Kids Cuisine

Jango Mango, the National Mango Board’s global ambassador, has provided the inspiration for an online game about geography, culture and the world’s most popular fruit. The new Jango Geography game teaches kids about mangoes and the countries from which they originate. The game takes children on a journey through the Amazon, across oceans, and up […]

What’s Cooking teaches cooking classes to children and helps families spend quality time together in the kitchen and around the table. While cooking strengthens family bonds and helps children to develop life skills, there are many other benefits as well. Simply take the fruits of your labor (pardon the pun!) through your front door and […]

My kids won’t eat that. How many times do I cringe when I hear those words? I know you know what I am talking about. So, how do we turn that Doubting Debbie to Positive Patty? Well, with mango, of course!
Jango Mango, the National Mango Board’s mango ambassador, is now promoting his Jango Geography. An […]

Weeknights have become such a hassle!  With after-school activities, evening activities, clubs, concerts, and holiday shopping, feeding a family well is near impossible.  I can hear the siren call of the drive-thru all too well, and I cave to it more often than not these days, it seems.   We try to make the best choices […]

I have a confession to make. I am one of those moms. I cringe at the thought of high fructose corn syrup entering the bodies of my two children. It’s not that high fructose corn syrup is much worse for their bodies than ordinary sugar. But to me, it is a sign that the […]

I spent about 2 years living in Florida a few years ago. For many reasons, Florida just isn’t the place for me. We packed our bags and rarely look back. However, there was one bright spot to our time there — we were about an hour from Disney World and could go for the day […]

School starts up again next week, and like any other food-conscious parent, I’m already frazzled when it comes to lunchtime for my school-age daughter. When she first started school three years ago, we sent her off to school with cold lunches, lovingly made each and every day by mom.  Halfway through the year though, she […]

It’s that time of year when, after a relaxed summer, both parents and kids have to start thinking (and sometimes stressing) about what to pack for a healthy lunch. When I was young, each kid in our family made their own lunch, and this often led to some pretty interesting (and not necessarily healthy) combinations. […]

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 […]

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 […]