Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To give her poor dog a bone: When she came there, The cupboard was bare, And so her poor dog had none. My little dogs, Phoebe and Mille, never have to worry about getting a dog bone. Although ol’ Mother Hubbard’s dog wasn’t as fortunate. In my last blog, “Food [...]
Turns out top chefs are right, presentation matters, even for kids. According to a study published in Acta Paediatrica, children’s food choices are influenced by presentation. The study, led by researches from Cornell University, found that while adults tend to find three items of different colors most appealing, children preferred much greater diversity. On average, [...]
The goal of Baby Bites is for your child to appreciate new tastes and experience different textures, before taking the first bite. The first Baby Bite step is all about experiencing food–not eating. After the first seven days, one new food is featured every week. This new food is called the Featured Food of the [...]
It’s time to make good on your New Year’s Resolution to nutritionally enhance your meals. As the Chinese proverb states, “Talk doesn’t cook rice.” Today, Approximately 90 percent of American’s food budget is spent on processed foods. No natter how much you might discuss a subject, (read about, study, etc.) it’s not until you get [...]
Do you have a picky eater? A child must be exposed to a food between ten and twenty times before she’ll readily accept it. This is especially true for fussy eaters. Most parent give up way too soon. One way to expose your picky eater to more foods is to include her/him in the process [...]
Resolve to Eat Healthy You can make one more resolution… for your children. If you want your kids to eat healthy foods, you need to make changes yourself. It’s up to you to resolve that your family will be healthy this coming year. Your kids eating habits will change when YOU change. We need to [...]
This is the busiest time of the year. It begins with Hanukkah, next Christmas and then New Year’s Eve celebrations, ending with January 1 football games and more partying. More people will be entertaining this month, than any other time of year. The challenge is how to eat healthy when sugar, white flour, altered fats, [...]
Cinnamon is a warming spice that smells especially good this time of year. There’s something yummy about the smell of cinnamon on a cold day. The good news is that cinnamon is not only a tasty, but is healthful as well. It aids in circulation and digestion. It’s a common ingredient used in tea for [...]
Thanksgiving is only days away. If you want to have a “Natural Thanksgiving” now is the time to think about it. A natural Thanksgiving sounds easy enough, but it takes some forethought. For the last 30 years, our Thanksgivings have been as natural (chemical free) as possible. Most Thanksgiving dinners are loaded with ingredients the Pilgrims [...]
What food comes to mind when you think of pumpkins? “Pie,” of course. For many people, the only pumpkin they consume is a piece of pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving.Crates of pumpkins in the grocery store are a sure sign that autumn has arrived and Thanksgiving isn’t far off. Unfortunately, pumpkins completely disappear after Thanksgiving. In [...]
