My sisters and I nicknamed last summer – the summer of the salads. We had fun trying all different kinds and I was quite pleased with how my children took to them as well. The last several months have turned my eating upside down – in the best kind of ways! While I’ve been making […]
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Plans Gone Awry…
Sometimes the best of plans still go awry… That was most certainly the case at my home last week. My sister had served one of my favorite chicken salads in little napa cabbage ‘boats’ a couple of weeks ago and I fell in love with them. Cabbage has been the big thing I’ve craved this […]
Cultivating Taste…
Cultivating the palate is something we’ve worked very hard on in our home. I remember when Xander was a toddler and being in awe of a friend with 4 boys who all pounded their veggies. I remember asking her what the trick was since her youngest was just 7 months older than Xander. She told […]
Learning in Layers
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how learning occurs in layers. As each layer is placed down, it enriches and enables the next layer to be added. Layers is the whole reason why we embarked this summer on our study of world geography. As we studied Native Americans and frontiersmen this last spring, I […]
Food sculptures
All of this talk of food, nutrition and teaching our children, reminded me of something my sister had written a while back. She has graciously agreed to ‘guest post’ here. What a powerful lesson in modeling to our children and yet also holding expectations lightly and allow them to express themselves artistically in an open-ended, […]
Green Means Go!
Every once in a while, we unearth a true gem of a book. Eat Healthy, Feel Great is one of them. It explains the nuts and bolts of nutrition in a way that has my kids begging for broccoli, literally. After our first read through of the book, the boys were hooked. Every meal, every trip to […]