Did you ever read “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?” I remember that book very clearly, as I remember most books from my childhood that made it onto the “read over and over” shelf. One of the things I remember best
Tag: kids’ health
Yesterday and today on the RRG Facebook page, there’s been a lot of discussion about candy Valentines and junk food at school parties, in general. If you haven’t been privy to all of that, I’ll sum it up by saying
Yes, I dangled a big old preposition at the end of that awkward post title, but “Breakfasts for which it is worth getting out of bed” seemed even more stilted, so I’m leaving it alone. At this point in the
I’m breaking the rules of Monday Menus tonight. Originally, the Monday Menus were something I started to share lunchbox recipes during the run-up to the school year. When that passed, readers on the RRG Facebook page convinced me to keep
Not long before the holiday break, L.’s Kindergarten class was engaged in a “health and nutrition” unit at school. I’d seen it in the newsletter, so I knew it was coming, but otherwise I stayed totally out of the whole
Anybody who has hung out here for very long has probably been acquainted with the trials and tribulations of L.’s weight. If you haven’t been a part of that particular conversation, you can catch up here, here, and here; but
The longer I cook family dinners, the bigger my kids (and their appetites) get, and the higher food prices go, the more I’ve begun to realize what generations of women and cooks before me have known: Ground meat is the
When I announced on the Red, Round, or Green Facebook page that I would be willing to extend the “Monday Menus” theme for a few more weeks to cover some quick weeknight dinners, I joked that I’d have to offer
After I wrote this year’s Halloween mantras — “The Post About the Treats” — I got a pretty nice response from several people who said that the philosophy J. and I adhere to these days, as far as all that
Every year around this time, as people’s thoughts turn to Halloween, I see a lot of questions floating around the internet. What should we do about the candy? Do we let our kids have candy? Why can’t Halloween be done