July 2007 Archives
An Easy Family Menu
Cooking a single meal for the whole family is the ideal situation, but it is difficult to plan meals when you have young children and their taste is not very developed. However, the effort pays off, and there is an added bonus: a family dinner is a social occasion. Your children can practice their manners in a relaxed atmosphere and there is the opportunity to talk to each other about your day, leaving the table refreshed by good food and good conversation.
The following is a balanced menu for a family. It is simple because when you have children under seven there is not much time to cook; also, children prefer less s
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Night Terrors and Your Child
Most parents have comforted their child after the occasional nightmare. But if your child has ever experienced what's known as a night terror (or sleep terror), his or her fear was likely inconsolable - no matter what you tried.
A night terror is a sleep disruption that seems similar to a nightmare, but with a far more dramatic presentation. Though night terrors can be alarming for parents who witness them, they're not typically cause for concern or a sign of a deeper medical issue.
What Are Night Terrors?
During a typical night, sleep occurs in several stages. Each is associated with parti
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The ABCs of Breastfeeding
By Dana Sullivan
You can't really prepare your breasts for breastfeeding, but you can prepare your head. Before your baby is born, learn as much about breastfeeding as possible. Start by taking a class at your hospital or birth center, or reading pamphlets from your physician. The more information you have about nursing before you begin, the more confident you'll feel about it once you start. Remember that confidence, comfort, and relaxation are three keys to successful breastfeeding. Simply put: the more confident and comfortable you are, the more relaxed you are, the easier it is for you to produce milk.
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Tomato on Sally Lunn Bread--The Messiest Sandwich On Earth
By Ansell Hawkins
Let's make Sally Lunn bread and then turn it into a memorable sandwich dripping with juice from fresh tomatoes! As the story goes, a young girl in eighteenth century Bath, England, sold buns that were dark on top and light underneath, likened to the sun and moon (Sel et Lune). Keep saying it fast and you'll get "Sally Lunn."
What You Need:
* 3 1/2 - 4 cups all purpose flour
* 1/3 cup sugar
* 1 package active dry yeast (be sure to check the date)
* 1/2 cup milk
* 1/2 cup warm water
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
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When Mom Gets Cancer
By Jane Schwartzman
In the car alone, struggling to see as my eyes filled with tears, I just needed to get home and hold my kids tight and never let them go. How the hell was I going to tell them?! The fear bomb I was going to have to drop on them was worse than the fear I was having myself about the unknown cancer in my body. They would never forget this. How do you soften the words "Mom has cancer"?
As a mom, you always worry about how to protect your children. But on May 10th, 2006, all the "stuff" I had been trying to protect them from seemed ever-so-insignificant. On that day, my doctor tol
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Massage Offers Benefits for Exercisers at All Levels
Summer is the season of swimming, tennis, and being outdoors. But along with summer sports, the season brings sprained ankles, pulled muscles and shin splints. This summer, and all year round, athletes of all levels are turning to massage therapy to combat these mishaps.
Once considered an alternative medicine, massage has staked its claim to the mainstream. Americans make about 114 million visits to massage therapists each year, and spend about $6 billion total. Moreover, the American Massage Therapy Association reports that 2 million more people sought out massage therapy in 2005 than in 2004.
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Making Child's Play Out of Staying Fit
When you were a kid, you probably did a little hula hooping during gym class. Back then you may have thought it was all fun and games and maybe a bit silly but turns out your gym teacher was on to something.
All the twisting and turning you do to keep the hoop from falling gives you a full body workout. In fact, according to the Cooper Institute, a nonprofit research and education center, one minute of hula hooping burns as many calories as running an eight-minute mile or taking part in a high impact aerobic class.
"Add a little weight to the hoop and you can incorporate strength training into your wor
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Magic Salad
A reader has sent us one of her favorite summer recipes. She calls it Magic Salad
2 bananas, cut it 1/4's
Grapes, cut up-add about 4-5 handfuls, or as much or little as you like
1 can pineapple chunks, in juice
1 pkg, of lemon or vanilla instant pudding mix
marshmallows
Mix all ingredients together and refrigerate. Enjoy.
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AAP Offers Advice for Kids' Sports Safety
As kids practice passing in the outdoor summer soccer league, shoot some hoops on the neighborhood court, and perfect their backstroke at the local pool, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) aims to put the upcoming school sports season in safe perspective for parents and their young athletes.
Overuse is to blame for up to half of all injuries seen in pediatric sports medicine, says a new policy statement from the AAP. Caused by repetitive actions that put too much stress on the bones and muscles, overuse injuries can be a real problem because they may affect kids' growing bones.
Some of the most co
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Summer Cooking Tips from Celebrity Chef Curtis Stone
World famous chef Curtis Stone, star of the hit TLC show "Take Home Chef," knows that each season is unique. With all the bounty of the summer season, cooks take advantage of the available produce to experiment with lighter fare and all the fresh vegetables that are readily available.
"Each season presents different flavors," says Stone. "To me, summer foods should be clean and simple -- with nice crisp tastes that suit the sunshine. Summer vegetables are fantastically refreshing and can enhance any summer dish."
In his new book, "Cooking with Curtis," Curtis shares his cooking philosophy to keep it s
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