DO YOU HAVE A SLOW EATER WITH A SHORT LUNCH BREAK? When you pack a home lunch for your child who is a slow eater with a short lunch break and the lunch box comes back full with uneaten and sometimes untouched food, it gets quite disheartening.In my children’s school, lunch break is technically 20 minutes. This includes getting into the lunch … [Read more...]
Why you should grate your cheese at home instead of buying shredded cheese
Fridays are our family pizza nights. I prepare the pizza dough from scratch. During the summer I use fresh tomatoes, basil and other herbs from the garden. But for a long time, I've always used packaged shredded cheese. I've settled down with a brand of shredded mozzarella for its taste, until I was alerted by my husband about one of the … [Read more...]
Gluten free breakfast ideas
When I mention that I follow a gluten-free diet, most of the people cannot figure out what I eat for breakfast. We are conditioned to think a breakfast is not a proper breakfast without wheat such as cereal, bagels, toasts, pancakes, waffles, pastries, oatmeal etc. If you open up yourself to possibilities, with these gluten free breakfast ideas, … [Read more...]
Healthier treats to give out to Halloween trick-or-treaters
While the North Dakota mom, who plans to hand out flyers instead of candy, is having her 15-minutes of fame, we are ready for today's trick-or-treaters with clementines (or Cuties as brand name) for the second year in a row. We painted Jack-o-lantern faces with markers this year. Kids loved getting cuties last year. Both little ones, as well as … [Read more...]
Why we prefer not to order from kids menus in restaurants
In the last two weeks, we had to eat out more than usual because we had guests. During the first visit, we went to a nice American restaurant which is not a chain and our server recommended Mac Cheese for children. We told him that our children eat from the adult's menu, right when, my son had opened the menu, screaming “I want calamari!” as my … [Read more...]
Teaching kids how to eat healthy
I am known as the crazy daughter or wacky daughter-in-law among my family members. I might turn into a evil witch when people offer unsolicited sweets or candies to my kids. Yes, I am that mother.I love deserts and chocolate myself, that’s for sure, I won't lie. "Sweets and candy" is not limited to grocery/bakery purchased packaged foods. For … [Read more...]
Why is eating healthy so hard?
It is great to be raised in the Mediterranean region and yet sometimes it is not good completely either. I don’t think there is any other kitchen in the world that serves so many varieties of veggies and legumes. I feel really lucky in this sense. Western part of Turkey is source of good quality olive. Therefore, olive oil is staple of our cuisine. … [Read more...]