Healthy Meals in 10 Minutes or Less
By Susan Male Smith, R.D.
My friend Caroline recently lamented that all too often, she finds herself wandering the supermarket aisles at day's end in desperate search of something - anything! - to serve for dinner that night. Something quick. And easy. But healthful, too, of course. After all, she isn't willing to compromise on her children's health -- or her own. Fortunately, with more and more supermarkets catering to hurried, no-time-to-cook shoppers, it's easier than ever to find dinner fixings without resorting to overly processed, sodium-laden convenience foods.
Start by visiting th
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How Do You Save Money?
For our next issue of the MomTalk.com Magazine and for MomTalk.com, we're compiling a list of savings tips from you, our MomTalk visitors:
Given the rising prices of gas, groceries, and overall cost of living, what is your family doing to save money?
Please send your suggestions, tips, advice to editor@momtalk.com. Please include your name and location if you're comfortable having that information printed in the magazine.
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Bubble Loaf
This breakfast recipe is gooey but tasty and can be a lot of fun to make. It was always a challenge for mom to keep us from picking, prodding, and poking at this fun breakfast treat while the bread dough was rising. And even more of a challenge to keep us from burning our hands and mouths on it after this sticky, gooey treat came out of the oven. It gets its name from the fact that the pieces you put into it look like bubbles. It is a good recipe to make for brunch since the dough takes some time to rise. Hint: Think Father's Day!
2 loaves partially frozen bread dough
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cin
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Children's Physician Network Focuses Efforts to Combat Childhood Obesity
Ellen Pinkowski, RN
Children's Physician Network
Children's Physician Network (CPN), a network of 200 primary care clinicians and more than 500 pediatric specialists in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, has been working to promote healthier lifestyles and combat obesity among pediatric and adolescent patients. Since late 2006, pediatricians, nurse practitioners, and dieticians in CPN member clinics and affiliated hospitals, have been reviewing articles, information, and programs that promote healthier lifestyles and provide specific interventions for children and adolescents ide
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Kids Eat Free!
We've updated the list! Momtalk.com tries to keep the listings as current as possible, but before visiting any of the following local restaurants, we recommend calling ahead to verify that a kid promotion is still in effect.
Have a 9-year old who eats like a horse? A toddler who only eats red food? Need a break? All of the above? These Twin Cities locales feed kids for free. Check the day and/or age restrictions and chow down.
Daily
White Castle
All locations
www.whitecastle.com
Kids eat free 4-8pm; Dine-in only, one free kid's meal per adult meal purch
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SAGE: Minnesota's Cancer Screening Program
The Sage Screening Program (formerly the Minnesota Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program) is a statewide comprehensive breast and cervical cancer screening program whose primary objective is to increase the proportion of age-appropriate women who are screened for breast and cervical cancer with these services:
- providing free screening and follow-up services to uninsured and underinsured women
- reaching out to women who may not have regular health care providers
- educating the public about the importance of screening
- raising awareness among health professionals
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MomTalk.com Has a Mother's Day Gift for You
Just in case you don't receive the perfect gift---or even if you do---we'd like to show our appreciation to the work moms do. We've put together a special package that includes something special for the family AND something just for you. The first 5 people who respond will receive all of this:
4 tickets to the Waterpark of America
1 one-hour massage from Aagessen Chiropractic
Send Dad and the kids off for an adventure and take some ahhhhhhh-time for yourself. Or spend fun time with the kids and save your massage for another time. Whatever you want, it's your day!
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