The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just announced new guidelines for flu vaccinations this season and for the first time are recommending that ALL children 6 months – 18 years receive flu vaccinations. This recommendation used to be only for children under 5. This means about 30 million more children could be getting […]
Category: Kids
Mexican Rice
Cooking for Kids posted a quick and easy Mexican Rice recipe based on the Glorious One-Pot Meal cooking technique. Food writer Stephanie Gallagher took the basic concept of GOPM — using a cast iron Dutch oven inside an oven at 450F — and gave it a few tweaks such as stirring the ingredients and removing […]
Cool summer desserts: homemade granita and sherbet
I came across this recipe for Honeydew Granita in the paper the other day and couldn’t stop thinking about it. When we were invited over for brunch recently I thought it would be the perfect refresher to bring along on a hot summer day. Only, I didn’t have a honeydew melon on hand. So I […]
Kids on Cholesterol Drugs
I was outraged to read that the American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to “ward off future heart problems.” Wow. Pretty drastic measures, I would say, to administer drugs that haven’t been around long enough to have long-term, lifespan data to know what effects […]
Rainbow Chard Sauteed with Mushrooms
One of my goals with my garden this year is to use the gardening experience to get my kids excited about eating green leafy vegetables. They helped me select the seedlings, prepare the soil, and set the plants. They’ve helped me with the watering and have been excited to check the progress of growth. So […]
