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With schools and most day cares closed, and many parents working from home during a shelter-at-home order, sometimes the easiest way to get food on the table and entertain our kids is by cooking together.

Quinn on Nutrition: What to do with kids at home

May 1, 2020 at 8:48 p.m.

Temporarily furloughed from her job, my younger daughter is helping her sister with kid-sitting duties. On a recent morning, she video-called to show my 6- and 7-year-old grandkids jumping up...

What you may not know about carrots

January 24, 2020 at 5:15 p.m.

How do you know when a carrot is dehydrated? Why should we care? I found the answer plus other interesting facts about my favorite vegetable in a recent article by...

Animals grow heavier coats of hair when the weather turns frigid, and that requires extra nourishment in the form of calories and protein.

Life on the ranch is all about food and nutrition

January 13, 2020 at 6:10 p.m.

Now that I'm living on a ranch, I've realized something. It's all about nutrition! Yesterday, I walked my horse into the barn to feed him some extra nourishment for these...

Don't sleep on winter vegetables, like sweet potatoes, squash and Brussels sprouts.

Root around for winter vegetables

December 18, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

We tend to classify them all together, but winter vegetables are not always the same as root vegetables. Nevertheless, these veggies deserve our attention during these cold winter months. Take...

Impossible Burger with Spicy Special Sauce on Thursday, September 26, 2019.

Meat substitutes

November 22, 2019 at 7:48 p.m.

There seems to be a lot of clamoring to replace real meat in the marketplace. Here are some things to consider: We need protein. In fact, experts predict that within...

Besides yearly flu shots, our nutritional status is key to a strong immune system, says the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Nutrients to enhance immunity

October 25, 2019 at 7:40 p.m.

Flu season is here again. And this year's vaccine is designed to protect against four different flu viruses, says the Center for Disease Control (CDC). So when I went for...

Bruschetta is a seasoned tomato mixture on toasted bread.

Stay healthy with a Mediterranean cooking class

October 21, 2019 at 4:57 p.m.

Her opening statement caught our attention: "We start with a glass of wine...and then we start the lesson." With that, Chef Anna and her assistant proceeded with our cooking (and...

With apples as well as other fruit, we're smart to eat them in their just-picked-off- the tree form if possible.

Quinn on Nutrition: An apple a day

October 11, 2019 at 6:15 p.m.

Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away? I hope so, because my trees are groaning with hundreds of these beauties this year. I decided to see if...

Secrets of the Mediterranean diet

September 30, 2019 at 8:05 p.m.

What is the secret of the Mediterranean diet, considered by nutrition experts to be one of the healthiest in the world? I'm still wondering about that after our recent trip...

Home buyers cast their fate to California lottery tickets

August 20, 2021 at 6:35 a.m.

The winners of this lottery didn't get millions of dollars or fabulous prizes. But the 533 contestants who entered were hoping for something nearly as precious as a jackpot --...

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