Gastrokid on Amazon
Archives
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- May 2010
- April 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
Tag Archives: gastrokid
Perry Pork Shoulder
Perry, for the uninitiated, is pear hard cider. Where we live it’s made on local farms around this time of autumn and sold at local fares. We were at an apple extravaganza yesterday and I managed to score a liter … Continue reading
Celebrating the Rice Cooker
Today’s New York Times celebrates the multi-faceted appeal of the rice cooker and we couldn’t agree more. Admittedly we tend to stick to, well, rice when using ours but it consistently delivers with perfectly cooked non-glumpy rice – especially when … Continue reading
Sauteeing Veg with Water
Cooking Brussels’ sprouts can be a bit of an ordeal. As we’ve discussed a lot on Gastrokid there’s nothing worse in our opinion than boiled and overcooked Brussels’. For that reason we like to half them and saute em with … Continue reading
Posted in Quick Cooking Tips, The Gastrokids
Tagged brussels sprouts, cooking with kids, gastrokid, picky eaters, vegetables
2 Comments
Learning from Food Mistakes for Picky Eaters?
The New York Times ran a "6 Food Mistakes Parents Make" column over the weekend. Did you see it? Ground in scientific study (for whatever that’s worth) the column offered some sage advice such as "Don’t give up trying to … Continue reading
Who Can Save the School Lunch?
Here’s an interesting snippet from a story today about new school lunch policies being adopted in England. First up, new standards be implemented to specify the maximum (fat, saturated fat, sugar, salt) and minimum (carbohydrate, protein, fibre, vitamin A, vitamin … Continue reading
Pork Chop with Summer Squash and Sugar Snap Peas
Another in the series of the solo Gastrodad experiments with quick and easy one-stop combos while family is away on vacation. Tonight it’s baked pork chop with sliced summer squash, mushrooms and sugar snap peas. First I rub the pork … Continue reading
Red Curry Chicken + Arugula and Cilantro
Here’s another dispatch from the temporarily single Gastrodad…. So here we are – wife and kids away visiting family and that leaves me to experiment and cook solo. It can be fun but it can also be a tad tedious … Continue reading
Posted in recipes, The Gastrokids
Tagged arugula, gastrokid, massman, rocket, thai curry
Leave a comment
Celebrity Chef Recommends Poisonous Weed in Salads
Just in case any of you were inspired by chef Worral Thompson’s suggestion in the recent Healthy and Organic Living magazine to add henbane as a "tasty addition" to salads let me offer some advice: PUT THE DEADLY WEED DOWN! … Continue reading
Posted in Media
Tagged cooking with kids, dining, gastrokid, henbane, plant, poison, worrall thompson
Leave a comment
Spinach on the Grill
I’m in this family limbo at present – each year my family heads off for a few weeks to visit the in-laws in the U.S. and I am left to forage alone. I use the time to experiment in the … Continue reading
Eating Flowers for Lunch
Our son has been growing nasturtiums as part of our Gastrokid garden and finally the flowers came into bloom. As soon as he saw them he wanted to take them to school so what better way than as an accompaniment … Continue reading