 |
|
BANG FOR THE BITE
If 10,000 little Biters help prepare a vegetarian meal for their family once a week, in a year we'll save enough water to fill 2,423 Olympic-size swimming pools.
COCKTAIL FACT
Isaac Hayes (the dude who wrote the music for Shaft) quit his gig voicing the character of Chef on South Park due to one episode's negative portrayal of Scientology.
| SAVE TO MY BITES |  |
FORWARD TO A FRIEND:
RATE THIS TIP:
How useful is this tip to you?
(5 is the highest)
home › tip library › Kids' Cookbooks
What's a way to get lil' Biters to snarf down a healthier diet?
The Bite
Spending time with 'em in the kitchen. But before you splurge on the mini-chef's hat, pick up an eco, veggie kids' cookbook to help get them slicing and dicing their way to becoming the next Alice Waters.The Benefits
- Stirring up kids' eco-interests. Check out books that really speak to kids about how food is grown and the importance of organic agriculture.
- One-part hands-on activity. For kids, preparing and devouring their own meal can be fun.
- A recipe for saving resources. Going veggie even just occasionally helps conserve major resources. A pound of grain uses less than 1% of the water needed to produce a pound of beef.
Personally Speaking
Kay's hubby's a chef, so cooking is in their daughter Eve's genes. But everyone who's tasted Eve's cookies pretty much agrees that her baking skills top even Dad's.Wanna Try?
- Make sure to supervise to help with handling sharp utensils and hot stoves.
- Jumbo Vegetarian Cookbook - 125-plus globally inspired eats for kids eight or older ($15).
- Fanny at Chez Panisse - cookbook by the then seven-year-old daughter of famed CA-cuisine originator Alice Waters ($13).
- Salad People - vegetarian recipes for the six-and-under set, from the author of the Moosewood Cookbook series ($13).
Aug 06,2008
Sponsor
Sugar-free. (Gasp.) Carob. (Shudder.) Gluten-free. (Gulp.) The "goody drawer" at my house growing up was bo-ring. Sweet relief came when, and only when, the Snavely family busted out the unbleached flour and got to baking. Somehow, Mama Snave didn't think it so bad to bring out the BROWN SUGAR! and the REAL BUTTER! when it came time for hot, freshly baked, doughy food stuffs (she's Swedish, so...).
That said, this is my opportunity to give a shout out to the woman responsible for most of my childhood opportunities for edible indulgence: Thanks Mama, but really, thank you Molly Katzen - I will play in your Enchanted Broccoli Forest anytime.
(If you have any recipes you need to share and we need to write down, blog with us.)
-Assistant Editor Hanah...off to lick the bowl clean, again...
Biter Comments...
PHOTO ALBUMS
Posted by: AYpearl | August 06, 2008 at 12:06 AM