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Parents are always on the look-out for ways to get their children to eat more healthfully. School lunches can be especially problematic, since parents have no control over what is served in the cafeteria. One smart approach is to fill lunch boxes with foods that children will actually eat, and that will keep them away from the lunch line and the vending machine!
Packing some fun into a lunch box can certainly make a parent's "nutrition mission" that much easier to accomplish. Making lunch fun is easy with a few guidelines and a little creativity. The most important requirement is knowledge of the individual child's likes and dislikes. If someone hates corn every time it's served at home, it's doubtful he'll be happy to see it in his lunch box.
Those pre-packed boxes found in the deli meat case are favorites of children everywhere (you know the ones, with the sugary drink and candy), but don't exactly qualify as health food. Homemade versions of Lunchables are not difficult to put together, and children can help prepare them. This can be a fun activity in itself. Use favorite luncheon meats and cheeses, and cut with cute cookie cutters to the approximate size of crackers. Stars, circles, and squares are popular choices. These can travel in separate containers, and assembled at school. Add a drink and dessert, and lunch is good to go.
Sandwich pinwheels made with tortillas are easy to assemble, and they make an attractive presentation. Choose tortilla size as appropriate for the diner. Taco-sized are fine for many younger children, but older diners or those with bigger appetites might prefer the burrito-sized variety. The process is simple: spread a tortilla lightly with mayonnaise or cream cheese, and layer with choice of luncheon meat and/or cheese, lettuce and tomato, and roll up. Rolls can be sliced into 1-inch sections and secured by packing tightly together in a sandwich container. The pinwheel idea is also very good with non-meat options. Try tuna, egg salad, or hummus with thinly-sliced cucumber. Yum!
Since children love to "dip" (one of the few times it's okay to play with their food,) parents usually can't go wrong adding a dip-able to the lunch box, whether as entree or dessert. Some popular ones include:
- the timeless favorite of carrot and celery sticks with a small container of Ranch dressing;
- chicken nuggets with BBQ sauce or ketchup;
- sliced apples with a small side of caramel sauce;
- strawberries, sliced peaches, kiwi, or apples with vanilla-flavored yogurt for dipping.
Depending on age appropriateness, fruit kabobs are also a nice treat. All it takes is a wooden skewer and melon balls, pineapple, and strawberries (or any fruit of choice that stays on the skewer.) Simply alternate fruit pieces on the skewer, pack, and go!
So you see how simple it can be to make lunch fun for children. Along with the ideas given here, all it takes is a little planning and creativity to end the lunch box blues for good.
Marie Dadd invites you to read more about living a natural, healthy lifestyle by visiting http://www.naturallyhealthyme.blogspot.com.
Best Culinary Day Tour in Seoul
Thanks to the popularity of TV miniseries "Daejanggeum: Jewel in the Palace" throughout Asia, the interest in Korean cuisine is at an all-time high. For this edition, we headed to Samcheonggak to learn about the Korean tea ceremony and taste traditional royal cuisine. Samcheonggak offered much more than a mere lunch: it was an enriching cultural experience.
Afterwards, we were off to the popular traditional alleys of Insa-dong, where we found a traditional rice cake café Jilsiru and ordered some beautiful Korean rice cakes and a beverage. How about some Korean cookies? We found a traditional Korean cookie shop called Sanchon Saramdeul right next to Jilsiru. A bag of traditional cookies was a unique experience in itself.
After trying out a variety of local traditional foods, it was time for some great Korean snack foods enjoyed by the younger generation. Late in the afternoon, we found dozens of street stalls called pojangmacha lining the street of Jongno. Here, we indulged in an assortment of snack foods that are both inexpensive and delicious. Like a standing buffet, it means eating shoulder to shoulder with other people, but even this cramped experience seemed to be a part of the Korean culture.
Samcheonggak operates its own shuttle bus free of charge, as there is no public transportation. The most convenient place to take the shuttle bus is in front of the Seoul Plaza Hotel main entrance (Subway line 1, Seoul City Hall station, exit 6) or next to the bus station near Kyobo bookstore (Subway line 5, Gwanghwamun, exit 3). By taxi, it takes about 10 minutes from subway line 5 Gwanghwamun station and the fare is 3,500 won. (The time and fare may differ depending on the traffic conditions and change in taxi fare.)
* Starting from 10 am from Samcheonggak, the free shuttle bus runs every 30 minutes until 19:55 pm. The bus runs 20 times a day. There is no shuttle bus at 2 pm and 8 pm.
