Kids Cuisine

Annie’s Homegrown “has a motto:  Eat Responsibly. Act Responsibly.  [They] value all beings,’from plankton to polar bears to whales to redwoods’ as Annie says, and as stewards of our fragile planet, [they’re] motivated everyday to lessen our eco (eh-hem bunny)-footprint on Earth.”

Annie’s can now be found in most health food stores or in your local […]

I saw this post about 5 minute chocolate cake and thought it was a joke. So, you know, I had to try it.  Holy Moly… this is great!  I instantly thought of how perfect this would be to do with kids. Until now, I always thought the ice cream muffins were a great kid-friendly baking […]

School is starting up again here in the south.  While some county systems have already gotten underway, our students have another week of freedom. But, that week will pass quickly, and the time to think about school lunches will be here before we know it.
In the spring, I wrote about how easy it is to […]

Kids and veggies… what a difficult pair to match. How do you get children to dive in?  Add a green leafy salad to the mix? A little creativity goes a long way.
When you think about eating out, a salad choice comes before the entrée.  Some restaurants include salad with the entrée. The “house” salad is […]

I saw an SUV pass by while running errands and noticed the Yummy Spoonfuls logo and website on its door. It had a cute name, so I wrote it down and decided to check it out when I got to a computer.
We all know how important it is that we pay attention to what our […]

A few months ago, the National Mango Board held a kid’s cooking contest, Rising Mango Star. Of all the youngsters who submitted videos, three finalists were chosen travel to New York to compete against one another on August 8th.  The prize?  The chance to appear with Ingrid Hoffmann (from Simply Delicioso) on TV’s video magazine […]

As my kid-filled summer comes to an end this week, I did have the wee ones one more time at my house this week. Since I am leaving town in a couple of days, I didn’t have a lot in the house. What to feed them? What to feed them?
While their dad took them to my subdivision’s […]

This summer has been a kid-filled summer. Now, I adore kids; however, I don’t have a desire to have any of my own.  Nonetheless, I have been spending time with a friend and his three and four-year olds who are visiting for the summer.
Toddlers?  Phew!  No one told me.  Middle schoolers/mini teens, I am good.  I […]

I am not often home during the day, so I don’t usually catch the morning news shows.  Then, with the pleasure of having nothing to do one morning last week, I caught Good Morning America.  They featured the story of Robin O’Brien, a mom who became aware of her child’s food allergy only after the […]

On my blog, I wrote about an email I received from Lindsay at Fleishman-Hillard.  She thought I might enjoy a new cookbook from the California Table Grape Commission, Green Black Red: Recipes for Cooking and Enjoying California Grapes  (Chronicle Books 2008). She wrote, “In it [the book], readers learn how to turn this kitchen staple into an […]