Kids Cuisine

…Continued from episode 3
We truly enjoyed tasting the variety of marmalades that were available with breakfast each day. Their flavors were bright and fresh, and were a wonderful change from the predictable flavors of jam we can find at home.

Naranjilla (Lulo) with sugar: This marmalade comes from a greenish citrus fruit and contains small flecks […]

Personally, I would expect Olive Garden to be one of the healthier options in the restaurant chain choices. After all, they don’t tend to offer too many fried foods and they serve up salad at the start of each meal.
I was a bit off-put to see that Olive Garden doesn’t provide comprehensive nutritional information, however. […]

I love living in the SF Bay Area.  In addition to the wonderful natural resources we have here, there are also a plethora of wonderful speaking engagements to attend.  In the past year, I have seen Mollie Katzen, Ellie Krieger, Marion Nestle and Jacques Pepin speak.  This week, I was able to see Michael Pollan, […]

In deciding to research the nutritional information for chain restaurant children’s meals, I came across an even more startling finding than I expected. Sure, there are some children’s meals that have a shocking amount of fat or calories. Worse yet, though, there are some children’s meals that are a complete mystery. That’s because some restaurants […]

Not all kids’ cereals are created equal. There are kids’ cereals that are healthy and wholesome and are designed to provide kids with the nutrients their growing bodies require. No sugar, no drama, no prize in the box. Just minimally processed grains that cry out for the sugar bowl. When I was growing up, these are […]

Why is it that when something is little, even when it is something ordinary like a nose or a foot, it is adorable? Well, the same goes for food! Barilla had a fantastic idea when they thought to create Piccollini - miniature versions of 5 of their pasta shapes: penne, ziti, fusilli, farfalle, […]

One of the best things about summer vacation is that my daughter wants to spend more time in the kitchen. Her free time is no longer limited to just a few activities, and the world is her playground all day long. As a result, she’s been spending more time looking through cookbooks and […]

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, […]

What’s so surprising about tuna? Well, actually, a couple of things, in this recipe.
For one, it’s the fact that my daughter made the sandwich pictured for me while I was working through lunch on a deadline. She decided to surprise me with lunch, and surprise me she did.
At age 12, she’s got enough chops in […]

It’s June, and we’ve hit that scary territory where my daughter is out of school for two weeks. We have two extra days a week to fill, when we were barely finding ways to fill the previous five. Given her druthers, my daughter would happily while away the extra days parked in front of the […]