Family Fun At Home - Mealtime Bucket List

Now that we are all on coronavirus alert or even locked down, it is time to make the most of our time at home. Since everyone all ends up in the kitchen for any type of gathering, I created a fun bucket list of things to do so you can keep mealtime fun!Here is a fun list of ideas you can accomplish in a week. Get your family to help!

  1. Organize the freezer. Put all like items together so you know what you have and can find things. Then make dinner from the freezer items one night.
  2. Go meatless one night this week. Great ideas include chili, tofu curry, veggie burgers, bean burritos, jack fruit tacos, or lentil stew.
  3. Make a big breakfast for dinner. The family always loves waffles, pancakes, eggs, or steel-cut oats. Breakfast for dinner is usually cheap and most of the items are usually on hand. Challenge the kids to make the menu and the pancakes.
  4. No meal would be complete without a fun dessert like dirt and worms. You can use Greek yogurt, fruit, and oreo cookie crumbs to make a healthy "sundae" and top with a few gummy worms. Here is one example:

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Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII

Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII discovered her love of cooking at her grandmother's side, stirring raisin oatmeal on a Saturday morning. By 15 she had her first food service job. At 18 she was accepted to the Culinary Institute of America, where she graduated second in her class, then went on to the Fachschule Richemont in Switzerland to study pastry arts and baking. A decade with Hyatt Hotels followed before she founded Food and Health Communications with a single conviction: food that is good for you should taste extraordinary.

Judy holds a Master of Professional Studies in Food Business from the Culinary Institute of America, a Bachelor of Science in Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University (Summa Cum Laude), two art certificates from UC Berkeley Extension, and the CIA's Pro Chef II certification. She has earned the American Culinary Federation Bronze Medal, Gold Medal, and ACF Chef of the Year award.

Today she develops every recipe on this site, shoots and styles food through her food photography and motion studio, and publishes nutrition education materials for dietitians, schools, extension offices, and health professionals through nutritioneducationstore.com. She uses the latest nutritional science and Dietary Guidelines to drive her creativity — whether that means a new twist on fajitas or Italian brownies made with toasted nuts and cooked honey. Her mission has never changed: help everyone make food that tastes as good as it is for them.

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