Teaching our children to have healthy nutrition habits starts when they are young. More importantly it begins with us, their parents. We can teach our children to eat correctly by offering them healthy options regardless of our own food preferences. Joan Lunden and Pediatrician Myron Winick co-authored the book “Growing Up Healthy: A Complete Guide…
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When I was a kid I used to go to a daycare in the afternoon until mom got home from work. We went swimming at one of the owners pool, took trips to the movie theater and the park. Linda was one of my favorite teachers there. Her daughter and I quickly became friends. She…
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A friend of mine Jamie Shaffer taught me that kids love to dip. Give them a fruit, cracker or vegetable and a condiment such as cheese, peanut butter, chocolate or salad dressing and they will devour it. Sauces are another way to get kids to eat what they would normally turn their little noses up…
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Food tastes so much better when cooked on a grill. From meats to vegetables and fruits the flavors just burst with excitement. Unfortunately, we do not have a grill, yet. But, we are still able to enjoy typical BBQ fare roasted in the oven or seared on a skillet. Plus, we can always go to…
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This old time recipe is often referred to as Hawaiian haystacks or Chinese sundaes. Typically a myriad of toppings adorn a heap of white rice nestled on a bed of crunchy chow mein noodles. The result looks impressively close to that of an ice cream sundae particularly when topped with a cherry. I was not…
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This is a recipe from my mother-n-law Nadine. She makes an enormous amount because she uses it in different ways. Part of the chicken she adds to a white sauce for the chicken and rice and the other half she uses in her chicken noodle soup. If she is making soup she adds more water.…
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There is at least one night a week when we are having so much fun playing that we loose track of time and before we know it 6:00 has come and gone. Dinner becomes a bedtime snack after baths and before the kids shuffle off to bed. For this very purpose I always house a…