Foodborne diseases and threats to food safety constitute a growing public health problem. It is important to understand what can cause foodborne illnesses and how to help prevent them. Fruits and vegetables can get contaminated when they come in contact with harmful...
With so much unhealthy junk food available, the challenge is to get kids involved in healthy eating. Include your children in the entire process of choosing, preparing, and eating foods that are both healthy and delicious. Kids want to be independent. What better way...
Memorial Day ushers in the beginning of summer. Perhaps this, along with the end of school, is what we remember most about this day. But it should be one that has far more significance than merely that of a "three-day week-end". This is a day for remembering those who...
A new cookbook is in the works - I don't believe I've told you that I am in the process of writing another apple cookbook - yes, I'm still hooked on apples. But this time it will be a "No Sugar, Low Sugar Apple Recipe Book". My first intent was to have it used as a...
With summer approaching (hopefully), kids will be in and out of the house looking for something cold to drink. Will your refrigerator be stocked with sodas and sport drinks, or other? Today we have a guest writer with some great insights into what type of drinks are...
New Kids Cooking and Learning Through Food Activities, e-book, Kindle Edition by Amy Houts is now available and recommended for parents and pre-school teachers. Each cooking experience lists: Purpose of project Ingredients and equipment Recipe and food preparation...
Easter is over, but are you still on a sugar high from the chocolate bunnies and eggs? These holiday sweet treats can be highly tempting as well as addicting. Here are 5 tips you can use now to cut back or eliminate sugar: When the urge hits to have a candy or...
Kids can enjoy coloring eggs this Easter using natural dyes that are readily available in the kitchen. The eggs can be colored either after they have been hard-cooked or while they are being cooked, or "boiled", as some say. Some of the colors will surprise you! For...
With the nationwide attention on obesity in children, could having food preparation education in schools be a solution to this problem? Or at least a start? First I want to clarify the reference to "home ec" in the title of this. My history goes back to teaching home...
In an effort to bring children’s school lunches up a notch on the nutrition scale, a public school in Chicago is not allowing children to bring home-made lunches to school. Children will be forced to eat the school’s lunches. Will your school be next on the list of...