Samcheonggak (Hanbok and Tea ceremony + Lunch in Korean Royal Cuisine
10:30 am
A great place to immerse yourself in the traditional culture of Korea, Samcheonggak is set amidst a serene and beautifully landscaped forest near the skyscrapers of downtown Seoul. It offers six facilities all housed in beautiful Hanok (traditional Korean architecture): the Ilhwadang features the performance hall and a Korean restaurant; the Cheongcheondang is for various functions and events; the Yuhajeong accommodates traditional music and painting experiences, receptions and meetings; the Cheonchudang is the site for tea ceremonies; the Chwihandang is for arts and crafts; and the Dongbaekeon is for other traditional culture experiences. We planned lunch at the Korean restaurant, and since it opens at noon, we booked a reservation for the classic tea ceremony experience at 10:30 am.
Two tea ceremony programs are available: regular (50,000 won) and deluxe (70,000 won), the difference being that participants wear the traditional Korean dress hanbok during the deluxe program. If you really want to learn about Korean culture, we highly recommend the deluxe course since experiencing the tea ceremony in style and authenticity makes a huge difference. For 90 minutes, you will practice the tea ceremony in the Korean way. The instructor performs the ritual and explains in Korean, while another instructor explains in English. An assistant instructor and one or two additional assistants, depending on the size of the group, will help you during the course.
After completing the tea ceremony experience, we had lunch at the Korean restaurant. Literally ‘The Palace Beyond,' the restaurant is operated by the deluxe Paradise Hotel Busan. It is one of the few restaurants specializing in Korean royal cuisine, and all of its food is prepared by Korea's leading chefs using the freshest seasonal ingredients.
We took the Samcheonggak free shuttle bus and got off at the entrance of Gyeongbokgung Palace. It takes about 7 to 8 minutes.
Gyeongbokgung Palace (National Palace Museum + National Folk Museum)
14:00
Gyeongbokgung Palace was the main palace during the Joseon Dynasty, the last dynasty of Korea. The palace houses the National Palace Museum and the National Folk Museum, which showcase the Joseon Dynasty's 500-year history. The National Palace Museum houses numerous relics of the royal family of Joseon, while the exhibits at the National Folk Museum trace the evolution of the Korean people from pre-historic times to the Joseon era (1392~1910).
It takes about 15 minutes by walk from Gyeongbokgung Palace to Insa-dong.
Insa-dong (Traditional Korean rice cakes and cookies)
6:00 pm
Insa-dong is a great place to experience the traditions and culture of Korea. While enjoying a walk through the alley, we stopped for some traditional rice cakes tteok and a persimmon shake at the famous ‘Jilsiru' café, which is conveniently located in the center of Insa-dong. The equivalent of cake in the West, tteok is made of rice, so two or three small rice cakes are quite filling. Most rice cakes cost 1,500 won and the persimmon shake is 7,000 won. Next to Jilsiru is ‘Sanchon Saramdeul,' a traditional Korean cookie shop operated by Sanchon, an Insa-dong restaurant well known for its vegetarian "Buddhist temple" food. Here, you can buy traditional Korean cookies not easily found elsewhere, at relatively inexpensive prices. While some cookie bags cost 10,000 won, most are between 4,000 and 5,000 won. The most popular is the yugwa, which costs 4,000 won a bag.
If you entered Insa-dong from Anguk-dong, the end of Insa-dong alley will be Jongno 2-ga. Cross the street in front of Kumkang shoe store and you will find numerous pojangmachas on your right and left.
Jongno (Pojangmacha snack food)
7:30 pm
By night, Jongno becomes a paradise of pojangmachas. These are the popular wheeled street stalls selling Korea's all-time favorite snack foods, tteokbokki and sundae. Dozens of pojangmachas line the streets of Jongno, and during the winter, the rising white smoke from their griddles lures hungry customers. Interestingly, pojangmachas in Jongno offer an assortment of snacks as one menu offering. For example, the gim- Tteok-sun menu is an assortment of gimbap (rice rolls), tteokbokki (rice-cake morsels in red pepper sauce) and sundae (Korean sausage in hot sauce). A two-selection serving is 2,000 won and a three-selection serving, 3,000 won.
Prices are similar at most street stalls. The tteokbokki and sundae are extremely spicy, so if you are not accustomed to hot food, try just one of the two and then choose a scallion- seafood pancake, egg roll, fritter, dumpling, or gimbap. Help yourself to some hot broth from the odeng (simmered fish cake on a skewer), which is free of charge.
* All prices as of May 2010.
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Sea Otter 2011: Rocky Mountain Element 29er
Rocky Mountain's aluminum full-suspension 29" cross-country bike was still officially in prototype form at this year's Sea Otter Classic but come this fall, it'll officially be offered as the 2012 Element 29.
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