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Kid’s Menu Isn’t Good for Kids – Eat Like the Italians!

Ilinap · August 25, 2010 ·

I imagine you are tired of me pining away for Italy. You probably don't want to hear me go on and on about how fantastico our vacation was. No one cares that Bird and Deal are saving up their piggy bank pennies to help us buy a vacation house in Sorrento (tops on the family wish … [Read more...] about Kid’s Menu Isn’t Good for Kids – Eat Like the Italians!

Tags: cooking, eating, family, food, Italy, kids, travel, vacation

Wordless Wednesday: A Sign

Ilinap · May 26, 2010 ·

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Tags: food, wordless Wednesday

Banking on a Healthy Meal

Ilinap · May 16, 2010 ·

I don't just worry about feeding my kids. I worry about feeding all kids. I know we're lucky. Privileged. We eat well at my house. Our cupboards are always stocked. Our fridge is full. Lunchboxes are chock full of goodness. My sons' full bellies fill my heart. Food is a way of … [Read more...] about Banking on a Healthy Meal

Tags: community, cooking, donate, eating, food, kids, North Carolina

A Lesson in Peel n’ Eat Shrimp

Ilina · March 31, 2010 ·

My sons are at an age that I can recount stories from my formative years. Only the G-rated ones, of course. Um, not that there are any stories that venture out of NC-17 territory. While we were waiting to be served at a restaurant recently, I told Bird and Deal about how I was a … [Read more...] about A Lesson in Peel n’ Eat Shrimp

Tags: attitude, Bird, food, fun, lessons, perspective

WRAL GoAskMom: I Get Around

Ilina · March 21, 2010 ·

While I might seem like a willy nilly blogger here at Dirt & Noise, I assure you I am no slacker. I've been writing at other places and have been too busy to even get the word out. It's ironic that I write about myself and am a marketer yet neglect to pimp myself … [Read more...] about WRAL GoAskMom: I Get Around

Tags: blogs, food, motherhood, writing

Sit mens sana in corpore sano

Ilina · February 25, 2010 ·

http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swfThe Spartans believed in a healthy mind in a healthy body. Shouldn't we embrace that basic tenet as Americans?Mushy brain in a mushy body is more like it. … [Read more...] about Sit mens sana in corpore sano

Tags: cook, eat, education, food, learning

Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move Initiative and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Have Me Fired Up

Ilina · February 21, 2010 ·

Tater tots, while funny in Napoleon Dynamite, are not the stuff of healthy lunches.Green beans with no crunch and the slightly tinny taste of a can. I'll pass.Cole slaw bathing in mayonnaise. Not the best way to dress the otherwise healthy cabbage.Hot dogs full of nitrites, … [Read more...] about Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move Initiative and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Have Me Fired Up

Tags: children, eat, education, exercise, food, health, kids, politics, school

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