Cooking with the Moms

Vitamin D – the sunshine vitamin – is best known as the vitamin that cured rickets. But today, vitamin D is being hailed for doing much more. It helps the body absorb calcium, so it maintains healthy bones and helps prevent osteoporosis (10 million Americans over the age of 50 are diagnosed with the "brittle bone" disease every year). New research suggests that vitamin D may also protect against certain cancers, type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and autoimmune diseases. Good dietary sources are fortified foods such as milk, yogurt, margarines and cereals, catfish, sardines, salmon, tuna and egg yolks. Our two featured recipes in today's show can help to boost your vitamin D intake: Banana Split Smoothie and Grilled Mozzarella & Smoked Salmon Panini. To find these and other recipes, visit http://www.mealmakeovermoms.com/.

Vitamin D – the sunshine vitamin – is best known as the vitamin that cured rickets. But today, vitamin D is being hailed for doing much more. It helps the body absorb calcium, so it maintains healthy bones and helps prevent osteoporosis (10 million Americans over the age of 50 are diagnosed with the "brittle bone" disease every year). New research suggests that vitamin D may also protect against certain cancers, type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and autoimmune diseases. Good dietary sources are fortified foods such as milk, yogurt, margarines and cereals, catfish, sardines, salmon, tuna and egg yolks. Our two featured recipes in today's show can help to boost your vitamin D intake: Banana Split Smoothie and Grilled Mozzarella & Smoked Salmon Panini. To find these and other recipes, visit http://www.mealmakeovermoms.com/.

Now that the weather is warm and backyard grills are back in action, we figured now is as good a time as any to talk about the dos and don'ts of food safety. In this week's show, we dispel the myth that mayonnaise is a key food spoilage culprit, share a recipe for Red, White & Blue Potato Salad, and give a pop food safety quiz to our listeners! Did you know that as a rule of thumb, leftover foods should not stay out of refrigeration for more than two hours while in hot weather (80 degrees F or warmer), the time is reduced to just one hour? Stay tuned for lots of tips and tricks for keeping your food healthy and safe for everyone to enjoy. To find these and other recipes, visit http://www.mealmakeovermoms.com/.

Now that the weather is warm and backyard grills are back in action, we figured now is as good a time as any to talk about the dos and don'ts of food safety. In this week's show, we dispel the myth that mayonnaise is a key food spoilage culprit, share a recipe for Red, White & Blue Potato Salad, and give a pop food safety quiz to our listeners! Did you know that as a rule of thumb, leftover foods should not stay out of refrigeration for more than two hours while in hot weather (80 degrees F or warmer), the time is reduced to just one hour? Stay tuned for lots of tips and tricks for keeping your food healthy and safe for everyone to enjoy. To find these and other recipes, visit http://www.mealmakeovermoms.com/.

On today's show, we serve up the latest news on foods that lower cholesterol. Some of the power foods we dish about are oatmeal, walnuts and other nuts, fatty fish such as salmon, olive oil, beans, and spreads fortified with plant sterols and stanols. Our two cholesterol-lowering recipes are Oatmeal Power Breakfast topped with pure maple syrup, blueberries, and chopped nuts and Shrimp & Black Bean Tacos -- contrary to popular belief, eating shrimp won't raise your cholesterol ... in fact, it can have the opposite affect. To find these and other recipes, visit http://www.mealmakeovermoms.com/.

On today's show, we serve up the latest news on foods that lower cholesterol. Some of the power foods we dish about are oatmeal, walnuts and other nuts, fatty fish such as salmon, olive oil, beans, and spreads fortified with plant sterols and stanols. Our two cholesterol-lowering recipes are Oatmeal Power Breakfast topped with pure maple syrup, blueberries, and chopped nuts and Shrimp & Black Bean Tacos -- contrary to popular belief, eating shrimp won't raise your cholesterol ... in fact, it can have the opposite affect. To find these and other recipes, visit http://www.mealmakeovermoms.com/.

Imagine a dinner that costs less than seven dollars for a family of four! Wow... talk about budget busting meals. In this week's podcast, we share seven low-cost recipes that you and your family are sure to love. Our first recipe for Ravioli & Chard Lasagna is easy, kid friendly, and costs just $1.75 per serving. We also share a new recipe for Meat 'n Potato Bites – a delicious, inexpensive side dish you're sure to make again and again. To find these and other recipes, visit http://www.mealmakeovermoms.com/.

