"Fuel your body...Delight your senses"
Stephanie Brina-Herres, MS, RD, CDN
- Aug
20
2012
Looking for some real food recipe ideas that kids can enjoy preparing with the family in the kitchen?Here are some suggestions from totally free, “kid friendly” eCookbooks you can easily view or download from the www.
Enjoy!
(Image of cover of “Fuel Up to Play 60 Beyond PB&J: Cooking with Kids” shown for identification purposes only)
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- Aug
20
2012
(2017 UPDATE NOTICE: Unfortunately, the Let’s Move website is no longer active since Michelle Obama is no longer the current First Lady.
You may find that previous availability of recipes and information from the Let’s Move program may have been scrubbed from other government related websites as well.)
As part of Michelle Obama’s signature “Let’s Move” campaign to end childhood obesity in America, on Monday, August 20, 2012 the first ever Kids’ “State Dinner” as a formal luncheon is scheduled to celebrate the winners of the 2012 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. Selected healthy focus recipes were featured at the luncheon. (Image of invitation to the 2012 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge shown for identification purposes only).
A total of 54 winning budding chefs and one of their guardians / parents were invited to this special formal luncheon dining event. According to a video on the letsmove.gov website and various newspaper stories run on the winners, over ~ 1200 recipes were submitted from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 3 US territories: Northern Mariana Islands; Puerto Rico; and the Virgin Islands (but there could only be one winner from each of those locations).
Winners (a US legal resident child between the ages of 8-12) and one US legal resident guardian/parent became eligible for round trip flights to Washington DC and hotel accommodations so that they could attend the August 20th formal luncheon being broadcast live starting at 10 AM from the White House in Washington, DC. In a number of cases, it is reported that a second parent may choose to pay their own way to the special occasion since it is so meaningful to the families of the winning junior chefs.
It has also been reported that the children will receive a special “tour of the White House vegetable garden” with one of the Obama’s chefs as well as participate in a “behind-the-scenes tour of the Julia Child exhibit at the Smithsonian” before it becomes available to the general public.
Read on for some additional details about the contest and the recipes chosen.
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- Aug
8
2012
Have you ever wished you could easily build a customized grocery shopping list that would make it easier when it comes time to head to the farmers market and stores for supplies?
There are MANY “kitchen” and “pantry” focused food item shopping lists that have been posted over the years, with some being much more comprehensive than others.
In this technical age there are both low tech and high approaches to dealing with coming up with those grocery shopping lists and we’ll cover some details of each type of approach.
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- Aug
7
2012
In the Northeast, August is the month where truly more localized produce variety increases and all sorts of marketplaces will start to feature a wider range of locally sourced product.We’d like to share some tips below to help make shopping for August Abundance that much more enjoyable for you. We’ll include ideas for before you head out shopping, once you arrive at the market place destination and while you are there, and then after you get back home again.
In PA the weather has often been more temperate in the growing regions and they’ve had enough rain fall to enable farmers to send their harvest to stores that buy directly from them, including ones in NY.
(Photo of corn stalks growing in a farmer’s field courtesy of our webmaster in PA).
As the month progresses, here in the Northeast, we expect to see sweet corn (including the classic “butter and sugar” variety), along with some early apples showing up at farm stands, farmers markets, and in grocery stores that buy “locally” as well. (Usually some produce will come in from both NJ and PA as well as NY).
Do you remember what other fruits and vegetables are typically seasonally available in the Northeast right now?
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- Aug
1
2012
The approach to fueling US Olympic athletes has changed over the years, the past 7 or so years to be specific.The US Olympic Committee (USOC) has sanctioned a “marrying” of the culinary arts with nutrition science to create a performance-based menu to help each athlete do their personal best in their sport.
Qualified Sports Dietitians(/Sports Nutritionists) work with food service staff to make sure that the needs of a wide range of athletes can be met.
(Symbol of the five Olympic Rings which is in the Public Domain in the United States shown for identification purposes only courtesy of Wikipedia Commons).
To do his or her best, involving various levels of endurance, grace, speed, and/or strength, each athlete needs to know about how health, fitness, and performance interact. Sports Dietitians(/Sports Nutritionists) have a unique opportunity to help educate each athlete when it comes to why the training facility is providing a combination of particular fluids and solids to get in the nutrients these athletes need.
The focus goes beyond maintaining energy stores in each athlete specific to perform in his or her sport. Meal and snack combos can vary depending upon how close an athlete is to a performance event as for those it is important to ease the strain of digestion so the athlete’s body can focus on the performance. Intake of fluids and solids needs to reduce fatigue, attenuate metabolic stress, speed up recovery, and help maintain ongoing muscle development.
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