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Archive for 'Tag Archives: 'cooking with kids''

Healthy Families Eat Beans: Bean Tortilla Roll-Ups

Healthy Families Eat Beans: Bean Tortilla Roll-Ups

  By: Jodie Shield, RD This recipe came from some very dear, old friends – Mary Abbott Hess, RD  and Anne Hunt.  Back in 1990, they wrote a cook book called A Healthy Head Start.  I’ve updated [...]

Healthy Families Eat Beans

Healthy Families Eat Beans

By: Jodie Shield, RD While beans may not be magical enough to grow a fairy-tale beanstalk, they do work their own kind of magic on our health.  Several studies suggest that eating beans may prevent heart [...]

Catch of the Day: Jammin’ Jambalaya

Catch of the Day: Jammin’ Jambalaya

By: Jodie Shield, R.D. Shellfish is so quick and and easy to prepare.  I usually buy frozen shrimp in bulk and store it in the freezer – it’s a lot cheaper that way.  This jambalaya recipe [...]

Go Fish! Getting Kids to Take a Bite

Go Fish! Getting Kids to Take a Bite

  By: Jodie Shield, RD Even though fish may be good for kids, convincing them to eat it can sometimes be a challenge.  Here are a few of the strategies I’ve used to lure my kids [...]

Recipe Redo

Recipe Redo

How To Lighten Up Family Favorites By: Jodie Shield, RD  Banana-Walnut Bread  (Makes 10 servings) My mother-in-law, Sally from St. Clair Shores, MI has been making this banana bread for years.  She clipped the original recipe [...]