Now, what are you going to do with all those apples? With hundreds of ways to enjoy apples, will you use them in pies, desserts, salads, breads, jellies, or other? Following is a recipe for a super easy way to use apples in a coffee cake for Sunday morning breakfast...
This crisp Fall air brings with it the wonderful smell and taste of fresh picked apples. Here are six tips for picking and storing apples: Twist or turn the apple from the branch. If you pull it, the buds next to it will break off and not bear fruit next year. Don't...
I've had lots of nice comments on the recent story in the St. Joseph News-Press by Sylvia Anderson about my apple cookbooks and my work with apples. You can see the story here. Lee Jackson
Many years ago when I was a family and consumer sciences teacher, the students could hardly wait to work in a foods lab. “Are we cookin’ today” was an often heard remark. Fall especially brought an abundance of different foods to prepare and sample. One of the most...
Information in my last post had to do with the dangers of GMO foods and why we must avoid them. As consumers we've been trained to read labels, but GMO per se doesn't show up on labels. Then how do we know we are eating GMO foods? Here is an article by J.D. Heyes...
For the sake of your health, please read the following article about the hazards of GMO products from Leanne Ely at her website: http://savingdinner.com/articles/love-good-holy-gmo/ Please, for the love of all that's good and holy, say no to GMO
Interesting story and slideshow about 10 young cooks who already have promising culinary careers in their future. http://www.thedailymeal.com/10-most-famous-kid-critics-and-cooks Kid can never start too young to get interested in food and cooking.
Buffets are loaded with lots of food. Where to begin? Diners often feel they need to sample a little of everything. But this leads to heaping platefuls of food. And this adds to weight and health problems. Being selective matters. But it's not the easiest to...
In order for kids to truly understand concepts related to character development, schools and other programs use various techniques. Activities and events are planned to get students thinking and practicing values such as respect, peace, caring, compassion and other...
I’ve been writing this blog for the past 3-4 years. I know a little about you – that you're interested in kids and cooking. But you probably don’t know a whole lot about me because I’m usually on some topic about eating tips and helping kids stay healthy or about...
