Want to teach your kids about nutrition while having fun? You’ll love the new CD, Get Fruity, from Apple Brains (a/k/a Allen Bleyle). The Vermont native wrote most of the nusic while working as a “Nutrition Musician” for the Network for a Healthy California and at the Farm & Wilderness Camps in Plymouth. Nine of [...]

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by Dianne Lamb, Food and Nutrition Specialist with UVM Extension

Perhaps you’re looking for a quick way to use up some of your leftover Thanksgiving turkey. What could be simpler than dining on a bowl of steaming hot soup? Actually these soups can be made from leftover chicken too.
A hearty soup, made with veggies and meat, [...]

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Here’s some advice from Kristen, a PA mom who had such crispy kids in cold weather she invented her own line of children’s skin care products!
1. Minimize the time spent in the bath or shower. Strange as it may seem, being in water actually sucks moisture out of the skin.
2. Also, try to use cooler [...]

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If you’re like most busy parents these days, you worry about what to feed the kids. First, you want to make sure it’s healthy. Maybe to you that means nutritious; maybe it means organic. Secondly, of course, you want the kids to actually like it! If you’re looking for some fresh ideas, there’s a new [...]

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