I realize that the following admission might call into question my rightful ownership of the domain Greener Biener (it IS pronounced bean-er,) as indeed it is true that no green beans were consumed by me in the making of this site. Green M+Ms? For sure. Green Beans? No thank you.
I was not a kid who [...]
Read more...Really. Please, take it. It is so totally icky.
I have come a long way from my days of subsiding on nothing more than vanilla yogurt (my childhood motto: have Dannon will travel) and my ironclad stubborn refusal to try anything new. Part of the idea behind joining a CSA (don’t remember what this [...]
Picky eaters are the worst. I should know, I used to be one.
As a kid I hated all things edible, except one. Back in the day I would have traded my baby brother for a bowl of frozen strawberries (ok, I would have traded him for a black eye, but that’s a different [...]
These beautiful fries are made from beets (we used Chioggia beets because they came in our CSA packet, but we’ve been known to disguise any root veggie as a “pretty fry”)
Slice beets into shoestring fry shapes.
Toss with a little oil (we use canola) and some [...]
This is a trick, but it’s one my kids fall for and adore and best of all devour, so what’s the harm? I’ll even make them in a wine glass, which makes them feel grown-up and seems to encourage even more eating.
Ingredients:
Yogurt–Plain Greek yogurt (Faje) is my kids favorite, [...]
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