Nutrition
Healthy Fuel for Swimmers
It’s July and that means swim season is in full swing. At our neighborhood pool, over a hundred kids between the ages of 5 and 18 show up early in the morning or later in the afternoon for an intense swim workout. I am often asked about more >>
Healthy Snacks and Lunches
Send Kids Packing with Healthy School Lunches
We all know about the time-tested PB & J, and the classic turkey sandwich. But here are a few other creative ideas that might bounce you and your kids out of your school lunch rut this year. If your kids have any other healthy more >>
Light and Delicious Summer Treats
Once the thermometer soars past 80 degrees, hardly an afternoon goes by when our kids don’t have a cold treat. But when I start to notice that the ice cream truck driver is greeting Solomon and Celia by name, I realize it’s time to more >>
Snack Attack
Afternoon hunger strikes like a Cobra! Before it attacks, it’s best to be armed with a list of nourishing and delicious snacks for our kids and ourselves. Here’s a list from Scrambling parents* for healthy and creative snack ideas.
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Healthier Halloween Snacks for our Little Goblins
While we wouldn’t miss trick-or-treating and the ensuing candy binge, the spooky snacks below can help you celebrate the holiday—whether it’s for school Halloween parties or after-school snacks—with a dose of good more >>
Practical Matters
The Well Stocked Kitchen
The following Scramble pantry list should help you in the following ways:
- You can take advantage of local store specials or bulk purchases on these commonly used items.
- Frozen fish, chicken and vegetables often have more >>
Ten Tips to Save Money on your Family Food Budget
All of us are feeling concerned by what we see in the news and spend in the stores. Costs are rising much faster than inflation and incomes. (An analysis of government data by The Washington Post found that prices have risen more >>
Organizing Your Kitchen - Make it Work for You!
Staying organized in our home is a battle that we all fight daily, especially with competing demands for our time from jobs, children and a growing list of activities. We tend to focus whatever organizing time we can spare on tackling the most more >>
Is it Time to Give Your Grill a Spring Cleaning?
I’m wiping the dust off my porch furniture and grill this week, and I feel like I’m buffing away a thick layer of winter. I am ready to fire up the barbecue now that the sun is pulling me outside like a powerful magnet. If more >>A Sticky Situation: Nonstick Skillets that Don't Work
Last week, my homemade chicken nuggets stuck to my (up until now) nonstick pan. The week before, it was my breaded tilapia that left its breading behind. I’ve only had this pan for a couple of years. I follow the cooking directions that more >>
Save Time and Money by Grocery Shopping Less
It’s possible that we shop at the family-friendliest grocery store in town. At the family-owned Chevy Chase Supermarket, at least one of the owners is always stationed in the front of the store, ready to help find an ingredient or answer more >>Saving Money at the Grocery Store
Recently Scramble® subscribers have asked for some advice on saving money at the grocery store. Thanks for challenging me this way, and let me know if you find any of these suggestions useful.
First, I'm sure all of us more >>Organic / Local Food
KidSafe Seafood: The Healthiest Fish in the Sea
When I was a teenager, my dad used to take us sailing near our home in Southern California on The Evely, the sailboat he fixed up and named after my mom. Once we got some distance offshore, my dad would catch whatever grabbed his bait, and, to more >>Herbs and Spices
Local Bounty and Herbs
After a dreary East Coast winter, I’m like a kid in a candy shop when I get near all the fresh locally grown fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers that are springing up at my neighborhood Farmer’s Market (or farm stands for those of you more >>Spicing Up Scramble Meals for Daring Taste Buds
While my own taste buds crave spicy food, I often tone down those flavors for my family now that we have children, and for other Scrambling families, not all of whom enjoy the sensation of a fiery tongue. But if you like spicier foods, more >>
Environment / Conservation
What Scrambling Families Can Do to Protect Our Environment
These are some tough times for Mother Earth. With worrisome news about global warming, depleted species, drought and pollution, she’s really going to need many Earth Days to bask in her own glow (hopefully she’ll wear her SPF more >>
Gifts that Won't Add to the Clutter
While I love the joyous spirit that comes from exchanging gifts with loved ones, the anti-clutter part of me dreads the prospect of having to find places for more things—in my house, we are already up to our eyeballs in stuff. In the hopes more >>Social Situations and Gatherings
Thanksgiving Survival Guide: 10 Steps to a Calmer Feast
I get the jitters before hosting almost any gathering, but with all the build-up to Thanksgiving, it feels like the stakes are even higher than usual. To keep it in perspective, I try to remember what's most important-to be with family and more >>
Potluck Politics
When you go to a potluck at somebody’s house, who gets to keep any leftovers of the dish you brought? Should you bring them home because you made the food, or should the host keep leftovers because s/he hosted the party? Many more >>Meals that Heal: Making Dinner for a Friend in Need
Recently, a dear friend became suddenly ill. Her community rallied to help, volunteering to care for her three children, visit her in the hospital, and make dinners. We set up a schedule for nightly meals, but before long, her family was more >>Tuning Up Kids' Table Manners for the Holidays
All of us love to sit down to a beautiful holiday meal with relatives, or enjoy celebratory meals at restaurants with friends. But does the thought of your children behaving like savages at these festive gatherings make you cringe? If your more >>Recommended Brands and Products
Easy and Healthy New Foods
I am slightly embarrassed to admit that my clothes and hairstyle haven’t changed much since the last millennium, and the plain white walls of our home haven’t been repainted since we moved in a decade ago—but that said, I’m more >>special recipe
Cornbread Stuffing with Pomegranate Seeds
Prep (25 minutes) + Cook (40 minutes)
10 side dish servings
I spotted this recipe on the POM Wonderful web site a few years ago, and tinkered with it a bit to make it healthier-it's heavenly on the Thanksgiving table. more >>
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