Condiment Corner — healthy eating

We believe food is more than fuel - it really is fun. Making food fun opens up our palates to more food choices, decreases boredom resulting in healthier eating, and gives us opportunities for new activities and learning. Examples we see around us are the 20+ raised vegetable garden plots in our own neighborhood development, as well as the abundance of food preparation, food gardening and urban gardening classes . During the growing season we see our neighbors with empty wagons and carts headed for the vegetable patches supported by our HOA. And then we see the families returning with their...

Have you thought about why it is important for kids to know how to cook? Are you trying to teach them to save money or have more control over ingredients for health reasons or control their weight? Maybe you want a different kind of quality time with your kids, or giving the family a reason to gather or simply avoiding "death-by-drive through".I was really lucky for a variety of reasons. I started cooking meals for my family when I was very young. By the time I got to the home economics class in junior high school I was already pretty...

Today is National Cherry Turnover Day! Who knew? Here at Condiment Corner, like all self proclaimed and proud-of-it FOODIES, we like to have fun with our food. So when we run across a unique food factoid we can’t help but figure out where our Orange Cranberry or Cranberry Jalapeno Chutney fits in. We gotta’ tell ya’ - Turnovers are a perfect fit. Grab some refrigerator dough (unless you make your own) and separate the triangles of dough. Put a teaspoon or two of our Chutney on one triangle and then top it with another triangle. Use the tines of a...

We enjoy talking to the many people who come by the Idyll Cravings booths at the Southlands or Parker Farmer’s Markets. Since our Cranberry Jalapeno Chutney is a new product on the market (just premiered the end of May) we are interested in hearing what’s on your mind. Many of you, like Michael, are very conscious of how much sugar is in your diet. Since research studies have shown that eating too much sugar can have many negative effects on our health it makes sense for people who are health conscious to pay attention to their sugar intake. Propensity for...