Hospital and physician visits can be frightening. The Playmobil Hospital is an excellent toy, as well as an excellent tool, for helping children understand, accept and become comfortable with a medical/hospital setting.
Treating Mom to a special home-cooked breakfast is a great opportunity to create family teamwork. These oatmeal pancakes are not only delicious but healthy, too, and their preparation is no more time-consuming than more standard fare.
Butternut squash is in season now and this unexpected butternut combination has pleasing aromas, flavors, textures and nutritional benefits.
Each Thanksgiving I offer the same timesaving advice: Roast a turkey breast rather than a full bird. Roasting a smaller breast yields the same amount of meat as a larger bird, and is far easier to handle.
It would be difficult to find anything bad to say about spinach. Spinach contains vitamin K, which is critically important for building strong bones. It is a great source of vitamins A and C.
How can the French eat a high-fat diet, yet face lower than expected rates of heart disease? Some people have thought that wine is such a beneficial drink that it can undo the damage of a rich diet. But research shows that much more than wine drinking affects the health of the French.
Recipe for Italian Style Cheesecake with a Pecan Crust from our Dessert recipe section.
Nothing says spring like a plate of asparagus. While asparagus is now available year round, it still seems a special treat in spring.
From appetizers to desserts and everything in-between, here are 300 easy-to- prepare recipes for diabetics that can be made from everyday household ingredientsand the entire family can enjoy. Food categories include Mexican, Italian, Pan-Asian, fish, poultry, lean beef and pork entrees; appetizers, snacks, side dishes, breads, and desserts; and fruits, vegetables, soups, salads, pastas, and breads.
You don’t have to give up holiday baking for health reasons. With some simple substitutions, you can make your favorite recipes more healthful without sacrificing taste.
Cold soups have a long history. Many, like gazpacho, originated in Mediterranean countries with long, hot summers. But cold soups have been part of northern diets as well. Includes recipe for Minted Pea with Buttermilk Soup.
Peanuts are a big crop in the South, half of which go into peanut butter. Two southern peanut farmers have been elected president of the United States Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter. Includes recipe for Chili with Peanuts.
