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How to Bake Pork Sausages in Puff Pastry: School Lunch Ideas
Sep16

How to Bake Pork Sausages in Puff Pastry: School Lunch Ideas

A simple & tasty recipe for How to Bake Pork Sausages in Puff Pastry is a great one to have up your sleeve. Children love these tasty appetizer tidbits that I frequently serve when I have guests, but they also make a great main dish for school lunches. All you need is a package of puff pastry, 4 or 5 pork breakfast sausages and a hot oven. This makes a nice change for children who bring lunch to school every day. Baked Pork...

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How to Make Layered Salad with Granola & Crackers in a Jar: School Lunch Ideas
Sep15

How to Make Layered Salad with Granola & Crackers in a Jar: School Lunch Ideas

This recipe for How to Make Layered Salad with Crackers & Granola in a Jar is a great, nutritious & fun staple for lunch. School lunches can be exciting and delicious by using a bit of imagination and including foods that are substantial, easy to eat, and chock full of good things. It is easy to include other veggies that the child likes and omit ones that don’t appeal to the child. Layered Salad with Granola &...

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How to Make Cucumber Chicken Salad Finger Sandwiches: School Lunch Ideas
Sep14

How to Make Cucumber Chicken Salad Finger Sandwiches: School Lunch Ideas

You’ll wonder why you’ve never thought of making Cucumber Chicken Salad Sandwiches before… This is such a light and delicious lunch. By using cucumber in place of bread, you get neat, little, cute sandwiches that will satisfy your child and give him or her a nutritious school lunch. It turns a boring sandwich into fun finger foods that are delicious & easy to eat for little fingers. Cucumber Chicken Salad Finger...

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How to Make Easy Skewered Kebabs with Dip: School Lunch Ideas
Sep13

How to Make Easy Skewered Kebabs with Dip: School Lunch Ideas

Easy Skewered Kebabs are a quick lunch idea that is healthy & tasty. It’s always nice for kids when mom provides them with a school lunch that is easy to carry around and eat, especially when it is so delicious and appealing as these kebabs. Two dips make these kebabs even more fabulous – a fruit dip and a savory dip. Children love dipping their food so they’ll have some fun while getting a nutritious lunch. Easy...

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Fresh Ideas for Brown Bagging: National School Lunch Week
Oct08

Fresh Ideas for Brown Bagging: National School Lunch Week

National School Lunch Week has arrived, and new inspiration has come to help you make lunches for your kids. School lunches for the children of our country are a very important aspect of feeding our young healthy & nutritious foods to keep them alert, strong & willing to learn. It is a good idea to provide each lunch with a few raw vegetables, which can be paired with a dip that is appealing to children. This can also serve as...

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School Lunches Do Not Have to Be a Challenge
Sep16

School Lunches Do Not Have to Be a Challenge

It’s Back-to-School, and what a challenge to keep up with the nutrition, variety & tastes of your child when packing School Lunches… You want to try and keep it simple, easy to transport and handle, as well as being healthy, low in fat, and the list goes on. Sandwiches are still a great go-to for lunches, using last night’s leftover roast beef or roast chicken on a bagel or in a pita pocket. Keep it interesting...

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Healthy Ideas for Packed Lunches this School Year
Sep09

Healthy Ideas for Packed Lunches this School Year

Wanna beat the Back-to-School Rush? As part of the Eat Well campaign, Zannat Reza (Registered Dietitian) and Christine Cushing (TV Chef and Author) answer a question from Lauralyn Chow of Calgary, Alberta: “Do you have any ideas for making packed lunches for those days when I’m in a rush, and I need something quick?” Zannat and Christine share healthy and delicious ideas with us to help us be organized and send healthy offerings for...

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How Do You Keep Apples From Turning Brown?  + Video
Jun30

How Do You Keep Apples From Turning Brown? + Video

One of the Culinary Questions I have received is “How do you Keep Apples from Turning Brown?” Well, this goes for fresh apples being sliced or chopped. Once exposed to the air, they will start to turn brown without some assistance from yet another great food. Watch the video below to find out: After you core, slice and remove peel, if desired, from your apple, coat the flesh in 1/4-1/2 tsp lemon juice. This acid will keep...

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Healthy School Lunches – Be Ready for Back to School

Instead of sending your child through the cafeteria line with a $10 bill each day for school, get into the trend of packing them a healthy lunch. Healthy is in right now, as is budgeting. So, your child will not be the only one brown bagging or bento box-ing lunch this year! Keeping your kids healthy should be of paramount importance to you and here’s how you can improve their lunches…the easy way! Think of food in 6...

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Cooking Tips for College Students on a Budget
Jul27

Cooking Tips for College Students on a Budget

I was a student in University, and was married in university. So, we definitely know how to stretch a dollar when you’re going to school and don’t have a large budget to work with. Plus, we know your meals need to be quick and easy, as you really don’t have a lot of time for anything extra when going to university! No doubt, if you’ve been to college or university, you’ll know exactly what I mean –...

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