Kids Cuisine

Initially, the thought of green ice cream is not appetizing—unless of course by “green,” you mean fully sustainable and organic. Such is the case with the recently opened Three Twins Organic Ice Cream store in Oxbow Public Marketplace in Napa, CA—the only fully organic and sustainable ice cream facility in the region.
Three Twins has 70 […]

My recent post, “What’s Your Kid Really Eating?” showed that we parents really need to think twice before we order our children food at a restaurant. In that, I cited an investigation that showed restaurant meals often had more calories and higher fat content than advertised. But that got me really thinking about the subject, […]

Have you ever looked at the nutritional information for restaurant meals, even kid’s meals that sound healthy (such as pasta with a tomato-based sauce)? I’ve always been shocked by just how fattening and high-calorie some of these meals are, as I discussed a while back about the nutritional values of children’s meals. I don’t plan […]

Corn Dogs always seem to be a favorite of kids. Now that summer is here, trips to parks and outdoor events present visions of little ones running around with a dog on a stick. Whether at a carnival, a ball game, or street fair, these meals on a stick stand out to be a […]

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Watermelon has always been a favorite in our family. We were amused to discover that it is also a favorite of the white-faced capuchin monkey, who steals it from the visitors to Manuel Antonio Park whenever possible. Sadly, stealing food is simply an opportunistic behavior that these animals have adopted in response […]

Shortly after my daughter’s first birthday in 2005, my local newspaper ran an editorial in which a columnist complained about parents taking their kids to Starbucks and disrupting her coffee break. She said something to the extent of, “I had to suffer through McDonald’s when my kids were young and you should, too.”
No. Just because […]

Mama’s Kitchen Healthy Alternatives at SeaWorld Orlando was a pleasant healthy surprise during a recent visit. I had planned on making do or just ignoring some mom guilt when the kids ate junk food theme park meals. When I saw a funky green and white sign declaring this restaurant was the “healthy alternative,” I made […]

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To recap… On our family adventure with Special Expeditions, we journeyed through the Panama Canal and to Costa Rica on a 60-passenger cruise ship staffed by naturalists. Inspired by a friend from the blogosphere, who has been engaged in a culinary vegetable challenge with her children, we decided to have a series […]

On our family adventure with Special Expeditions, we journeyed through the Panama Canal and to Costa Rica on a 60 passenger cruise ship staffed by naturalists. Inspired by a friend from the blogosphere who has been engaged in a culinary vegetable challenge with her children, we decided to have a series of taste tests with […]

My kids recently enjoyed what can only be described as the Ultimate Breakfast Experience for toddlers and preschoolers. We dined at a character breakfast at the Nick Hotel’s Nicktoons Cafe in Orlando.
My three children are all die-hard Nickelodeon and Noggin devotees, so they were pretty excited about meeting Dora, SpongeBob, Squidward, and Patrick.
As we entered […]