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Archive for May, 2009

How to make dairy-free or vegan muffins
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
You can adjust a recipe to use dairy-free ingredients

You can adjust a recipe to use dairy-free ingredients

Dairy-Free Muffins


Carrot Spice Muffins

Coffee Break Muffins

Strawberry Banana Muffins

Vegan Muffins


Lemon Muffins

Sun-Dried Tomato
Herb

Peanut Butter Muffins

Intolerance to milk is much more common than a serious allergy, yet many people suffer from a mild intolerance that can cause, well, gastrointestinal issues…

The good news? It’s very easy to replace dairy in common baked goods, and even better, you won’t even notice the difference! Pick the right recipes to use as a base, experiment with substitutions at least a few times (and carefully record the changes you’ve made!), and know what to substitute.

A Dairy-Free Baking Experiment

We picked three of our favorite muffin recipes as a base, ensuring that each recipe contained only one dairy ingredient. Each recipe required a simple one-step substitution that changed the rest of the recipe only slightly or not at all.

We love Earth Balance Buttery Sticks because they behave just like butter and have a lovely butter flavor. When you substitute them, drop the salt in the recipe by half if you are replacing unsalted butter. (more…)

Tags: dairy-free, vegan
Posted in How-To, Nutrition | 2 Comments »

How can I make sure my child’s lunch actually gets eaten?
Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Peer pressure can be tough on little ones, especially in the lunch room. There are a few things you can do to help make sure you child eats the lunch you’ve sent, or (gulp!) doesn’t throw it all in the trash!

The Cool Lunch

Kids love to be the one with the “cool” lunch at their table. You don’t have to break the bank or buy the latest trendy packaged foods to make this happen, though. Remember, just because your child may eat certain foods at home, it’s not a foregone conclusion that they’d accept them as readily in their lunch box. Here are some options:

  • Make an ordinary food extraordinary by varying flavors or textures, or pairing things together. For example, fire ants on a log are an unusual pairing, but make for a great conversational item.
  • Pack amazing “treat” substitutes for traditional packaged “junk food” (more on this below)
  • Use cookie cutters or a knife to make “uncrustable” sandwiches with silly shapes
  • Include fun games or notes
  • Pack fun straws for a juice box or water bottle

(more…)

Tags: alternatives, peer pressure
Posted in How-To | No Comments »

Packing an earth-friendly lunch and reducing waste
Friday, May 1st, 2009

What a waste

The numbers don’t lie: children’s lunches create a lot of garbage every day. Googling for some statistics, we pulled together some interesting tidbits:

  • The typical child generates 67 pounds of lunchtime trash per year
  • 38 billion plastic water bottles end up in landfills each year and take 700 years before they start to decompose
  • Trash is often mistaken for food and eaten by ocean life
  • 1.5 million barrels of oil are used in making plastic baggies and plastic bottles each year

(more…)

Tags: garbage, wrap
Posted in Dietary Guidelines | No Comments »

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