Image by grand grrl via Flickr It’s been a busy week here at Cooking Manager. Here’s a run-down of posts. Thank you for reading and commenting, both here and on the Facebook page. Sunday: Coupon Coup or Frugal Folly? A video about coupon-clipping gone overboard. Monday: From Tuna Surprise to Persian Chicken: Interview with Ariela. […]
Archives for January 2010
January 14, 2010
Do Picky Eaters Inhibit Your Cooking Style?
Some readers have family members that can’t eat certain foods because of allergies, intolerance, or medical conditions. But when they are just picky, it gets annoying. You are left with the choice of making what you want and having the child eat something else, or going along and winding up with a dish you don’t enjoy so much.
January 13, 2010
Recipe by Dena: Oatmeal, Not Just for Breakfast Anymore
Oatmeal, a true super food:
My father always told me, “Oatmeal should not be the consistency of snot!” When I was a little girl, my father made oatmeal every morning with this family recipe that’s been with us for at least 3 generations. Now it’s my turn to share it with my family, and with you.
Oats are a great way to start your day or even as a light dinner.
January 12, 2010
Simple Microwave Recipes
In my recipes, I like to include instructions for using a variety of cooking methods. Some people don’t own microwaves, but in a dorm or hotel room, that may be the only cooking tool available. Different methods work better for different people and situations.
Reader Ilana-Davita’s stovetop broke, and in the absence of a crockpot she requested microwave recipes. Here are a couple of simple ones. They all require microwave-safe utensils, like toughened glass, ceramic, or silicon.
January 11, 2010
From Tuna Surprise to Persian Chicken: Interview with Ariela
1. Name, location, family: Ariela Gordon-Shaag, 42, Yishuv Alon, Israel. My husband is DH (dear hubby), a 7th generation Jerusalemite and we have 5 kids: N (boy -15), R (girl -14), A (boy – 12), N (girl – 7) and E (boy 2.5)
2. What do you remember about family meals when you were growing up? What was your mother’s cooking style? Dinners were made using canned soup as a main ingredient. My mother’s specialty was Tuna Surprise – the surprise being that it does not have tuna in it.
January 10, 2010
Coupon Coup or Frugal Folly?
In this video a reporter follows a mother of six who uses coupons to cut her weekly food budget to one dollar.
The video shows her picking out three items:
- Fish. She buys 7 packages of 1/4 pound each, using 7 coupons to take a dollar off of each package, bringing her total to zero.
January 8, 2010
Friday Roundup #24
I started off the week at Cooking Manager with Three Reasons We Throw Away Food. On Monday, I continued our series of reader interviews thanks to Chana Rogow-Futch. On Wednesday I posted a recipe for Beet Soup with Ginger and Toasted Cumin. On ThursdayI responded to blogger Amy’s post about toddler serving sizes.
January 7, 2010
Should Toddlers Eat Dessert?
Over at Super Healthy Kids, Amy answers a question about toddler servings:
My friend and neighbor Liz, asked me this week, what appropriate portion sizes are for a toddler. It’s tough to use the old rule of letting their appetite dictate how much they eat, because when my kids were toddlers, they would often be “too full” for the rest of their dinner, but somehow have plenty of room in their little tummies for dessert!
January 6, 2010
Beet Soup with Cumin and Ginger
My mother made borscht frequently. My father enjoyed it, me not so much. She served it hot with quarters of cubed potato for a meat meal, and cold with sour cream for a dairy meal. When my husband bought more beets than I knew what to do with, I decided to make borscht too. Then […]
January 4, 2010
Gefilte Fish Recipe and Interview with Reader Chana Rogow-Futch
Please welcome Chana, also known as Cecelia Futch, the second in a series of interviews with readers of Cooking Manager. She’s a friend of Tikva, who was interviewed last week.
