Add Some Culture to Your Menu
My family members always enjoyed some fairly unusual foods. As a kid, I’d eat just about anything, with a few exceptions. Liver sausage and lutefisk only briefly touched my plate before being...
View Article‘Grazing’ Can Have Health Benefits
“He eats like a horse.” I think I have described my son’s teenage years in those terms at some point. I have heard other parents of teenagers do the same. Eating like a horse actually is a compliment...
View ArticleDrink More Fluids, Eat More Fruits and Vegetables During Warmer Season
Remember when toddlers were the only ones carrying bottles? Carrying a bottle of water to class, to work, on shopping trips, on walks and in cars has become quite chic. That’s a fashion statement with...
View ArticleWhat Are Your Summer Nutrition and Fitness Goals?
I recall a conversation I had with my son many years ago. He had just completed first grade. He and I were talking about scheduling some summer activities for him, and I was perusing the city’s summer...
View ArticleBison Are at Home on the Range
Whenever I drive to Jamestown, N.D., I always peer off to the distant hill looking for the famous albino bison. It’s not a mythological creature. White Cloud really exists, and now the herd has an...
View ArticleBees Are Busy Food Producers
Some of us claim to be pretty busy. But we’re all slackers compared to honey bees. Imagine yourself as a bee. To make a pound of honey, you’d need to gather all your winged friends, fly more than...
View ArticleDoes Gardening Really Count as Exercise?
When I was very young I loved to help with gardening. Squash, pumpkin and bean seeds were easily within my planting capability. I’m not sure I ever graduated to the manual dexterity needed for planting...
View ArticleDoes Your Garden Promote Healthy Eyes?
As I admired the various shades of green in my landscape and the bright yellow daffodil blossoms in late May, I couldn’t help but value my eyesight. A rose-breasted grosbeak and a yellow finch flew to...
View ArticleDon’t Let Pests Ruin Your Perfect Picnic
Don’t Let Pests Ruin Your Perfect PicnicOn a warm day with a gentle breeze, who can resist a picnic? Unfortunately a number of pests try to foil our best attempts at perfect picnics. Troops of ants...
View ArticleDo You Use a Food Thermometer?
I recall a conversation I had around our lunch table at work. Often our lunch conversations gravitate to food. Someone was talking about grilling, and I asked him whether he used a food thermometer....
View ArticleThirsty? How About Some Watermelon?
When I think of summertime food, wedges of juicy, refreshing watermelon come to mind. I don’t even mind having a dribble of red juice staining the front of my shirt. Watermelon is about 92 percent...
View ArticleAre You Sun Savvy?
When spring arrived, I pulled out the floppy-brimmed hats, along with our gardening tools, mower, balls and bats. I put away all the mittens, scarves and other winter items. Now that summer has arrived...
View ArticleSpillin’ the Beans About Getting Kids to Eat Vegetables
If I placed all the green beans I cut as a child from end to end, they’d probably reach from Fargo to Jamestown. Maybe the trail of beans only seems to have covered 100 miles. I became quite efficient...
View ArticleHave Fun and Stay Healthy on a North Dakota Road Trip
I recall a family vacation we took through North Dakota several years ago when our kids were 4, 9 and 12. “Wow, Mom, this is an animal vacation!” our daughter exclaimed. She was 9 at the time. “It’s...
View ArticleAdd Some Blueberries to Your Plate
While at a county fair last week, I noticed a boy grinning at his friends. He had bright blue teeth courtesy of the blue snow cone he was enjoying. Seeing him made me think of my son at the same age....
View ArticleTry a Peachy Menu Option During Peach Season
The names of some fruits have become descriptive words in the English language. Being the “apple” of someone’s eye is generally a good thing. Buying a “lemon” for a car is not. And you definitely want...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Favorite Comfort Food?
When you are angry, bored or frustrated, what kinds of food do you seek? If you’re like some of the people who’ve been in studies, you’d reach for foods that are crunchy. Maybe you feel like biting...
View ArticleMaking Jelly at Home Stirs Memories
One of my older daughter’s favorite children’s books featured Frances, a finicky little badger who prefers bread and jam over most foods. Her parents offer eggs and all sorts of other foods to entice...
View ArticleSeven Ways to Use Zucchini
Lock your car doors. Post a guard by your front steps. Keep a close eye on your purse or briefcase at work. Zucchini are back. If you don’t take some precautions, your car, front steps or bag might be...
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Be Good Food Role Model for Your Kids
Photo by Kakisky courtesy of morguefile.com Whenever September rolls around, I recall being stranded in Dallas during the time of the 9/11 attack in 2001. I was unable to get a flight home for several...
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