The story goes that everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17. In keeping with this fun holiday celebration, we’ve assembled a collection of recipes featuring green ingredients. Since March is also National Nutrition Month, this week’s recipes feature ingredients from all five food groups, Milk and milk products milk, cheese and yogurt; vegetables [...]

The following excerpts are taken from the new edition of “Food Fights: Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood Armed with Insight, Humor and a Bottle of Ketchup” (American Academy of Pediatrics, March 2012) by Laura A. Jana, MD, FAAP and Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP. For more information about Food Fights, please visit www.HealthyChildren.org, the official [...]

With ingredients like feta cheese, olive oil, spinach, cucumber, lemon, rosemary and even honey, Greek cuisine is loaded with flavor and nutrition. From Avgolemono Chicken Soup to Zucchini-Potato Latkes with Tzatziki, this week it’s all Greek to me! Transform your dining table into a Traverna this week with a family meal of Greek Omelets, Cucumber [...]

In an ideal world, kids would drink only water and milk in the quantities recommended by dietary guidelines: 16 ounces of nonfat or low-fat dairy for children ages 2 or 3; 20 ounces for children ages 4 to 8; and 24 ounces for anyone 9 and older. But the lure of sodas, fruit drinks, sports [...]

Whether you tune in for football or the ads, Super Bowl Sunday is a day-long celebration for many families. Often, pizza and wings, potato skins, dips, chips and other high-fat, sodium-rich foods sideline healthy eating during the game. This year, get ready for some football with healthier versions of fan-favorite foods. Serve your family a [...]

Kathleen Cannata Hanna’s premise for her cookbook is laid out – for the most part – in the title: “The Good-to-Go Cookbook: Take-Along Food, Quick Suppers, and Satisfying Snacks for On-the-Go Families”   (Storey, $16.95). Maybe there wasn’t room, but the title omits references to nutrition and tastiness. Those are part of Hanna’s recipe too. The [...]

Recently, the U.S. News and World Report (with input from a panel of health experts) ranked the top 25 diets and eating patterns (http://health.usnews.com/best-diet). The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) pattern, which emphasizes low-fat milk and milk products, fruits and vegetables while minimizing sodium, came out on top. Since Jan. 16 marks the start [...]