Video: Homemade Popcorn

You know what’s really simple? Making homemade popcorn. All you need are 3 ingredients + a lot of fun and you can pop your own popcorn in a few minutes. Even better – you can use the oil and the spices that you want for your popcorn. You don’t need any special machine to make [...]

How to make homemade paneer

Paneer is a fresh cheese that is very popular in Indian cuisine. It is often used in making popular Indian dishes such as ‘saag paneer’, ‘mattar paneer’ or ‘paneer tikka masala’. Paneer does not require any aging and it does not melt while cooking. It is also a great source of protein. We love Paneer [...]

4 year old Simone makes Mango Milkshake

4 year old Simone makes a quick milkshake for her and her friend. Check it out. Recipe Details: 2 cups milks (rice milk, almond milk, whole milk – pick any you like, we used Whole milk) 3/4 cup sweetened mango pulp/mango puree 6-8 ice cubes to chill it. Instructions: Mix everything in a pitcher and [...]

Video – 3.5 year old Simone makes a quick snack (Red Apple Smiles)

Back in May of this year I had posted on how my then 3.5 year old came home one day and wanted to make her first recipe. Here’s the video of her making a quick snack using cream cheese, marshmallows and red apples. She named this snack — “Red Apple Smiles”. I love her budding interest in [...]

Boy chooses organic farming over NFL

I saw this great talk today. I recommend everyone watch this 5 minute video. This young, 11 year old boy sounded more mature and wise beyond his 11 years. He stood up and told us what is wrong with our food system and why we should eat organic, why kids are susceptible to eating junk [...]

Video on how to keep your family healthy

A nice video reminding us why we need to feed our kids healthy. Sometimes we just have to see/hear something over and over again to help us stay motivated to raise children with healthy eating habits. Children’s Nutrition

Recipe: How to make homemade yogurt

About a week ago I did a post on Flavored Yogurt vs. Plain Yogurt and one of the ideas I mentioned there was making your own homemade yogurt so that you are not ingesting loads of sugar, fructose, and chemicals. Here’s a quick video on how to make homemade yogurt at home.  It’s very simple, [...]

Expert Interview on getting kids to eat breakfast, snack right and stop eating junk food

Check out these fantastic videos interviews with Dr. David Ludwig, author of  Ending the Food Fight: Guide Your Child to a Healthy Weight in a Fast Food/ Fake Food World. In these quick 1-2 minute interviews he discusses: How do you get a breakfast hater to eat breakfast What sort of snack rules to establish [...]

Children World Recipes Series: Chinese Egg Fried Rice

This week Simone learns to make Chinese Egg Fried Rice with a friend Tracy (Thank you Tracy!).  Along the way she learnt a few Chinese words as well as new cooking vocabulary. Here’s how we made the Fried Rice: Ingredients: 3 cups left over long grain rice (if you don’t have left over rice you [...]

Children World Recipes Series: Japanese Mushroom Tofu

This week  Simone made another Japanese inspired children’s recipe.  A few days ago she made Japanese Salmon Sushi Rice with a Japanese friend of mine.  Here’s the video of her helping, cooking, and finally trying out what she made.  Along the way she also picked up some Japanese words such as Thank you and colors. [...]

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