Kids Cuisine

It’s that time of year — summer is in full swing, the heat is on — it must be fair time! My local paper, The Washington Post, ran a huge listing of local county and state fairs in the Weekend section this week, and it really got me excited about the possibilities for exploring.
The fair […]

There are a couple things that are certain to make kids more interested in dinner: give them some degree of control, and make it fun. We have a favorite dinner that my oldest requests over and over again, and my 1-year-olds also enjoy. The grown-ups even love it, and it’s quick and easy to throw […]

As you can tell from many of my Friday posts, I’m a huge proponent of educating children about healthful eating. Here’s another collaboration between professional chefs and the non-profit organization KidsLife (www.kidslifehealth.com) that’s doing just that.
KidsLife helps to prevent obesity in children and promotes healthful eating with a variety of proven food, exercise, and counseling […]

Kid’s Cuisine is taking a day off because I am sick with a miserable cold. I am looking around the cupboards trying to find appropriate “sick food.” Can’t stand chicken noodle soup, despite the fact that many people swear by it as medicinal.
Help me out — what do you serve your families when they (or […]

I recently took an afternoon to re-organize my pantry. While doing so, I am came across package after package of small bits of pasta shapes. There wasn’t enough of any one kind really to do much with — maybe an addition to soup or for a very light lunch for just myself. What really caught […]

It’s getting to that point in the summer where many kids start whining that they are bored. They are sick of all the typical summer activities and need something else to do. I think it might be time to blow their minds in the kitchen. Almost every kid I know gets a kick out of […]

On many weekends, I try to find something fun for my daughter (who has dubbed herself the “cooker girl”) to cook in the kitchen. It dawned on me this weekend we had never made a cake, and that has the added bonus of the fun of decorating after you bake.
I asked her if she wanted […]

Are you a concerned parent about what your kids are eating while at school? You’re not alone. This past week the School Nutrition Association held its national conference in Chicago, and they discussed a whole host of topics on what kids should eat, what they shouldn’t eat, and how to go about following school snack […]

My son had his tonsils and adenoids taken out this week. Because of that, and because of the major heat wave sweeping across the state, I have been on a mission to make treats that are soothing to a sore throat as well as cool and refreshing enough to help beat the heat. We have […]

I confess — breakfast gets very little attention in our house.  Most mornings my children eat cold cereal with milk.  During the school year my daughter occasionally eats waffles, and very rarely an egg and toast.  Every once in a while the bagels and fruit make an appearance, and even more rarely pancakes or French […]