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Proof that anything can be deep fried.
Suddenly those Christmas cookies I ate for breakfast don’t feel so good. I’m going to the gym right now.
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I have a solution to the five pounds I’m sure to gain this holiday season…
Spaghetti Sauce
Here’s my recipe for spaghetti sauce. Before Claudia’s son tasted this, he would only eat Ragu.
1 eggplant
1 green pepper, halved and seeded
3-4 carrots
1 onion
4 cloves garlic, minced
a handful of fresh basil or parsley or both
1 large can (28 oz.) tomato sauce
2 large cans crushed tomatoes
1 large can diced tomatoes
salt and pepper
olive oil
Peel the eggplant. Cut [...]
Healthy Granola Bars
This is a high-protein snack that even kids who insist they hate nuts will love. The secret is chopping the nuts very finely. My daughter carries these with her to eat before swim practice to give her energy.
2 1/2 cups Quaker oats (not the quick cooking kind)
1/4 cup steel-cut oats (or substitute more Quaker oats [...]
Angry Spinach
I promised some recipes that can help your kids eat something a little more healthy than pizza or cocoa puffs. I’ll start with angry spinach.
1 pound spinach, stems cut off, washed and slightly dried
2-3 cloves garlic, sliced (not minced)
3 tbsp. olive oil
1 tbsp. sesame oil
3 tbsp. soy sauce (adjust to taste)
1 tbsp. sesame seeds
1 tbsp. [...]
New adoptive parent? When feeling out of control, focus on food.
Any of you out there adopt older children who you struggled to get to eat anything that didn’t come handed out a drive-through window in a greasy bag?
I had a multitude of challenges when my daughter finally moved in with me—her anger at leaving her beloved foster parents powering most of them—but the fact that [...]