Imagine a dinner that costs less than seven dollars for a family of four! Wow... talk about budget busting meals. In this week's podcast, we share seven low-cost recipes that you and your family are sure to love. Our first recipe for Ravioli & Chard Lasagna is easy, kid friendly, and costs just $1.75 per serving. We also share a new recipe for Meat 'n Potato Bites – a delicious, inexpensive side dish you're sure to make again and again. To find these and other recipes, visit http://www.mealmakeovermoms.com/.

When we think about Easter and Passover, fond food memories come to mind. At Easter, Janice dreams of her neighbor's lamb cake. That's right! This delectable cake is shaped like a lamb and decorated with white frosting and shredded coconut. For Liz, Passover conjures up memories of matzoh and her mom's pot roast. For the holidays, we created two new recipes: Nutty Noodle Kugel and Minty Lamb Burgers with Walnuts & Feta. To find these and other recipes, visit http://www.mealmakeovermoms.com/.

When we think about Easter and Passover, fond food memories come to mind. At Easter, Janice dreams of her neighbor's lamb cake. That's right! This delectable cake is shaped like a lamb and decorated with white frosting and shredded coconut. For Liz, Passover conjures up memories of matzoh and her mom's pot roast. For the holidays, we created two new recipes: Nutty Noodle Kugel and Minty Lamb Burgers with Walnuts & Feta. To find these and other recipes, visit http://www.mealmakeovermoms.com/.

On today's show, we laugh our way through the whacky world of nutrition. For starters, we discuss common nutrition myths such as, "potatoes and bread are fattening," "eating late at night goes straight to your hips," and "eggs raise cholesterol," and debunk them all. We also share two of our favorite recipes: Frog Legs – a perennial favorite with kids -- and Devil's Food Layer Cake with Peppermint Frosting with its 1,300 calories and 75 grams of fat (oh, and "April Fool's")!!

On today's show, we laugh our way through the whacky world of nutrition. For starters, we discuss common nutrition myths such as, "potatoes and bread are fattening," "eating late at night goes straight to your hips," and "eggs raise cholesterol," and debunk them all. We also share two of our favorite recipes: Frog Legs – a perennial favorite with kids -- and Devil's Food Layer Cake with Peppermint Frosting with its 1,300 calories and 75 grams of fat (oh, and "April Fool's")!!

If your kids suffer from brown bag boredom, try packing their school lunch in a bento box. Bento boxes are traditionally used in Japan for storing separate small dishes that comprise an individual meal – most often lunch. The boxes are beautifully designed, and a staggering 12 million bento-box meals are sold each day. You don't have to live in Japan though to use a bento box. For school-age kids, there are plenty of simple, plastic bento boxes to choose from (we like the boxes from LaptopLunches.com). In this week's show, we share some bento packing tips as well as favorite school lunch and snack ideas from blog readers and podcast listeners. We also serve up our newest recipe for Thousand Island Roast Beef Wraps. To find these and other recipes, visit http://www.mealmakeovermoms.com/

If your kids suffer from brown bag boredom, try packing their school lunch in a bento box. Bento boxes are traditionally used in Japan for storing separate small dishes that comprise an individual meal – most often lunch. The boxes are beautifully designed, and a staggering 12 million bento-box meals are sold each day. You don't have to live in Japan though to use a bento box. For school-age kids, there are plenty of simple, plastic bento boxes to choose from (we like the boxes from LaptopLunches.com). In this week's show, we share some bento packing tips as well as favorite school lunch and snack ideas from blog readers and podcast listeners. We also serve up our newest recipe for Thousand Island Roast Beef Wraps. To find these and other recipes, visit http://www.mealmakeovermoms.com/

Legumes are some of the healthiest foods on the planet yet they are often misunderstood. Legumes include thousands of plants -- beans, lentils, peanuts, peas, and soybeans -- that have seed pods split along both sides when ripe. Ask most people, "what’s a legume?" and you’ll hear a bunch of answers such as, "a body of water," or "a grassy swampy area," (lagoon) and "stockings" or "socks" (leggings)! Legumes are packed with protein, fiber, iron, folate and other health enhancing nutrients. The two kid-friendly recipes in this show are Mexican Lasagna featuring black beans and Peanut Butter Power Cookies featuring peanuts, a legume and not a nut. To find these and other recipes, visit http://www.mealmakeovermoms.com/