Kids Cuisine

One of the foods that I gave my mom fits about as a kid was tuna.  It didn’t matter what she did; I wasn’t having it.  I am better now that I am older, but I still look for recipes that won’t bring back tuna memories from long ago.  Another pasta recipe in my lil’ […]

Teaching children manners can sometimes be tricky… especially older children with disabilities like autism and Down syndrome.  Leading a group of twenty high school students with varying abilities, I am often limited on kitchen possibilities as well.  But one of the students in my class made a perfect suggestion, “Ms. Murray, let’s have a tea […]

Today was an exciting day for our family, as this afternoon marked the opening of the long-awaited farmer’s market for the season.  This year’s market is extra special for us because for the first time ever, we don’t have to hop in the car and drive at least 15 miles away to find fresh produce.  […]

It’s that time of the year again - time to recognize the star of the week in preschool.  Also known as my daughter.

Here she is.
Tomorrow, we visit her class and help her celebrate. We’ll bring in a favorite story, talk about her pictures that are pasted on the classroom star board, and share a special […]

I don’t know many children who don’t like pasta. Well okay, my experience is limited to those students in my school.  But, I see what they eat in the lunch line! Maybe I am a bit biased since I am Italian and pasta was a staple in my home growing up. I’m convinced G. will […]

This clip has been making the airwaves for a week now, and I’ve watched it numerous times. Personally, I think it’s just God-awful parenting in action and disturbing on so many levels. I used to be a fan of the show, but I’ve sworn it off now because I think this train wreck needs to […]

Every summer our family disappears for at least one family camping vacation.  We vanish from civilization for an entire week, calling the remote woods of Wisconsin home for a few days.  One of our favorite activities while camping is, of course, eating.  This year, as we prepare to hit the woods, I’ve been on the […]

Project Teen2Eat is still going strong!  Nothin’ says good ol’ southern cooking like a Po’ Boy, which is the third of my teen meal series.
It also offers opportunity for dinner conversation.  This history of where food comes from can be and is fascinating.  As far as the Po’ Boy, it is believed that the Po’ […]

While the rest of the country has spent the last few months going on and on about Michelle Obama’s svelte arms and dynamite fashion sense, D.C. has been abuzz about something else — her White House garden. This garden is the first vegetable-producing plot at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s war-era victory garden. […]

School has been out here for, oh, two whole days now, and I’m already tired of hearing the cries of “I’m hungry” that seem to emanate from my children every other minute.  Their concerns over their digestive systems are usually followed by my tired litany of  “well, if you’d eaten your breakfast/lunch/dinner, you wouldn’t be […]