Kira threw a major hissy fit yesterday. Maybe it was the culminating pressure of being home sick for a week. Or it could have been the stress of listening to me harp about the post-concussion care list over and over again. Whatever it was, she snapped. Here’s what happened:
I got an email from her teacher, [...]
Rainbow chard is the prima donna of the produce aisle. Just take a look at this princess of a vegetable–
You should see its colors pop against the other dull greens stacked in the produce aisle. Here, in the middle of February, when everything else seems shades of tan, the chard looks exotic. It’s no wonder [...]
Read more...It’s a super-veggie, packed with loads of vitamins, antioxidants, and a huge list of good stuff that the whole family can enjoy. Or at least tolerate. Or at very least you can distract them by talking about the wondrous array of fairy-land colors. Or something.
Here’s how I get my kids to eat chard:
I cut up [...]
Though I am an enormous fan of cheese, I never liked the goopy cheesy layers of traditional lasagna, so I made up my own version.
12-14 lasagna noodles
1 large tomato, sliced thin
fresh spinach, sliced into bite-sized pieces
swiss chard, cut small and sauteed in olive oil, diced onions and garlic
tomato sauce
Parmesan cheese
mozzarella, shredded or sliced
mushrooms, peppers, or [...]
I know, I’ve already admitted that there are some flaws in my logic: feeding the kids healthy foods and making them schlep groceries home in reusable bags does not in fact create an impenetrable force field around them. It does not insulate them in a bubble of eternal health. It does not encircle their precious [...]
Read more...My kitchen smells amazing. Unbelievably incredibly amazing. And I’ll tell you, I don’t typically waste superlatives on things that don’t include chocolate. In the interest of full disclosure, though, I probably should mention that I am writing this before my first attempt at homemade granola is ready for a taste test; at least this way [...]
Read more...This is the recipe that I cobbled together from a few sources. Based on my wholly unscientific research, I found that the recipe is extremely forgiving. Use what you’ve got in the kitchen. The kids will eat it.
1/3 – 1/2 cup honey
¼ cup maple syrup
1/3 cup canola oil
2 Tbls water
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ [...]
You should add flax to everything.
Not convinced? Oh, alright. If you don’t want to save time and just take my word for it, here are some of the reasons why I think flax is great:
It adds moisture to things like cakes, muffins, and quick breads. You can decrease the oil in recipes by substitute ground [...]
Read more...Allow me to formally apologize to those I may have neglected over the past couple of weeks. Though in my defense, the children haven’t once gone to school naked and although I ate M&Ms for dinner last night I am a grown-up and that was my choice. The girls, for the record, ate pasta.
It’s actually [...]