In addition to washing your hands, getting enough rest, and optimizing your vitamin D levels, here is an important consideration on helping you return to good health quicker if you do get sick with the flu. This comes from Mercola.com: "Avoid Sugar and Processed...
I hope you are planning to spend time on Valentine's Day with your family. Here are some easy tips for quality family time to help you express your love to others in a fun way. Hide candy hearts or chocolate kisses in cereal, under lettuce leaf, or in other food. Make...
Instead of giving candy for Valentine's Day, gift your children a cookbook that will keep them cooking and enjoying food all year around. Cooking Around the Calendar with Kids - Holiday and Seasonal Food and Fun has a section of easy recipes for Valentine's Day. Help...
Some say the flu is winding down. Whether this is true or not, there are some age-old tested methods of helping reduce the effects of cold and the flu. One of these has to do with an old stand-by - chicken soup. This soup is known to help alleviate the symptoms of...
Filed under Cooking and kids A new ebook has just been posted on Amazon. Kids Cooking and Learning Through Food Activities by Amy Houts is a Kindle edition filled with fun and educational activities. These activities help children: learn about nutrition predict...
Christmas books make great gifts for children on your list. Children's Christmas books get read over and over. The Littlest Christmas Kitten is one such book. The book weaves the story of a lost kitten into the events of the Holy Night when Baby Jesus is born. The...
As we approach another Thanksgiving Day, let us give thanks. We are blessed with a great nation, even with its many faults and failings. As a country and as a people, we are better off in the things that matter. We have peace in our land. We have warm homes and food...
Pumpkin bread is one of my favorite breads to have on hand during the fall season and on into the holidays. It combines the mellow pumpkin flavor with cinnamon and nuts for a great fall flavor. Bread baked in the smaller miniature loaves are great for gift giving....
Here is a little pumpkin trivia: Pumpkins have been grown in America for over 5,000 years. Six of the seven continents grow pumpkins. Antarctica is the only continent where they won't grow. They are even grown in Alaska. Colonists made pumpkin pies by filling a...
Harvest festivals are in full swing. Love this time of year! I just came back from visiting Door County in Wisconsin where I bought some McIntosh apples. These apples are well-known in the northern part of the US and Canada. The McIntosh is a very old apple variety,...
