PregnancyFamilyEducation Blogs
March 12, 2010
Have food, will travel
I tend to over pack snacks and food items for our trips, whether they be by train, plane, or car. I think this stems back to one trip in particular, years ago, when L. was just over a year old. We flew from the States to Athens, Greece, via Berlin. The trip there was fine: we were super-prepared for all eventualities, and had packed lots of munchies and finger foods for L. But something happened on the return--things fell apart in the planning and packing, and I found myself caught woefully unprepared. [more]
- Tags: Travel With Kids, Recipes, Parenting, Holidays, Family Travel, Cooking, Children
February 19, 2010
We've got your back
My husband got sick this week. Not have-to-stay-home sick, but that yucky-head-cold type of sick that makes you feel as if someone pumped your head full of lead.
My office mate was sick, too. Same type of thing. She got sick on Valentine's Day, yet found herself in her kitchen with a jacket on cooking up a meal for her family--not because they needed her to do it, but because she wanted to. I told her I was going home later that day to make some soup for Scott. [more]
February 5, 2010
Priceless pizza dough
I've already confessed that I'm not much of a meal-planner, although I do try some rough meal planning every week. One regular staple of ours, though, is homemade pizza. Pizza is one of two foods that I can make and be assured that the whole family will eat, L. included. The only other dish L. will eat with us is stir-fry--with noodles, though, not rice. And tofu cooked so it's not spongy. And broccoli that's crispy and not too mushy. And a certain type of sesame stir-fry sauce that I can only buy at the grocery store where I don't usually do my shopping. [more]
- Tags: Parenting, Meal Planning, Kids, Food for Thought, Family, Cooking
February 2, 2010
Winter weather must-haves
On the Friday before our big snow storm the stores, of course, were mobbed. I would bet the average family could ride out a snow storm just fine on what they have in their cupboards and pantry and refrigerator (I know we could), but there's something in us that drives us all to the stores before an impending weather event, for fear we may never, ever make it to the stores again and, god forbid, we're left without a loaf of bread or a box of oatmeal. [more]
- Tags: Recipes, Parenting, Food for Thought, Family, Cooking
January 29, 2010
A feast for Mozart
I turned on the local news one night a few days ago, while I was folding laundry in our bedroom, and there was a feature about a local mom who has meal-planned for an ENTIRE year. One whole year. She had an Excel-type spreadsheet/calendar thing and on it she had the menu for every meal, for every day. [more]
- Tags: Tradition, Recipes, Parenting, Holidays, Food for Thought, Family Cook Night, Family, Cooking
January 22, 2010
Muffin day
It was a muffin day yesterday. You know the kind of day--cold and rainy and sleepy. Ordinarily, I'm not a huge muffin fan. I don't often crave muffins, and I'm not a big morning muffin eater. I also don't like overly sweet or cakey muffins, and I'm not a big fan of the gigantic, crumbly muffins some places sell (who can eat all that, especially when it falls all over your lap?). When I do crave a muffin I want it to be dense and grainy--dark and moist, maybe only sweetened by blueberries, or chewy dates, or raisins, even. [more]
January 8, 2010
Black cloud day
Most people who know me will say (hopefully) that I'm a pretty easygoing person. It takes a fair amount to ruffle my feathers, and send me over the edge. The benefit of this, is that when I AM sent over the edge, people take notice. This isn't always good, of course, but it does get people to stop and take pause. [more]
- Tags: Work, Vegetarian Recipes, Recipes, Parenting, Juggling, Food for Thought, Cooking
December 31, 2009
Lucky
It's the Day Before the New Year today, and I'll spend it the way I usually do every year, cleaning house before the end of the year, and making the traditional Greek yeast bread, the Vasilopita. We'll hide a coin in the dough, as I always do, and the kids will fold the sweet, soft dough over it and argue, purposelessly, over who will be the lucky one this year. [more]
December 7, 2009
Another kind of soap box Round 2
If you've been reading faithfully for awhile, you might remember that around this time last year our neighborhood held it first annual soap box derby race. Scott and L. built an actual soap box race car for the event, and L. raced it admirably, without any spills or mishaps. [more]
November 25, 2009
Taking the turkey out of Thanksgiving
When I told my students last week that I was vegetarian (we were talking about the film Super Size Me) they were horrified about what type of Thanksgiving we could possibly have at our wacky vegetarian house.
No turkey!
No ham!
No oyster stuffing! [more]
- Tags: Vegetarianism, Vegetarian Recipes, Traditions, Recipes, Holidays, Family, Cooking
