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Entries Tagged as 'food appreciation'

Kids Make Healthy White Pizza

January 16th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized

My wife thought the work I was doing teaching nutrition labeling to the kids in my “food appreciation” classes was so important I should do more. So we designed another lesson around pizza. Last week among the processed foods we examined was a DiGiorno “Rising Crust Supreme” pizza. We were impressed not only with the […]

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Kids and Nutrition Facts

January 10th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Uncategorized

The first relevant piece of information on a nutrition label is “serving size.” I don’t think I’ve ever paid much attention before. But with the kids from one of my “food appreciation” classes gathered around, we deconstructed the nutrition facts on a bag of Tostitos corn chips piece by piece. According to the label, the […]

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Kids Make Holiday Spice Cookies

December 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized

Yes, it is possible to cream butter and sugar by hand. These delicious cookies bite back with the assertive flavors of ginger, molasses and black pepper. I was looking for a holiday cookie that would challenge the kids in my “food appreciation” classes but still come out of the oven quick enough that they could […]

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