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• No More Sugar Mama

  When I was a kid, Valentine's Day was a great excuse to overdose on sugar, chocolate, and red dye #40. School parties featured cupcakes and punch and candy hearts while my parents usually had some kind of treat for us at home. It was second only to Halloween in terms of the deliciousness level, not to mention the sugar high.  How times have changed. Last night, for my daughter's preschool party, I made not cookies, not cupcakes, but plain, lightly salted popcorn. Other choices on the sign up sheet included red apples, snap peas, strawberries, and bagels. All perfectly wonderful and tasty food, but party food? Come on now. Read More... Posted Feb 14 2008, 06:03 PM by Amy Kuras with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: preschool, cooking for kids, children's parties, Valentine's Day, chocolate, cookies, chemicals, public schools, kid friendly foods, sugar

• Kitchenista: Even a Kitchen Dumbo Can Do These Meals

  Did you know that growing children can consume upwards of 6,000 calories a day? This might explain why you might often feel like a short order cook who prepares meal after meal after snack after snack to keep the little buggers fueled.  I don't know about you, but sometimes the guilt starts kicking in after administering the 2nd or 3rd peanut butter and jelly sandwich and it's time for a change. The New York Times' Lifehackers offers 101 alternatives to PB&J each of which can be whipped up in 10 minutes or less. Examples include six-minute eggs, angel-hair pasta with olive oil, sea scallops with lime juice, and grilled cheese sandwiches with prosciutto. Many of the meal ideas aren't particularly kid friendly, but all of sudden I'm not feeling so badly about all the pesto pasta my kids are eating this Summer. Posted Jul 23 2007, 03:13 PM by Rachael Brownell (Redsy) with | with no comments Filed under: kitchenista, kid friendly foods, summer cooking, quick meals