Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food on Jul 26th, 2011
Fast food giant McDonald’s came out today and said it was making, “Commitments to Offer Improved Nutrition Choices.” (Caps are from McDonald’s, not me.) From the press release: “The comprehensive plan aims to help customers — especially families and children — make nutrition-minded choices whether visiting McDonald’s or eating elsewhere. Menu changes underway include the [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Things that make me go hmmm, Toxins on Jul 18th, 2011
We get all our ice cream cakes from a little, family-owned ice cream shop called Marshall’s Ice Cream Bar. They are heavenly. Different soft-serve flavors sandwiched in between hot fudge, crunchies, and whatever else you want. Our favorite is usually black raspberry and chocolate. The owners personally take your order. It’s always a nice experience [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food on Jul 13th, 2011
I picked the kids up from camp yesterday. When I got there Little Girl was literally bouncing off the walls. Not to mention whining, crying, running around, and freaking out. She wanted water. Okay, I said. Let’s go to the water fountain. When we got there she said she wanted to do it herself. I [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Health on Jun 28th, 2011
I’ve got the kids going to camp together. I carefully researched and found one where they won’t be outside very much. (I have kids who glow in the dark like me.) The program provides food — a hot lunch and two snacks. I asked about the lunch and the options are, of course: chicken nuggets, [...]
Posted in Food, Health, Organic, School and education on Jun 17th, 2011
I was more than impressed this past Tuesday to see that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) school board voted to eliminate flavored milk from its cafeteria. Now, the more than 1,074,691 students in the district won’t be guzzling extra sugar, food dyes, and high fructose corn syrup with their milk. While the board [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food on Jun 8th, 2011
Plenty of people out in blogger land regularly bemoan the fact that “kid food,” for most people, is fried, fake, and/or filled with artificial colors or flavors. It’s my turn, I guess. We’ve got a big kid-centric event coming up. We’ve gone for the past five years, and it’s always lots of fun. Quite honestly, [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Environment, Food, Health, Illness, Toxins on Jun 6th, 2011
As of Saturday more than 2,200 people in Europe have become ill after contracting E.coli; 22 have died. Scary stuff. For those who are not familiar with the bug: E.coli is a bacteria that gets into the system via contaminated food. Once inside, it produces toxins that make its host sick. Usually symptoms include diarrhea, [...]
Posted in Food, Going Green, Reduce, Reuse on May 23rd, 2011
We just threw a big party for Big Girl. Planning it was stressful, even once I found the venue. I knew I had to come up with favors and centerpieces. In the end, it turned out that the centerpieces were easy. It’s spring. Everyone is planting, so I got enough plants for every family to [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food on May 18th, 2011
“Do you have any of the Boar’s Head Natural line?” My question was really rhetorical since I was standing at the deli counter of my local Stop & Shop staring at a giant banner touting the stuff. The guy in the white coat and cute paper hat groaned. “Yes, we do, but it’s going to [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Health, Illness on May 4th, 2011
I’m tired today. Tired of being the one who had to tell a group of parents not to bring snacks with food dyes or high fructose corn syrup to our meetings. I just couldn’t deal with the fallout of those two ingredients, which made the group bounce off the walls. I’m fairly sure those who [...]