Lunch

What a great opportunity for kids who like to cook! Kiwi magazine is holding its annual Young Chef Contest. You can just send in your recipes or add a video of the prep process – just like you see on the Food Network! Maybe your daughter is the next Martha Stewart or Rachael Ray. Your son could be an up and coming Bobby Flay. Have fun with this and maybe your kids will win some college money! Go to www.kiwimagonline.com for the details. We can’t wait to see who wins.

… for the health of families,
ellen

This is a show you will want to listen to and laugh while picking up some tips.  Terri feels like she is a short order cook,  Julie confessed that her kids will only eat lettuce dipped in dressing (no salads).  How about relating to having a child that eats only 5 things or ones that say, “No bites, No dinner, No problem.”  Eww… and the food can’t touch each other.  Sound familiar? Shared frustrations with discussions of solutions, a few from Sara,  filled up this show.  The biggest aha was Sally’s tidbit: since zinc controls the sense of taste, supplementing with a multi and B-complex with zinc will help stimulate appetites and improve taste responses.  Better yet, eat good zinc food sources: pumpkin and sunflower seeds, meats (beef and turkey!), eggs and crab.    Oysters are loaded with zinc but even I won’t eat them … be my guest!

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… for the health of your family,
ellen

PS: Photos are of Julie and Sara – Terri is camera shy…!

SURVEY questions:  How much a week do you budget for food? How many people are in your family?  Answers will help us plan some menus for you.

 Thanks for your response!

… for the health of your family,

ellen and sally

Ruth Milstein took 6-7 years to write this award winning cookbook so you can have everything you need to know in one binder. From Utensils, Useful Substitutes, and Healthy Handling of Food to simple sumptuous recipes for fresh salads, soups, veggies, entrees, pasta, rice, bread, tofu, sauces, dips, desserts and more… it is all there for you. AND, most are family recipes!

What jumped out of our conversation today is that she prepares and freezes a lot of her food in advance – even brown rice. During your busy days, all you have to do is move your food of choice into the refrigerator in the morning and it is ready to be heated and for last minutes touches when its time for dinner! She explaines this as your listen.

Ruth’s book is filled with answers and tips you have been looking for. We love it!

To learn more, look for this interview on itunes.com – its Free. (Family Food Experts – Blog Talk Radio Feed)

… for the health of families,
ellen

We know that home packed lunch boxes can be so much healthier and delicious than school lunches. However, there is the moan and groan about the time it takes to pack one. USA Today* reports that the average time taken to pack a lunch per child in the am is 3-5 minutes.

Here is USA Today’s chart:
– Less than 1 minute: 9%
– 1-2 minutes:17%
- 3-5 minutes: 54%
– More than 5 minutes: 20%

I want to live in the house where more than 5 minutes is taken to pack my lunch. Suspect there would be less processed food and more fresh and tasty lunches.

… for the health of your family,
ellen

*USA TOday, December 1, 2009, p. B1.