Food!

December 6, 2012

It can be tough to eat healthy during the holidays. Coworkers bring sugar cookies to the office, a neighbor drops off a pie as a gift – and then there are all those treats served during holiday parties. There’s a lot of talk about all the extra calories Americans consume during the holiday season,...

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Elizabeth Brotherton

Food! Blog Carnivals

December 6, 2012

When the weather turns, the days get shorter and it's time to get out the winter clothes, it's also high season for the Brassicaceae, or mustard family, on your family's dinner table. The Brassica oleracea species in particular is the sturdy progenitor ofbroccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage,...

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Dawn Undurraga

Food! Blog Carnivals

December 6, 2012

Sometimes, though, you just know when it's time to make a change. I could feel it when I struggled to button up my jeans (the ones I saved for those days). I could feel it when I went hiking with my family this summer, and had to stop and rest on the side of the trail while my boys ran up the hill...

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Grace Hwang Lynch

Food! Blog Carnivals

December 6, 2012

Eighty six percent of the food marketed to our children is for unhealthy products so it’s no surprise that researchers have found links between food marketing exposure and the rapid increase of childhood obesity and related diseases. Let’s face it, food marketing works. If it didn’t the food and...

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Carol Hazen

Food! Blog Carnivals

December 6, 2012

Ever wonder why the mashed potatoes you eat at home don’t taste the same as those you eat anywhere else? We have a few food traditions over here that I haven’t told you about. Your Momma loves to sneak veggies into so much of what you eat. So, this would be why your mashed potatoes taste kinda...

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Vanessa Bell

Food!

December 6, 2012

For these recipes in English, click here . ( Fotos de izquierda a derecha : Un plato de pasta con lentejas y col rizada; Animar a sus hijos ayudar en la cocina es una buena manera motivarlos comer verduras.) Cuando le digo a alguien que solamente cocino comida vegetariana en mi hogar, su reacción...

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Elisa Batista

Food!

December 6, 2012

Para esta receta en español, haga clic aquí . Recipe type: Salad Prep time: 15 mins Total time: 15 mins Serves: 2-4 porciones The salad I present to you today is ideal to accompany meals during the holidays. Inspired by Korean Pears that Melissa’s graciously provided me, I created this delicious...

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Natalia Carter

Food!

December 6, 2012

Este blog se había publicado en Comiendo en LA . For English, click here . Recipe type: Guarnición Prep time: 15 mins Total time: 15 mins Serves: 2-4 porciones La ensalada que les presento el día de hoy, es ideal para acompañar los platos durante las cenas en las festividades. Inspirada en las...

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Natalia Carter

Childcare & Early Education Food!

December 4, 2012

Nickelodeon prides itself on responsible TV programming for kids, but what about its marketing? It’s time for Nickelodeon to take responsibility and dump the junk. Tell Nickelodeon to dump the junk: bit.ly/dump-the-junk Studies show that food marketing causes children to want more and eat more of...

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Margo Wootan

Health Care Food!

November 30, 2012

Instead of looking forward to sharing holiday meals with my family in the upcoming weeks, I’ve spent much of my time worrying about the safety of the food families like mine will be eating at their gatherings. Because of a new and very flawed poultry inspection rule that the USDA hopes to implement...

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