We love this meal, but, to be honest, we hardly ever eat these burritos for breakfast--they're a quick and easy dinner, and can be personalized to meet different tastes within your family. Another great feature is that you can make them vegan, vegetarian, or with animal products. Our vegan friends first served them to us, but we adapted them to our more ovo-lacto vegetarian tastes. Breakfast Burritos(serves 4) 8 tortillas (whole wheat, corn, or flour) 6 eggs or 16 oz firm tofu, ... continue reading...
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How to Become a Green Parent: Ten Easy Ideas
Editor's note: The following is a guest post written by Michelle Montoya for Baby Best Buy. Michelle is an SEO copywriter at Pole Position Marketing, and online retailer Baby Best Buy is one of the company's clients. By protecting the environment today, you will be creating a better life for your children tomorrow. If we teach our children to love and respect the earth, they will have a better understanding and will then pass that on to their children. Although the damage that has been done ... continue reading...
Friday Food:Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese
I'm not really a fan of the whole "hiding" veggies in recipes thing ala Jessica Seinfeld/Missy Chase Levine. To me, veggies are so good, I want people to experience them in all their wholesome splendor, not pureed in a loaf. However, while I may not have children with finicky tastes, I do have a husband who is a picky eater and eats around all "green things". This recipe, courtesy of St Louis's own Alanna at Veggie Venture, one of my favorite food blogs, takes a comfort food favorite for kids ... continue reading...
Great Children's Literature: The ABC's of Fruits and Vegetables and Beyond
The ABC's of Fruits and Vegetables and Beyondis an amazing book on nutrition using the ABC's to organize the content. The book begins with each letter boldly illustrated on the left hand page, including the featured fruit or vegetable and a side bar of additional ones that start with the letter. On the right hand page, a rhyming description of the fruit or vegetable accompanies a drawing. The rhyme includes interesting facts, geography, and humor. For example, "J is for sweet jicama ... continue reading...
Practical Wisdom for Parents
Practical Wisdom for Parentsis a parenting book devoted to the preschool years and early childhood education. I have not read this book cover to cover, as it is rare to read a parenting book in this fashion, but it strikes me as the first book I have seen solely about "demystifying the preschool years". Written by two preschool directors, Practical Wisdom for Parentsis full of practical information.Many children today are simply "overscheduled". Nancy Schulman and Ellen Birnbaum write, "Many ... continue reading...