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No wonder Jill's recipes are so easy. She once owned a business that specialized in teaching kids to cook & bake.
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For Resolutions, More is More
by jillbcooks 12/31/2010 12:19:00 PM

The barrage of commercials for weight loss systems, exercise equipment and healthy foods has begun. While New Year’s Eve leaves another occasion for indulgence, it is also an apropos time to reflect on what might be called healthy indulgence.  Let’s face it, diets don’t work. The human mind doesn’t like a sense of deprivation, and when a person tries to change ingrained behaviors, stress often overcomes the effort to change and the original situation gets worse (think, losing fifteen pounds, but gaining back twenty).  So, this year my attitude is a bit different and more sympathetic toward myself. I don’t plan to chastise myself, but to adopt resolu...


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Tags: health, New Year, pineapple, water, ingredient, carambola, variety, resolutions

Kids and Treats
by jillbcooks 1/29/2009 8:07:00 AM

I just read about a school where selling snack foods during the lunch period set off a parental brouhaha, since the practice conflicted with rules about healthful eating that the school had previously adopted.  The school did not allow for these types of snacks to be sold, or even to be eaten in classrooms for celebrations.  The rules also prohibited teachers from giving students candy. Times have changed a lot since I was in elementary school.  Back then we routinely celebrated everyone’s birthdays with cup...


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Tags: Cupcakes, Valentine's Day, children, health, school, treats

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