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Cooking with kids Tip #3

EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / August 1,2018

Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food!

COOKING WITH KIDS TIP #3
SET KITCHEN GROUND RULES

Third in a 4-part series

By Jamila, Seasonal Roots’ Veggie Fairy Godmother

Kids love to taste things and will often gobble ingredients without considering food safety. Before getting started on any cooking project when you’re cooking with kids, set some kitchen ground rules.

•Discuss ways to keep themselves safe around hot elements and sharp tools.
•Also request that they ask before tasting ingredients.
•Designate a bowl that is specifically for samples and drop something in there from time to time. A “tasting bowl” gives kids an opportunity to explore without worry.

This week’s challenge: Dicing! Use a variety of fresh, local root veggies to make a kid-pleasing dish ...

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local organic food

Is organic worth it?

EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / May 9,2018

Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food!

IS ORGANIC WORTH IT?
And can you even trust organic labels?

When you've got nothing else to go on, that organic label seems like an easy solution. Organic foods have a reputation for being more nutritious and safer. Plus, organic can cost up to twice as much as conventional - must be better, right? The truth, it turns out, is complicated...

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It’s National Farmers Market Week!

EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / August 9-10, 2017

Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food!

4 REASONS WHY FARMERS MARKETS ARE WORTH CELEBRATING EVERY WEEK

Whether online or in-person, make a point of shopping at a farmers market this week to support local family farmers! Eating local is a win-win for everyone – for the farmers, for you, and for our community. And since Seasonal Roots farmers and food artisans all use sustainable, humane methods, you get the added benefit of knowing you’re helping the environment and being kind to animals when you shop Seasonal Roots…

Continue reading about farmers market week, below, or view this issue as a PDF with clickable links.

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