breaking bread
watch this sweet video. Is it our instinct to share food? I loved watching how there was not talk or negotiation. We share food. It is sweet to watch the kids interact around the food.
Read Morethis is what I’d like to see for “nutrition education” for kids…
This trailer for Kungfu Panda cracks me up, and I think is a great example of how we can show kids about how great food is. (Unlike most attempts at nutrition and health ed for kids which is a bunch of guilting, shoulds, and makes eating onerous and dutiful instead of delicious and joyful. And, as Ellyn Satter says, “When the joy goes out of eating, nutrition suffers.”) Materials that deal with food for small kids should (IMHO) • stress flavor and enjoyment • stress balance and...
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how to clean a leek (watch me!) I use lots of leeks in my recipes. squash soup mini potato gratins easy quiche chicken soup They are in the onion family, and I like their mellow taste. I know not everyone has used them before. This is a nice little video to encourage you to give them a try! Enjoy the official vegetable of the country of...
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