Monthly Archives: June 2010

Jun 28What's Cooking with YOUR Kids - Cooking Clu...

Many thanks to Mardi for this installment of What's Cooking with YOUR Kids. I love that she started a cooking club for boys! When I watched the UK version of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution last year, I was, like many, horrified at what I was seeing. Then, when I heard him speak in Toronto last year and received a copy of the Food Revolution Cookbook, I knew I had to go away and "pass it on". I am fortunate to be in a position to change little minds, working in a school with impressionable 8-12...

Jun 24iPhone Apps to Help Families Choose Healthier Fo...

Just recently, I was wishing for a great app for my phone that would remind me which fruits and vegetables were in season around the country. While I didn't find any that I liked on seasonality of foods, I saw a few others that might be helpful to families trying to make better food choices for their families and the planet. Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch Guide helps you identify which types of fish are best to purchase or avoid. These are based on health and sustainability. The Environmental...

Jun 21What's Cooking with YOUR Kids: Calzones with Han...

Thank you Jackie for this awesome post. It is always so much fun for me when people send these in! Plus, I am nosy and love to see where you cook with your kids. (If you can believe it, I often end up cooking with kids on patios, decks, family rooms, on desks and sometimes in the middle of farms!) Jackie Lee is a full time work at home mom who, in between cooking with a preschooler, raising chickens, and her own groceries, is all about Keeping It Simple and helping moms learn how to make...

Jun 18Hey BP! This ain't no spilled milk.

You know the expression, "Don't cry over spilled milk." It has several implications. First, the word "spill" usually means that a finite quantity of liquid pours out of a vessel. And then stops. Because the vessel becomes empty. It also suggests that it was an accident - but not an entirely unexpected one. All evidence suggests that when there is a glass of milk next to a child, there is a significant chance that the child will knock over the milk with their flailing limbs at the dinner...

Jun 15Chefs Move to Schools: Celebs with Kids at the W...

I love how this video, from the White House Blog, captures the essence of the Chefs Move to Schools initiative: Look! A new post about the initiative from my friend, Lia at the Nourish Network. Since my return from the White House, just over a week ago, I have been invited to help launch salad bars in 7 elementary schools in our district next fall! Thanks Flotus!

Jun 14What's Cooking with YOUR Kids: Fun with Fri...

Thank you, Chris for this fantastic post! First, I want to thank Michelle for this fun opportunity to write for a blog other than my own! I am a huge fan of Scholastic and all they do. So, I am honored to be a guest on this site, especially as she is a finalist for the Scholastic Parent & Child Parent Blogger Awards in the Green category! As far as children go, I don’t have any, nor are children in my life plan. So, why write about cooking with kids? Because I can, of course. *grin*. ...

Jun 9Chefs Move to Schools - My White House Experienc...

When I was growing up, my parents taught me that it is customary to be grateful and polite when you are invited to somebody’s house. The rules would be no different for the White House, of course. Maybe that is why I have been hesitant to write about my trip to DC until now. I have been struggling with how to capture the whole event – the thrill, the honor, the inspiration…and also some of my concerns and constructive feedback. I don’t have any real dirt to share and I am not leaking...

Jun 9I Won the 2010 Parent & Child Green Blog Awa...

This has been quite a week! I just returned home from Washington DC where I attended the launch of Michelle Obama's Chefs Move to Schools campaign. And as if that weren't cool enough for one week lifetime, I just found out that this very blog won the Scholastic Parent & Child Green Blog award! I'll be featured in the August/September issue along with the winners from 5 other categories. Don't miss it! Thank you for all of your support! I could have never made it without you. ps....

Jun 7What's Cooking with YOUR Kids - Vietnamese ...

This week's installment of What's Cooking with YOUR Kids is brought to you from Romy of DoughReMe Kids, a cooking school for children in Brooklyn, New York. She and I seem like two peas in a pod - both eager to get kids excited about eating fresh and healthy ingredients. If you ask any parent what foods they wish their child would eat, the answer is inevitably “more vegetables”. These Vietnamese Summer Rolls incorporate numerous vegetables, so when a child enjoys them, the veggie goal is...

Jun 4Powerful Lyrics: Mouths To Feed

On an already emotional day of service and community building, I nearly went over the edge when our school principal dedicated this song to me. He wrote the song after taking a tour of the farms in West Marin with MALT (Marin Agricultural Land Trust). He has been very supportive of my work trying to change our school lunch program and wanted to publicly acknowledge how important it is to know where our food comes from and support our local farmers. I was touched when he shared the lyrics with...