Lately, I feel like RRG has gotten a little heavy on the rants…a little light on the recipes. This is not a problem for me, a human being born with too many words to speak or write in a lifetime,
Tag: feeding kids
It was about a week ago now that the shocking news broke: There might be BACTERIA in your child’s school lunch! And, no, not the one the school serves up in the hot food line — the lunch YOU’VE packed
It can be done! Actual food — honest-to-goodness, from scratch, unprocessed food — can be served at a child’s birthday party, and it can be good, and the other kids and their families can eat it and enjoy it. I
It’s my blogaversary! I can’t believe it, but exactly one year ago, I published the very first post here on Red, Round, or Green. So much has changed in my life since those beginning words that it’s hard to even
I’m feeling vindicated this evening. All the struggles we’ve had with L. and his weight…all the conversations and hoopla with his pediatrician…all the stress and worry and trying to stand up for our convictions and what we KNEW was right
As usual, blogger Bettina over at The Lunch Tray got me thinking today with her response to a widely circulated op-ed by the brilliant Mark Bittman. Bittman’s piece makes the impassioned — and well-reasoned, which is unusual when people start
Tonight I have to start by expressing my heartfelt thanks to everyone who read and commented on my last post, whether here on the blog, on my Facebook page, or in person. It meant a lot to me that so
There’s been much discussion/debate/right-fighting among parents, for many years now, about the idea of “sneaking” or “hiding” vegetables and fruits in children’s meals to get them to eat well. It seems to me, just on the surface, that there are
Farmer’s Market Haul, July 9 This is Saturday’s Farmer’s Market Haul. One of the best feelings in the world has got to be hearing a little voice insist, “I go to the Farmer’s Market, too, Mom!” P. was more than
Recently a faithful reader, Kim, commented that she enjoys getting perspectives on the weird and often frustrating things my kids do at the dinner table, because it helps her (as the mother of a toddler herself) remember that her own